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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Mercifully, Lo left the kitchen and bathrooms intact, as well as the front of the loft where the film shoots take place.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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This isn’t the only gentleman-on-gentleman peck cut from the film.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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The Buckeye location will feature a movie theater in the same building as the entertainment venue, unlike the Harkins BackLot in Happy Valley, which is separate from the movie theater.Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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The actor has done his share of holiday movies, as well, starring in the ABC Family Original movie Christmas Cupid and the Hallmark Christmas movies Five Cards for Christmas, Write Before Christmas, Too Close for Christmas, and Love in Winterland.Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 21 Nov. 2024
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Film Bazaar’s popular Knowledge Series panels will feature sessions on festival strategy with Cannes’ Christian Jeune, streaming content acquisition, and AI in filmmaking.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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And through her mesmerizing filmmaking, Kapadia creates a world that didn’t seem possible — which, of course, reinforces how imaginary this new place might prove to be.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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Suddenly, all across the page and silver screen, teenagers were fighting for their lives in apocalyptic settings.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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The show even made its debut at the Venice Film Festival, further underlining the increasingly amorphous delineation between the small and silver screen.Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
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The best way to watch any sort of network programming for free on a big screen is with a good HD antenna.BYChris Morris, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2024
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This will be followed by Gunn’s big screen rendition of Superman on July 11, 2025. DC’s HBO series The Penguin continues to break viewership records averaging 1.8 million U.S. cross-platform viewers, the drama’s strongest single-day performance for the overall series in the states on Oct. 20.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Filmland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filmland. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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