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More twisted frames failing to appear in arthouse film (5)

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I believe the answer is:

indie

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'more twisted frames failing to appear' is the definition.
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'in arthouse film' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'die' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
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(Other definitions for indie that I've seen before include "Branch of pop music" , "paper" , "Autonomous film co." , "Type of music" , "minor label" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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