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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
May the King of the Monsters rule Japanese cinema for another 70 years.
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Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Over the past 20 years of Black List darlings and Edgar Wright rip-offs, the American film industry has established a new archetype of cinema filled with quippy antiheroes, gory allegories for domestic strife, and character actors rattling off reference humor.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Nothing compares to it, not IMAX cinema or any other media, Lajeunesse said.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
The next edition, for example, will be dedicated to video and cinema and presented in collaboration with both the AI.motion Festival in Milan and the Burano AI Film Festival in Venice.
—Ana María Caballero, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Over the past 20 years of Black List darlings and Edgar Wright rip-offs, the American film industry has established a new archetype of cinema filled with quippy antiheroes, gory allegories for domestic strife, and character actors rattling off reference humor.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Nothing compares to it, not IMAX cinema or any other media, Lajeunesse said.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
The next edition, for example, will be dedicated to video and cinema and presented in collaboration with both the AI.motion Festival in Milan and the Burano AI Film Festival in Venice.
—Ana María Caballero, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cinema
Noun
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Directors Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, an ex-soldier whose experience was the basis for the film, put viewers through uncannily real and unflinchingly brutal moments.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The master of suspense made almost 70 films and TV shows across his staggering, more-than-half-a-century-long career, graduating from black-and-white, silent British potboilers to full-blown, Technicolor Hollywood blockbusters.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2025
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With its mix of full-length features, short films and documentaries from at home and abroad, the schedule speaks to the breadth and depth of Black filmmaking internationally.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Despite a 2010 ban on filmmaking, media appearances and travel, Panahi continued working in secret.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
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In addition to all the indoor exhibits, the museum has its own mini golf course and brand new outdoor playground along with a playhouse and Rainbow Music Garden.—
Lois Alter Mark,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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On July 28 at 6:30 p.m., the playhouse is actually showing the 1952 movie, which stars Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor, and is fully expecting the screening to go as planned.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
26 July 2025
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Zuckerberg also announced Horizon TV, pitching it as a way to watch television shows, sporting events and movies using the company's Quest VR headsets.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Deliver Me From Nowhere hits theaters on October 24.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will blast off in theaters on April 3, 2026.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Cinema.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cinema. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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