as in film
the art or business of making a movie
that will go down in the annals of filmdom as the worst movie ever
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Recent Examples of filmdom
Takala, however, suspected that his work might be more complex than the stereotype of filmdom’s bumbling Paul Blart.
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Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
But no worries: Why try to duplicate one of the most memorable moments in American filmdom?
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2023
And while traditional Hollywood debates the impact of Netflix’s ramp-up on filmdom overall, Sarandos firmly believes the streamer’s titles don’t need a theatrical release to have a cultural impact.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 17 May 2023
For many of those invited to join filmdom’s most prestigious organization this year, the news was received as both a profound honor and a welcome sign of the changing times.
—Josh Rottenberg, latimes.com, 26 June 2018
But just know that the loud and long sequence gradually becomes yet another of superhero filmdom’s senseless tempests, logic invented—or forgotten—as necessary.
—Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 25 Apr. 2017
Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
But no worries: Why try to duplicate one of the most memorable moments in American filmdom?
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2023
And while traditional Hollywood debates the impact of Netflix’s ramp-up on filmdom overall, Sarandos firmly believes the streamer’s titles don’t need a theatrical release to have a cultural impact.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 17 May 2023
For many of those invited to join filmdom’s most prestigious organization this year, the news was received as both a profound honor and a welcome sign of the changing times.
—Josh Rottenberg, latimes.com, 26 June 2018
But just know that the loud and long sequence gradually becomes yet another of superhero filmdom’s senseless tempests, logic invented—or forgotten—as necessary.
—Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 25 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filmdom
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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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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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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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How might that decision influence the fashion choices of the television and movie stars in attendance?—
The Styles Desk,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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The iconic programming offers new and innovative international cinema.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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That was even true of titles that didn’t make the best picture cut, speaking of a depth in talent currently coursing through Spanish cinema.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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