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Art house films, also called art films are motion pictures that were not intended by their producers to appeal to a mass audience, but rather seek a niche amongst specialty theatres usually found in large urban areas. These films are often produced on small budgets and lack the lavish advertising campaigns of films in wide release. Art films, foreign films, and documentaries are usually art house films but from time to time they catch the appeal of the mainstream viewing audiences. A recent example of such break-out films is Life is Beautiful (Italy, 1998). Many major motion picture studios have special divisions dedicated to these films, such as the Fox Searchlight division of Twentieth Century Fox, the Focus Features division of Universal, and the Sony Pictures Classics division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Art film is a film genre that began as a European reaction to the Hollywood style of film making. ... Art film is a film genre that began as a European reaction to the Hollywood style of film making. ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... There are several things called niche, a word English has borrowed from French: Generally, a niche is a special place within the scheme of things. ... Wide release is a term in the American motion picture industry for a motion picture that is playing nationally (as opposed to a few theatres in cities such as New York and Los Angeles) and on thousands (rather than hundreds) of screens. ... Art film is a film genre that began as a European reaction to the Hollywood style of film making. ... A foreign film is a film that is considered foreign in a particular country. ... Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ... Mainstream is, generally, the common current of thought. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Life Is Beautiful Life Is Beautiful (in Italian La Vita è bella) is a 1997 Italian language film which tells the story of an Italian Jew, Guido Orefice (played by Roberto Benigni), who lives in a romantic fairy tale, but must learn how... This is a list of film-related events in 1998. ... Fox Searchlight Pictures is the specialty films division of Twentieth Century Fox. ... Related articles FOX Television Network Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Entertainment Group List of Hollywood movie studios List of movies Variant of current 20th Century Fox logo External links 20th Century Fox Movies official site Twentieth Century Fox is also the punning title of a song by The Doors on their... Focus Features is the specialty films division of Universal Pictures, a division of NBC Universal, the U.S.-based film, television and recreation subsidiary of General Electric. ... Universal Studios logo Universal Studios is an informal designation for NBC Universal Inc. ... Sony Pictures Classics is the specialty films division of Sony Pictures. ... Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. ...

The most successful American producer and distributor of art house films is probably Miramax, which began in 1979 as a studio for the distribution of independent films which were deemed commercially unviable at the major studios, but which was purchased by Disney in 1993, and subsequently expanded its library to include more commerical films such as She's All That, A View from the Top, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. It continued, however, to emphasize less mainstream films, and produced more genre-oriented films like Scream and Spy Kids through its Dimension Films label. When Miramax founders Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein left Miramax in September 2005 to found The Weinstein Co., however, they took the Dimension label with them. Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... An independent film (or indie film) is a film produced without the support of a major movie studio or a big budget. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Shes All That film poster Shes All That is a 1999 romantic comedy film, directed by Robert Iscove, and is a modern remake of George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion (which was also the basis for the musical comedy My Fair Lady starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn). ... Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is the fifth movie from Kevin Smith, famous for his cult films Clerks. ... Scream is a 1996 horror/dark comedy film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. ... Alexa Vega as Carmen in Spy Kids Spy Kids is a name of a movie trilogy released from 2001 to 2003. ... Dimension Films is a motion picture label, formerly used as an alternative for Miramax Films, to produce and release genre films. ... Harvey Weinstein at Cannes, 2002 Harvey Weinstein CBE (Hon) (born March 19, 1952) is an American film producer. ... Bob Weinstein, along with brother Harvey Weinstein, was head of Miramax Studios. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Weinstein Company is a film production firm. ...

Because of their limited release, art house films are usually relegated to specialist art house cinemas, and may be difficult to find for those who do not live in big metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, which tend to be more culturally diverse. Cinemas that show art house films tend to be in the more gentrified areas of the city & not in the outer suburbs. This article is about the largest city in California. ... Gentrification refers to the physical, social, economic, and cultural phenomenon whereby working-class or inner-city neighborhoods are converted into more affluent communities, resulting in increased property values and the outflow of poorer residents. ...