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as in film
the art or business of making a movie
felt that the cinema was one of the most challenging and fulfilling forms of artistic expression
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as in theatre
a building or part of a building where movies are shown
got a job cleaning the cinemas at the multiplex
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Every once in a while, a movie comes around that’s so viscerally different from what came before it that the fabric of cinema is permanently altered.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2024
Lewis Lent was a janitor at the cinema center there in Pittsfield.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
Have your picks in place for the busy fall movie season at the cinema?
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
The idea is to bring very big names here to speak about cinema and connect them with Spanish producers.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2024
Lewis Lent was a janitor at the cinema center there in Pittsfield.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
Have your picks in place for the busy fall movie season at the cinema?
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
The idea is to bring very big names here to speak about cinema and connect them with Spanish producers.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Cinema.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cinema. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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