How to Use cinephile in a Sentence

cinephile

noun
  • Take this film map and head out on the cinephile's road trip of a lifetime.
    Alison Medley, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2020
  • For $10 a month, cinephiles can watch a movie every day with MoviePass.
    Jessi Hempel, WIRED, 20 June 2018
  • The cinephile in me that hasn’t seen a movie in a theater in two years is bursting with joy.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Looks like cinephiles will need to make a little more space on their shelves.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Which is not to say the cinephile crowds have completely thinned.
    A.a. Dowd, Chron, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The other cinephile’s choice in the race and the one that could actually win.
    Vulture, 7 Feb. 2022
  • And die-hard cinephiles can have the option to watch the full version live or after.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The gist: Mubi is the place for absolute cinephile diehards.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 11 June 2024
  • Who Seems to Have Everything Got a cinephile on your hands?
    Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2022
  • For a birthday, the holidays, or any other day of the year, these are gifts for the cinephile in your life.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Roughly every four or five years a new batch of cinephiles are born.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
  • There’s nothing quite like the return of a beloved auteur to get the cinephile’s juices flowing.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2023
  • There’s lots for fashion- and cinephiles to drool over in the catalogue, a selection of which is shown above.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2019
  • The question, local cinephiles say, is why the police even bothered to seek charges.
    New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • Johnson: Any cinephile can attest that Kurosawa films and the like have a distinct vibe, from the look and feel to the sound and music.
    Josh Chesler, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2022
  • But it was beloved amongst certain cinephiles, beloved enough to warrant a sequel.
    WIRED, 24 Mar. 2023
  • When the movie swept through the awards season, movie critics and cinephiles gushed over Quan's comeback story.
    Emilie De Sainte Maresville, ABC News, 26 May 2023
  • The names of many others would be unrecognizable to even the most diehard cinephile.
    Josh Rottenberg, latimes.com, 26 June 2018
  • Don’t worry, cinephiles, Artscape didn’t forget about you.
    Sameer Rao, baltimoresun.com, 15 July 2019
  • The ’90s and early aughts are often referenced as the last movie-star era by film critics and cinephiles.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 17 June 2024
  • Treat any budding cinephile to this poster, and set them on a years-long project to watch some of history's greatest films.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Despite being a die-hard cinephile and wanting to make movies, film school had too high a pricetag.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The idea of the Oscars, however, should still matter, even to those who might not count themselves as cinephiles.
    Adam Epstein, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2020
  • As a cinephile, Cannes has always been the pinnacle of what the universal language of movies can be.
    Peter Mikelbank, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • For the cinephile on the move or the person who wants to create a new environment with a simple tech setup, the freestyle is for you.
    Vanessa Powell, ELLE, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Below are a bunch of gift ideas for the cinephile that will enhance their fandom and expand their film knowledge.
    Wired, 15 Dec. 2019
  • For me, as a cinephile, watching the new film by Ben Rivers is an experience of pleasure.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
  • This year is shaping up to be a banner one for cinephile Angelenos.
    Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The highlights below aren’t just for passionate cinephiles, though.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
  • That means that New York cinephiles will have a chance to watch the film during Spring Training, and audiences across the country will be able to catch the expansion just as the regular season is beginning.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024

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