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the art or business of making a movie
a list of the top 100 stars of the silver screen
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Recent Examples of silver screen
The film marks Charli’s official silver screen debut.
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2025
The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna, played by Lopez.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Expect a drop dead gorgeous, talented cast, complete with beautiful scoring and choreography that is silver screen worthy.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The film is emblematic of the Swinging London cultural era, and notable for featuring the first silver screen appearance of Jane Birkin.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2025
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2025
The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna, played by Lopez.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Expect a drop dead gorgeous, talented cast, complete with beautiful scoring and choreography that is silver screen worthy.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The film is emblematic of the Swinging London cultural era, and notable for featuring the first silver screen appearance of Jane Birkin.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silver screen
Noun
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Lockhart Kraner reprises her role of Gabby, with Kristen Wiig joining the cast for the film.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2025
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Set in a luxurious, remote country manor, director Ché Baker’s film stars Kiran Shah (The Hobbit trilogy).—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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So all movies were basically, that was the audience.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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That passion — that enduring sense of purpose — is reflected across the course of a small but satisfying movie about people who are either desperate for something to live for, or living only for their desperation.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
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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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But make no mistake, this odyssey through hell and not back (virtually the entire film gets framed around that purgatory-like walking contest) is an artistic and gutsy triumph of filmmaking.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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But now just days away from releasing in movie theaters across the country, Gabby herself wants to tell fans of all ages what to expect when Netflix‘s popular preschool series goes big screen.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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In addition to the forthcoming Train Dreams, which premiered at Sundance this January, this year’s festival circuit brings a few more unlikely candidates for big screen treatment.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Silver screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20screen. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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