cinematheque
noun
cin·e·ma·theque ˌsi-nə-mə-ˈtek 
: a small movie house specializing in avant-garde films
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web These giddy delights often turn up on the great virtual American cinematheque, TCM. 
Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 The Fullerton Avenue cinematheque managed to weather an approximate 50 percent drop in revenue during the worst of the 2020 pandemic closures. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2020 While at boarding school Tavernier eagerly gobbled up films at small cinematheques with names like the California, the Florida, the Far West. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2017 Why clutter your shelves with special editions of last year’s blockbusters when a whole mobile cinematheque is a few clicks and swipes away? A. O. Scott And Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2016
Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 The Fullerton Avenue cinematheque managed to weather an approximate 50 percent drop in revenue during the worst of the 2020 pandemic closures. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2020 While at boarding school Tavernier eagerly gobbled up films at small cinematheques with names like the California, the Florida, the Far West. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2017 Why clutter your shelves with special editions of last year’s blockbusters when a whole mobile cinematheque is a few clicks and swipes away? A. O. Scott And Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2016 Word History
Etymology
French cinémathèque film library, from cinéma + -thèque (as in bibliothèque library)
First Known Use
1965, in the meaning defined above
cinematheques
noun
as in art theaters
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- art theaters
- art houses
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