noun
art theater; art house cinema
A movie theater that shows artistic, independent, or foreign films rather than mainstream commercial releases.
週末はアートシアターでフランス映画を見た。
I watched a French film at an art theater over the weekend.
Variant with a middle dot, sometimes used for clarity.
ミニシアター (mini theater) is a small independent cinema, often overlapping with art theaters but emphasizing size and independence rather than artistic focus.
Loanword from English 'art theater'.