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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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Recent Examples of cinema
After going dark in the early days of the pandemic, a former ArcLight theater in El Segundo will reopen with a new owner and name Monday as a luxury cinema intended to pry movie viewers off their couches at home.
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Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
In 2023, the industry reached a record $45.5 billion in global revenues—a 10% increase from the previous year, surpassing cinema revenues of $33.2 billion.
—Dr. Brittany Chambers, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025
The film was produced by Two Fresh Productions — a separate entity — and hit UK cinemas in 2024.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
By day, sisters Molly and Clara appear to be modern-day New Yorkers, living in an indie cinema that was once home to a Yiddish theater.
—Penny Schwartz, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
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Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
In 2023, the industry reached a record $45.5 billion in global revenues—a 10% increase from the previous year, surpassing cinema revenues of $33.2 billion.
—Dr. Brittany Chambers, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025
The film was produced by Two Fresh Productions — a separate entity — and hit UK cinemas in 2024.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
By day, sisters Molly and Clara appear to be modern-day New Yorkers, living in an indie cinema that was once home to a Yiddish theater.
—Penny Schwartz, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cinema
Noun
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The Berlin Film Festival is historically the most political of all the major film festivals, and this year is no exception.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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In 2018, Curry founded Unanimous Media to release films, TV shows, books and podcasts.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Blood Test by Charles Baxter Andrew Katzenstein The Impressionist Over more than fifty years of documentary filmmaking, Frederick Wiseman has made an art of withholding judgment and showing people figuring things out on their own.—
James Gleick,
The New York Review of Books,
7 Feb. 2025
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The way to address this, the possibilities to really make this work for us in life needed a representation in filmmaking.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The show is part of the playhouse’s Barnstormer series held in the Lucille Lortel White Barn Center adjacent to the theater building.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2025
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In a small upper window of the candy making factory in the walk-through playhouse.—
Brady MacDonald,
Orange County Register,
7 June 2024
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Kelsey Mann is the director behind the year’s top-grossing movie, Inside Out 2.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2025
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Jean-Baptiste, 57, reunites with director Mike Leigh for Hard Truths, 28 years after their movie Secrets & Lies that nabbed her an Oscar nomination.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Sundance Institute was modeled on Connecticut’s Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, which pioneered a multi-faceted program to develop new works for live theater.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2025
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Construction on that theater is expected to be completed next month.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Cinema.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cinema. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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