Film which is eccentrically constructed & funded independently; Often foreign, audacious, brazen. Also, Art-House; Cinema which screens such films.
1. Easy, Dancing At the Blue Iguana, A Hole In My Heart, 8 Femmes.
2. "Oh. Arthouse is a genre. Let's see Lilya 4 Ever then!"
"Um, no. Arthouse is like, not ANYWHERE. Particularly the DVDs."
by Personal Velocity November 01, 2005
Arthouse describes the fusion between Post-Dubstep and Alternative R&B. It can be also seen as an umbrella term for both genres. Pioneers of this fusion are The Weeknd, The xx and Active Child. Newcomers are Rhye, Black Atlass, Evy Jane and many more. The term was originally coined by MTHRFNKR Magazine in 2012.
Notable artists that are described as Arthouse are The Weeknd, The xx, Active Child, Jamie Woon, James Blake and The Internet.
by Alex38547 February 22, 2012
(3): A marijuana joint of low to medium strength. So called because like an Arthouse movie there will be a reasonable amount of "bush" in it, but it isn't x-rated.
by Kris Krengel November 26, 2019