as in film
the art or business of making a movie a master director who is one of the most revered figures of filmland

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Recent Examples of filmland Assayas employs the standard tropes of vampiric lore — endless nights, sleepy days, doomed relationships that can only last so long — to poignantly parallel the lives of those bloodsucking monsters of filmland with the lives of those who inhabit them on screen. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2022 This year, filmland ushered in a new Scream Queen: Jenna Ortega. Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2022 As an event in filmland the first unfolding of ‘The King of Kings’ on the screen took precedence even over the opening of a theater that in itself is a revelation of art and beauty. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filmland
Noun
  • Mercifully, Lo left the kitchen and bathrooms intact, as well as the front of the loft where the film shoots take place.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Since many of the men in the study haven’t been extensively interviewed, the National Geographic series does say something new, a feat, given there have been a number of films — some good, some bad — focused on the subject.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This is a movie that exists in its own strange world.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
  • But because this is a horror movie, there are, of course, more immediate existential threats lurking behind doors one and two.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Releasing in theaters on November 8 and on Netflix on November 22, filmmaking is apparently an intrinsic gene within the DNA of the Washington family.
    Malik William, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Industries like filmmaking, design and art, once limited to those with specialized skills or access to expensive tools, are now being revolutionized by AI.
    Justin Maier, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Suddenly, all across the page and silver screen, teenagers were fighting for their lives in apocalyptic settings.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The show even made its debut at the Venice Film Festival, further underlining the increasingly amorphous delineation between the small and silver screen.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
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  • This will be followed by Gunn’s big screen rendition of Superman on July 11, 2025. DC’s HBO series The Penguin continues to break viewership records averaging 1.8 million U.S. cross-platform viewers, the drama’s strongest single-day performance for the overall series in the states on Oct. 20.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Both chains reported a day after big screen theater tech giant Imax disclosed revenue of $91.5 million for the latest financial quarter, down 12 percent from the year-ago period when Oppenheimer made its run in theaters.
    Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Filmland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filmland. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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