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.
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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
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
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Which brings up why no one has pitched a film idea based on the life of Dax to Hollywood producers.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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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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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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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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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
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While there’s not a specific formula for what makes a silver screen featured city a tourist boom town, destinations looking to leverage interest from TV shows and movies should enhance the dialogue with movie productions and consider targeted branding operations, Soligo says.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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To escape the horrors of his imprisonment, Molina imagines movies starring Aurora as a classic silver screen diva, which includes the role of the spider woman, who kills her prey with a kiss.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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Dainty Dillo: Choose from eight televisions and a giant big screen at Dainty Dillo, along with drink specials all day long.—
Nicole Cobler,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
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Get your beer, snacks and big screen at these watch parties all across the metro.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Filmland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filmland. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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