as in film
the art or business of making a movie
many a small-town girl has gone to Hollywood, dreaming of making it big in the movies
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Beyond that, however, the film’s pleasures are a bit harder to pin down.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
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But the following musical number, a grand procession through the streets of Mexico City, also functions as a plea to the viewer — to buy in, to accept the film’s idiosyncratic world, one where Rita quickly gets entangled with a drug lord (Karla Sofía Gascón) seeking gender-affirming surgery.Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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San Francisco and the Bay Area has long been a hub of filmmaking, as early as the days of Charlie Chaplin.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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The two artists first met in 1965, and Morrissey signed on to run the publicity and filmmaking for Warhol at The Factory under a contract through 1973.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2024
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Meaghan Oppenheimer is a Hollywood showrunner with a husband, an infant, three stepkids and a dynastic family polo ranch on the outskirts of Tulsa, Okla.Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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From Hollywood to New York and everywhere in between, see what your favorite stars are up to By Brian Anthony Hernandez, Escher Walcott, Alexandra Schonfeld, Brendan Le, Stephanie Sengwe, Comments Stars have been everywhere this week.Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Movies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/movies. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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