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)10 Great Movies That Are Perfect Introductions To Arthouse Cinema – Part 2 – Taste of Cinema The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967)Art house: The Young Girls of Rochefort is a real song and dance|South China Morning Post Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)Why was “Cabaret” called “a musical for people who don't care for musicals”? - The Take The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975)Writer's Room Survey: Rocky Horror Picture Show - The Frida Cinema New York, New York (Martin Scorsese, 1977)The Hollywood musical - Google Books (Preface to Second Edition) All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979) The Cinema Book - Google Books (pg.64) Bubble Bath (György Kovásznai, 1979)Habfürdő in the 2020-2021 Season of Classic Films Catalogue|Gyorgy KovasznaiCOAGULOPATH Pennies from Heaven (Herbert Ross, 1981)Arthouse Movie Listings March 6-12, 2013 | Rep Showtimes - SF WeeklyCoen Bros. Plan Movie Musical, 'Romance and Cigarettes,' with Turturro | Playbill Forbidden Zone (Richard Elfman, 1982)Forbidden Zone: Ultimate Edition (Blu-ray Review - The Digital BitsForbidden Zone - The Grindhouse Cinema Database Possibly in Michigan (Cecelia Condit, 1983)Possibly in Michigan (1983) - FilmAffinity Golden Eighties (Chantal Ackerman, 1986)Arthouse movie listings for January 21-27 - SF WeeklyAdaptation and the New Art Film - Goggle Books (pg.175) Under the Cherry Moon (Prince, 1986) I Wonder U: How Prince Went beyond Race and Back - Google (ch.4 "Cherry Bomb") Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrmann, 1992) Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen, 1996)The Sound of Musicals - Google Books (pgs.55-56) Little Voice (Mark Herman, 1998)The Migration of Musical Film: From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream - Google Books (pg.185)
21st Century Billy Elliot (Stephen Daldry, 2000)The Movie Musical - Desirée J. Garcia - Google Books (ch."Introduction") Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000)Dancer in the Dark - Rolling StoneNo 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 Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)The Sound of Music - Google Books (pg.98) 8 Femmes (François Ozon, 2002)Arthouse films to watch alone on your laptop this Christmas | Dazed Once (John Carney, 2007)Dublin-set musical abounds in natural charm|RetuersWhen in doubt, just busk it|Movies|The Guardian The Lure (Agnieszka Smoczyńska, 2015)Film Review: The Lure — Surreal Mermaid Horror Musical - The Arts Fuse Cyrano (Joe Wright, 2021)Which arthouse films stood out at the 2021 autumn festivals?|Features|Screen Daily Annette (Leos Carax, 2022)Fall in Love with a Puppet Baby in the Arthouse Musical Annette - HyperallergicREVIEW ROUNDUP: What Do Critics Think of ANNETTE?|Broadway WorldAnnette: Adam Driver Shines in Leo Carax’s Arthouse Musical, But Can’t Warm an Emotionally Detached Film —— Original Cin
Notable arthouse musical directors Leos CaraxA few of our favourite films: seven forthcoming screen musicals rated|Musicals|The Guardian Jacques Demy'La La Land', such a song and dance - The Hindu Bob Fosse Baz Luhrmann
See also Postmodernist film Modernist film Arthouse action film Arthouse animation Art horror Arthouse science fiction film New Hollywood
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