as in film
the art or business of making a movie
plans to attend New York University to learn filmmaking
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Part gangster thriller, part love story, the low-budget feature from Godard starring Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo galvanized a movement of New Wave filmmakers in France with its experimental filmmaking, from chaotic jumpshots to the actors who learned their lines on the fly.
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
The main culprit is Towne’s way-too-precious filmmaking, but Farrell’s performance also offers little in the way of surprise or inspiration.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Rose, did Mary’s background as a therapist enhance the filmmaking in that scene, or others?
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
FilmNorth’s new hub for local filmmaking opened in the neighborhood earlier this summer, too.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
The main culprit is Towne’s way-too-precious filmmaking, but Farrell’s performance also offers little in the way of surprise or inspiration.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Rose, did Mary’s background as a therapist enhance the filmmaking in that scene, or others?
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
FilmNorth’s new hub for local filmmaking opened in the neighborhood earlier this summer, too.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filmmaking
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The researchers also observed superconductivity in flexible films made from niobium carbide nanoscrolls.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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Common items include notebooks or journals, paperback books or magazines, film cameras and crosswords.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Other features include a Game mode, which reduces latency so that the audio of games or movies are always synchronized with the video.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The grueling K-pop machine Ironically, the movie that made Ejae a star is an ode to the Korean pop music machine that disillusioned her all those years ago.—
Allison Cho,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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