as in film
the art or business of making a movie
plans to attend New York University to learn filmmaking
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Recent Examples of filmmaking
Both of these sections suffer from flat filmmaking that relies on drama that’s largely told, rather than felt.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
That said, international filmmaking is in feeble shape, partly because of the jambalaya of international co-productions, partly because of the inroads of television aesthetics, and partly because of the cloistered aestheticism of self-conscious art-house cinema.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
That said, international filmmaking is in feeble shape, partly because of the jambalaya of international co-productions, partly because of the inroads of television aesthetics, and partly because of the cloistered aestheticism of self-conscious art-house cinema.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filmmaking
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Brown made his film directorial debut with the 2005 documentary Off the Chain, which explored the widespread abuse of American pit bull terriers.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb. 2026
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Driven out of the family mansion, mother and child relocate to the less auspicious Belleville, New Jersey — one of the film’s few genuinely funny touches — where Mary whiles away her days in the employ of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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The whole thing plays like a cross between a 1970s conspiracy thriller and the type of movie that would soon become John Hughes’ specialty.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2026
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To me, a film—something raw and stylish, like an underground movie—would be the perfect way to broadcast this urban culture to the world.—
Fab 5 Freddy,
Vanity Fair,
2 Mar. 2026
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