first-run
adjective
: available for public viewing for the first time
first-run movies
also
: exhibiting first-run movies
first-run theaters
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With its own bar and lounges, baby grand piano, cabaret space, work studios and meeting rooms, a screening room playing first-run films and documentaries, and a music and podcast studio, the space is an opulent full-service facility for the members of the creative industries that roost here.
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Sunset Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
The Action Comics version that sold this week is part of a collection known as the Kansas City Pedigree that emerged in the late 1960s and which consists of almost 250 first-run issues published from 1937 into the 1940s.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
In this landscape, Amazon distinguishes itself as the sole major streamer amplifying its original commissioning for first-run TV.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
To see free first-run movies, sign up with Gofobo or check out Advance Screenings, says filmmaker Neil Chase.
—Laura Daily, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Related Articles In addition to a vast collection of shorts, documentaries and first-run features there’s the annual onstage presentation of the fest’s Maverick Spirit Award.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
Under its new starry ownership, the Village Theater will showcase both first-run and previously released classics that will be shown on the theater’s standard and large-scale screens.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
Opened in 1935, the Times has gone through tons of changes over the years, shifting back and forth from first-run to second-run movies with a mix of repertory programming — the industry term for its latest format.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
Shiffrin had a mistake early in her run, but won time on her competitors in the remaining sections to put pressure on first-run leader Vlhova.
—USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
Sunset Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
The Action Comics version that sold this week is part of a collection known as the Kansas City Pedigree that emerged in the late 1960s and which consists of almost 250 first-run issues published from 1937 into the 1940s.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
In this landscape, Amazon distinguishes itself as the sole major streamer amplifying its original commissioning for first-run TV.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
To see free first-run movies, sign up with Gofobo or check out Advance Screenings, says filmmaker Neil Chase.
—Laura Daily, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Related Articles In addition to a vast collection of shorts, documentaries and first-run features there’s the annual onstage presentation of the fest’s Maverick Spirit Award.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
Under its new starry ownership, the Village Theater will showcase both first-run and previously released classics that will be shown on the theater’s standard and large-scale screens.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
Opened in 1935, the Times has gone through tons of changes over the years, shifting back and forth from first-run to second-run movies with a mix of repertory programming — the industry term for its latest format.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
Shiffrin had a mistake early in her run, but won time on her competitors in the remaining sections to put pressure on first-run leader Vlhova.
—USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
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