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as in film
the art or business of making a movie
felt that the cinema was one of the most challenging and fulfilling forms of artistic expression
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as in theatre
a building or part of a building where movies are shown
got a job cleaning the cinemas at the multiplex
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Recent Examples of cinema
The cinemas won’t go near the risky stuff, so festivals like ours get a better chance.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Fabien Westerhoff will take on the executive role of Managing Director of the theatrical film division bringing together the complementary strengths of both companies, with a strategic market focus on animation, family entertainment, and genre cinema.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025
Étoile doesn’t just make that argument, in guest appearances by artists who bridge high and low, like David Byrne, and shouting out the brilliant documentarian Frederick Wiseman in a scene set at the Manhattan cinema mecca Film Forum.
—Judy Berman, Time, 23 Apr. 2025
First as Jacques Demy’s Madonna figure in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), then in films by Truffaut, Polanski, and Buñuel, then during her stint in Hollywood and her later career as Andre Téchiné’s muse and inspiration to Millennial newcomers, Deneuve embodies a leftist French cinema ideal.
—Armond White, National Review, 23 Apr. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Fabien Westerhoff will take on the executive role of Managing Director of the theatrical film division bringing together the complementary strengths of both companies, with a strategic market focus on animation, family entertainment, and genre cinema.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025
Étoile doesn’t just make that argument, in guest appearances by artists who bridge high and low, like David Byrne, and shouting out the brilliant documentarian Frederick Wiseman in a scene set at the Manhattan cinema mecca Film Forum.
—Judy Berman, Time, 23 Apr. 2025
First as Jacques Demy’s Madonna figure in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), then in films by Truffaut, Polanski, and Buñuel, then during her stint in Hollywood and her later career as Andre Téchiné’s muse and inspiration to Millennial newcomers, Deneuve embodies a leftist French cinema ideal.
—Armond White, National Review, 23 Apr. 2025
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The Guardian newspaper reports that the former Doctor Who star – who appeared in the 2005 film adaptation of Rowling’s book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – gave his opinion of Rowling in answer to questions posed by a group of neurodivergent young adults in ITV’s show The Assembly.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2025
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Minaret Station | New Zealand’s South Island Those who watched the Lord of the Rings film series will recall the raw, ever-changing beauty of New Zealand’s South Island.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
27 Apr. 2025
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The lineup also says a lot about currents, both artistic and industrial, coursing through contemporary Brazilian filmmaking.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
4 May 2025
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Prime Focus Group has signed a deal with the Government of Maharashtra to create a $400M entertainment hub in the heart of Mumbai’s filmmaking industry, the home of Bollywood.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
2 May 2025
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The new playhouse would be managed and programmed by GableStage, an award-winning small company that now operates at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables and would be renamed GroveStage.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2025
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Somewhat counterintuitively, since the show plays into a lot of very old Irish storytelling stereotypes, the playhouse and director Danielle Paccione have cast performers who are all in their 20s or 30s.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
24 Mar. 2025
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Created by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield — all 30 Rock alums — the series riffs on the 1981 movie of the same name.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
3 May 2025
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The German movie follows Sara Wulf (Jeanne Goursaud), a former Special Forces soldier, who desperately tries to find her son after he's kidnapped in the US Consulate in Frankfurt.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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After years of lawsuits and courtroom drama, director Joel Souza (who was also injured in the incident) finished the movie (now in theaters and on demand).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Before he was known as a musical theater composer, Yazbek was in rock bands.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2025
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“Cinema.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cinema. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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