talkie

noun

Definition of talkienext
as in silent

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  1. silent
  2. feature
  3. documentary
  4. short
  5. cartoon
  6. film
  7. docudrama
  8. movie
Noun
  • The team looked at 14 X-ray-silent supermassive black holes, finding that there is another way of considering this lack of emission.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • As of 2026, Savage has gone radio silent, a subject Doc Meets World wrestles with, knowing that ultimately, it cannot be fully understood.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
Definition of silent
Noun
  • The low-budget feature will mark Just’s directorial debut, and be the second in the new Dogma25 slate of ambitious arthouse features from producer Zentropa.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Produced by Emilie Lesclaux and Film at Lincoln Center, it was shot during the 2025 New York Film Festival, where the two directors were presenting their latest features, and grew out of conversations between them.
    — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of feature
Noun
  • The next documentary in Netflix‘s excellent Untold film series will zone in on Love, who scammed women out of money while posing as a wideout with the San Francisco 49ers, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The off-beat documentary about… well, the title says it all, has crossed the $2 million mark 25 days into its run.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of documentary
Noun
  • Op-Docs won an Academy Award for its 2021 short The Queen of Basketball, directed by Ben Proudfoot.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The Babysitter not only marks the fourth film in an ongoing partnership between the streamer and the prolific children’s horror author, but also the first not based on a short from Stine’s Nightmare Hour or Haunting Hour anthologies.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of short
Noun
  • Now their lives are a haunted, claustrophobic cartoon, and Golyak revels in its theatrical opportunities.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The candle smells of cereal, milk and lemon and is intended to recall the days of watching Saturday morning cartoons and summer.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of cartoon
Noun
  • The nearly six-minute film shows how the team combines precision machining, assembly, and repair to accelerate robot development.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Dyrholm’s casting in Incidents of Intimacy marks a homecoming for the Danish actress who was part of the ensemble cast in Thomas Vinterberg’s Cannes Jury Prize winner The Celebration, the first film to be made under the original manifesto.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of film
Noun
  • The audience gave a festival-best 22-minute standing ovation to the ticking-clock docudrama about efforts to save a 5-year-old Palestinian girl killed by the IDF.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Either way, the age of the football docudrama looks here to stay.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of docudrama
Noun
  • In my opinion, every good movie that enters the German market helps the German market, and the theatrical market in general.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Critics also widely embraced the movie, which is seen as a top contender at the Oscars.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of movie
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“Talkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talkie. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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