as in film
the art or business of making a movie
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Recent Examples of big screen
She was broadcast on the arena's big screen for the whole crowd to see.
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Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
Our tour guide apologises for the red buzzer, located to the left of two big screen televisions, which is connected to the referee’s room.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 15 May 2025
For adults, there’s a wide promenade, concession stands, and the game on a really big screen.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Yet over the years, its reputation has waned somewhat; in spite of its pleasures as a big screen experience, it’s rarely revived in repertory theaters and more or less forgotten by cinephiles.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 8 May 2025
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Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
Our tour guide apologises for the red buzzer, located to the left of two big screen televisions, which is connected to the referee’s room.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 15 May 2025
For adults, there’s a wide promenade, concession stands, and the game on a really big screen.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Yet over the years, its reputation has waned somewhat; in spite of its pleasures as a big screen experience, it’s rarely revived in repertory theaters and more or less forgotten by cinephiles.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big screen
Noun
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The film was shot at stage 17 at Paramount Studios, with a massive set created to replicate the Greenwich Village courtyard and building.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Lucan Toh of Two & Two Pictures and Ian Henry of London Film & TV produced the film alongside XYZ Films.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
2 June 2025
Noun
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While some sleep or watch movies, a small group plays poker.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
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That it was made available free to anyone with an internet connection, via the CNN website, was a nice gesture to theater fans, Clooney stans and anyone interested to see how a movie about television translates into a play about television.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
Noun
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That’s the risk — and to some, the thrill — of vérité documentary filmmaking.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Trained as a painter before breaking into filmmaking, Lynch always held space for other art forms.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The star, who turns 71 on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, became a silver screen heartthrob as the leading man of romance films like The Big Easy and Tough Enough, along with his memorable role as Lindsay Lohan’s father in The Parent Trap.—
Brendan Le,
People.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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