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as in movie
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
watched a film on the Hopi Indians at the multicultural center
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as in filmmaking
the art or business of making a movie
learned about some of the special-effects techniques used in film
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as in to videotape
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Recent Examples of film
Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The actor continued to film projects in Austin, starring in the 2005 Robert Rodriguez film Sin City as the villainous character Stuka.
—Kat Stinson, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Applegate was diagnosed with the neurological disease in 2021 while filming the final season of her Netflix show Dead to Me.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Cheshire hopes the film, which was directed by Gina LeVay and screened April 7 as part of the ReelAbilities NY Film Festival, inspires audiences from any walk of life.
—Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The actor continued to film projects in Austin, starring in the 2005 Robert Rodriguez film Sin City as the villainous character Stuka.
—Kat Stinson, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
O'Connell also shared a wild memory from his days filming Angelina Jolie's 2014 war drama, Unbroken.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Applegate was diagnosed with the neurological disease in 2021 while filming the final season of her Netflix show Dead to Me.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for film
Noun
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What might work in a fantasy show, or a campy horror movie, comes off as weirdly goofy here.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The actress, who had shaved her head in 2024 for a movie role, managed to keep her lack of hair hidden until the awards show.—
Brittany Talarico,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Academy also issued its first formal guidance on AI in filmmaking.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2025
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Screenwriters, who were treated by the front office as the disposable help, got a measure of revenge by portraying their employers as idiots or vulgarians whose sole role in filmmaking was to write the checks and gum up the works.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2025
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The police videotaped Reggie's interview with a police detective while his father sat next to him.—
Paul LaRosa,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Crystal’s hilarious opening film starts with him illicitly videotaping in a movie theater.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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Three decades later, the documentary Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror looks back on that day, featuring interviews with law enforcement involved in the case and victims of the attack.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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Plus, from documentaries to a comedy, here's what else is on this week.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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Étoile doesn’t just make that argument, in guest appearances by artists who bridge high and low, like David Byrne, and shouting out the brilliant documentarian Frederick Wiseman in a scene set at the Manhattan cinema mecca Film Forum.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Apr. 2025
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First as Jacques Demy’s Madonna figure in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), then in films by Truffaut, Polanski, and Buñuel, then during her stint in Hollywood and her later career as Andre Téchiné’s muse and inspiration to Millennial newcomers, Deneuve embodies a leftist French cinema ideal.—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 Apr. 2025
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Precipitation of gadolinium from magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents may be the Brass tacks of toxicity.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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The crewmates also attempted to grow mushrooms in space and have allowed their brains to be mapped and imaged for science.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Film.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/film. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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