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as in movie
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
watched a film on the Hopi Indians at the multicultural center
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as in filmmaking
the art or business of making a movie
learned about some of the special-effects techniques used in film
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as in to videotape
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Recent Examples of film
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
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—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
Has the trend of planning vacations based on the filming locations of our favorite movies and TV shows finally subsided?
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Filmmaking couple Nadia Gill and Dominic Gill, who have directed many films about the outdoors, first heard about Francis through an article.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
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—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Season one and two of The White Lotus were also filmed at Four Seasons locations (Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea in Hawai’i and Four Seasons San Domenico Palace in Sicily, respectively).
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
Has the trend of planning vacations based on the filming locations of our favorite movies and TV shows finally subsided?
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025
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The crooner and movie star claims several positions on a number of rankings in the U.K. this week, in what will likely be his last time appearing on the competitive tallies until next winter.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Rickard’s many references are informed by his lifelong passion for movies and television, production design, his Midwestern upbringing, and his earlier career as an unscripted TV producer.Jessica Ritz, Architectural Digest, 2 Jan. 2025
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Benegal began his career in advertising before transitioning to filmmaking, a move that would redefine Indian storytelling.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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That, to me, is the best, most interesting part of filmmaking.Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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The incident did occur in the boxing ring, Early said, and was videotaped.Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2024
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Walmart's third-party workers' compensation administrators investigated Fonseca, videotaped him driving an RV, and determined no further action was warranted, his attorneys said.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Trump's eldest son landed in Nuuk on Tuesday and spent the day handing out red caps, filming a documentary and speaking to residents.Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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There is probably a perfectly reasonable explanation for why Amazon is reportedly paying $40 million for the rights to a documentary about Melania Trump.Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
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As in Wallace and Gromit’s previous entertainments — and in innumerable films from almost the dawn of cinema — technology itself remains a leitmotif, here primarily as an endless font of anxious comedy about the contemporary world.Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Looking to the future, there are plenty of upcoming Star Wars games to be excited about as well as the return of Andor in 2025 and The Mandalorian & Grogu hitting cinemas in 2026.Ian Stokes, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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The galaxy imaged by Hubble is the spiral galaxy NGC 5427.Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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Also, the palm tree images on the bathroom window show his longing for his family in L.A.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Film.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/film. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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