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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 theater
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
Veterans of world cinema and first-time directors are both featured at KVIFF this year.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026
Close to $10 million directed toward saving more than 165 films — Hitchcock, Welles, Lynch, Kubrick, Fellini, Abel Gance — and more than 200 shorts from the Lumière brothers, the inventors of cinema itself.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
One of the most poignant things cinema can do is capture, expand, and contract time.
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
Hopefully the next theatre that takes over will still offer half off (Tuesdays) to encourage people to come out to the cinemas!
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026
Close to $10 million directed toward saving more than 165 films — Hitchcock, Welles, Lynch, Kubrick, Fellini, Abel Gance — and more than 200 shorts from the Lumière brothers, the inventors of cinema itself.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
One of the most poignant things cinema can do is capture, expand, and contract time.
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
Hopefully the next theatre that takes over will still offer half off (Tuesdays) to encourage people to come out to the cinemas!
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cinema
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Although the countdown disappeared after only a few minutes, Swifties spent weeks dissecting screenshots and theorizing about a possible connection to the upcoming film.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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Handy has more than 150 acting credits to his name and had acted across television and film since the 1970s.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2026
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Tarasiuk bypassed the traditional distribution model entirely, securing theatrical exhibition directly with theater chains without partnering with a distributor.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
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There’s plenty of arts and culture, anchored by its regional performing arts venue, the Bankhead Theater, and the two movie theaters at either end of downtown.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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For Washington, having a say in who directs — and in many other aspects of filmmaking that have more to do with what goes on behind the camera than in front of it — has made producing a priority.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
2 June 2026
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Anyone interested in the physical side of pre-CG large-scale filmmaking will be fascinated by close-up glimpses of movie magic, like the transformation of the Spanish landscape into snowbound Russia for Doctor Zhivago or the construction of an entire Irish coastal village for Ryan’s Daughter.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
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Her 50-something protagonist, Alan Anderson, and his socially striving wife Vivian, are at least about to start thinking about where their family is going to go, once Alan retreats to a backyard playhouse.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Ivey took part in a reading of the play at the playhouse’s Script in Hand series in 2026.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2026
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Plans call for a nine-screen movie theater spanning 40,000 square feet, restaurants and bars, retail shops, and a 773-space parking garage, which has already been completed.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
2 June 2026
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Lord’s video is shot from the back seat of a car cruising down Sunset, the camera tracking other street ads beyond the windshield, centering a lasso-wielding Marlboro Cowboy, a Star Wars movie billboard, and one for the box-office flop Perfect (1985), starring Jamie Lee Curtis and John Travolta.—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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“Cinema.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cinema. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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