cinema verité
noun
ci·ne·ma ve·ri·té
ˈsi-nə-mə-ˌver-i-ˈtā 
si-nā-ˈmä-ve-rē-ˈtā
si-nā-ˈmä-ve-rē-ˈtā
: the art or technique of filming a movie so as to convey candid realism
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Advertisement The film wins you over with its cinema verite depictions of teens being teens.
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Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
With the kind of cinema verite style of an A24 film, the scene cuts away to the crew playing a pickup game with Steph, who drains a few buckets while wearing jeans and a t-shirt.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
With its cinema verite style, the film notably influenced directors like Spike Lee and Robert Townsend (who has a small role).
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2023
That tour de force of cinema verite followed the hopes and setbacks of two young players from Chicago, including former Marquette player William Gates.
—Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2022
The film also explores the nature of truth and our perceptions of reality, capturing a feeling of cinema verite in its seemingly casual structure, gaps in the narrative, temporal leaps and rough sound and image.
—Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2018
Eschewing formal interviews, the filmmakers shot the movie cinema verite style.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Reader, 12 Mar. 2018
Last Man in Aleppo A searing cinema verite look at the Syrian city destroyed by war, and the search for survivors.
—Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 23 Feb. 2018
Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
With the kind of cinema verite style of an A24 film, the scene cuts away to the crew playing a pickup game with Steph, who drains a few buckets while wearing jeans and a t-shirt.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
With its cinema verite style, the film notably influenced directors like Spike Lee and Robert Townsend (who has a small role).
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2023
That tour de force of cinema verite followed the hopes and setbacks of two young players from Chicago, including former Marquette player William Gates.
—Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2022
The film also explores the nature of truth and our perceptions of reality, capturing a feeling of cinema verite in its seemingly casual structure, gaps in the narrative, temporal leaps and rough sound and image.
—Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2018
Eschewing formal interviews, the filmmakers shot the movie cinema verite style.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Reader, 12 Mar. 2018
Last Man in Aleppo A searing cinema verite look at the Syrian city destroyed by war, and the search for survivors.
—Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 23 Feb. 2018
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