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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
In a work as captivated with pastoral landscapes as the haunting glow of a tube TV, Vermette extracts possibility from every shot, down to crossfading that recalls the expressiveness of silent cinema.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
In my book, the Fantasia Film Festival is the Cannes of genre cinema.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
While the film focuses on Cheryl’s quest to recover the fictional life story of a Black lesbian actress from the 1940s, Tamara and Cheryl’s dynamic friendship filled a gap for me and for the whole of cinema.
—M. Mick Powell
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Scary cinema’s success in Broward bears out nationally, too.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
In my book, the Fantasia Film Festival is the Cannes of genre cinema.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
While the film focuses on Cheryl’s quest to recover the fictional life story of a Black lesbian actress from the 1940s, Tamara and Cheryl’s dynamic friendship filled a gap for me and for the whole of cinema.
—M. Mick Powell
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Scary cinema’s success in Broward bears out nationally, too.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cinema
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The film debuted at the 2025 Cannes International Film Festival.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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In May 2025, IndieWire reported that Murphy was in talks to star opposite Daniel Craig in Damien Chazelle’s next film.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
13 Aug. 2025
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Also getting a North American bow is The Girl Who Cried Pearls, the latest stop-motion animated short from the National Film Board of Canada filmmaking duo of Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, Oscar nominees for their earlier film Madame Tutli-Putli.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Her films explore themes of identity, gender, and cultural displacement, frequently blurring the lines between documentary and fiction for a truly singular voice in the history of independent filmmaking.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
6 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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There’s also the question of finding a playhouse that can fit in Miriam Buether’s set, which has been designed for the Lyttelton’s wide proscenium.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
23 July 2025
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In a March interview with the Standard, the actress urged the writing of more movies about real-life women spies in place of a female 007.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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Here, Lee gets at the crux of his self-satire, as well as the grousing anti-capitalism of Kurosawa’s original movie, in which the protagonist has also let business cloud his moral judgment.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 Aug. 2025
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Lee’s most recent film, Highest 2 Lowest, arrived in theaters earlier this month.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
18 Aug. 2025
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The new film, which came out in theaters in May, stars Cruise as daredevil field agent Ethan Hunt who must stop a rogue artificial intelligence from causing global nuclear annihilation.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Cinema.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cinema. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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