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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Take, for example, the Roberto Cavalli dress Robbie wore to kick off the film’s promotion last month.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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In another demonstration, images encoded into flat films gradually became visible as the material morphed into dome-like 3D structures.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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The movie also offers a bunch of original Charli XCX tunes, spawning a soundtrack much better than the singer’s own lackluster mockumentary.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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And yet, this is what a generation of moviegoers thrilled by the stylistic excess of A24 and Neon movies want from the big-screen experience.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
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