Arthouse musical (or experimental musical) is a combination of an art film and a film musical.

Notable arthouse musicals

20th Century

  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964)[1]
  • The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967)[2]
  • Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)[3]
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975)[4]
  • New York, New York (Martin Scorsese, 1977)[5]
  • All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979)[6]
  • Bubble Bath (György Kovásznai, 1979)[7][8]
  • Pennies from Heaven (Herbert Ross, 1981)[9][10]
  • Forbidden Zone (Richard Elfman, 1982)[11][12]
  • Possibly in Michigan (Cecelia Condit, 1983)[13]
  • Golden Eighties (Chantal Ackerman, 1986)[14][15]
  • Under the Cherry Moon (Prince, 1986)[16]
  • Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrmann, 1992)[17]
  • Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen, 1996)[17]
  • Little Voice (Mark Herman, 1998)[18]

21st Century

  • Billy Elliot (Stephen Daldry, 2000)[19]
  • Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000)[20][21]
  • Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)[22]
  • 8 Femmes (François Ozon, 2002)[23]
  • Once (John Carney, 2007)[24][25]
  • The Lure (Agnieszka Smoczyńska, 2015)[26]
  • Cyrano (Joe Wright, 2021)[27]
  • Annette (Leos Carax, 2022)[28][29][30]

Notable arthouse musical directors

See also

  • Postmodernist film
    • Modernist film
  • Arthouse action film
  • Arthouse animation
  • Art horror
  • Arthouse science fiction film
  • New Hollywood

References

  1. ^ 10 Great Movies That Are Perfect Introductions To Arthouse Cinema – Part 2 – Taste of Cinema
  2. ^ Art house: The Young Girls of Rochefort is a real song and dance|South China Morning Post
  3. ^ a b Why was “Cabaret” called “a musical for people who don't care for musicals”? - The Take
  4. ^ Writer's Room Survey: Rocky Horror Picture Show - The Frida Cinema
  5. ^ The Hollywood musical - Google Books (Preface to Second Edition)
  6. ^ a b The Cinema Book - Google Books (pg.64)
  7. ^ Habfürdő in the 2020-2021 Season of Classic Films Catalogue|Gyorgy Kovasznai
  8. ^ COAGULOPATH
  9. ^ Arthouse Movie Listings March 6-12, 2013 | Rep Showtimes - SF Weekly
  10. ^ Coen Bros. Plan Movie Musical, 'Romance and Cigarettes,' with Turturro | Playbill
  11. ^ Forbidden Zone: Ultimate Edition (Blu-ray Review - The Digital Bits
  12. ^ Forbidden Zone - The Grindhouse Cinema Database
  13. ^ Possibly in Michigan (1983) - FilmAffinity
  14. ^ Arthouse movie listings for January 21-27 - SF Weekly
  15. ^ Adaptation and the New Art Film - Goggle Books (pg.175)
  16. ^ I Wonder U: How Prince Went beyond Race and Back - Google (ch.4 "Cherry Bomb")
  17. ^ a b c The Sound of Musicals - Google Books (pgs.55-56)
  18. ^ The Migration of Musical Film: From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream - Google Books (pg.185)
  19. ^ The Movie Musical - Desirée J. Garcia - Google Books (ch."Introduction")
  20. ^ Dancer in the Dark - Rolling Stone
  21. ^ No Country for Women and Children: Pastoral America and Meaningful Despair in Palindromes and Dancer in the Dark Charles Burnetts, King’s University College - Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies Issue 26 February 2014
  22. ^ a b The Sound of Music - Google Books (pg.98)
  23. ^ Arthouse films to watch alone on your laptop this Christmas | Dazed
  24. ^ Dublin-set musical abounds in natural charm|Retuers
  25. ^ When in doubt, just busk it|Movies|The Guardian
  26. ^ Film Review: The Lure — Surreal Mermaid Horror Musical - The Arts Fuse
  27. ^ Which arthouse films stood out at the 2021 autumn festivals?|Features|Screen Daily
  28. ^ Fall in Love with a Puppet Baby in the Arthouse Musical Annette - Hyperallergic
  29. ^ REVIEW ROUNDUP: What Do Critics Think of ANNETTE?|Broadway World
  30. ^ Annette: Adam Driver Shines in Leo Carax’s Arthouse Musical, But Can’t Warm an Emotionally Detached Film —— Original Cin
  31. ^ A few of our favourite films: seven forthcoming screen musicals rated|Musicals|The Guardian
  32. ^ 'La La Land', such a song and dance - The Hindu