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the art or business of making a movie
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Recent Examples of big screen
Netflix operates and books big screen classic venues The Paris in NYC and the American Cinematheque Egyptian Theatre in LA.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Whenever Maher’s face was beamed onto the stadium’s big screen, huge cheers erupted from the thousands gathered in the Dolman Stand and South Stand.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Andrew Garfield is not swinging to a big screen as your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man again any time soon.
—Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Brewers Bash — which could include bars, food stands, live entertainment and big screen TVs — would address demand for additional pregame outdoor activity space, said Rick Schlesinger, Brewers president of business operations.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Whenever Maher’s face was beamed onto the stadium’s big screen, huge cheers erupted from the thousands gathered in the Dolman Stand and South Stand.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Andrew Garfield is not swinging to a big screen as your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man again any time soon.
—Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Brewers Bash — which could include bars, food stands, live entertainment and big screen TVs — would address demand for additional pregame outdoor activity space, said Rick Schlesinger, Brewers president of business operations.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big screen
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In addition to Fast X (2023), the actor has recently been seen in the superhero film Morbius (2022).—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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The film has been embraced by both critics and audiences, who gave it a coveted A CinemaScore.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Feb. 2025
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Read more: The Human Cost of Binge-Watching True Crime Series Shackleton also steps back to reveal how his movie might have adhered to the tropes of the true crime genre.—
Esther Zuckerman,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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The couple recently caught up with PEOPLE at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, ahead of the premiere of their movie Together.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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At a glance, there was nothing special about the Burbank location of the Bob’s Big Boy chain, but over the course of seven years and several decades of filmmaking, Mr. Lynch had demonstrated that illuminating something ordinary could give it meaning and reveal its mysteries.—
Tejal Rao,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Negative space is the great underused resource in filmmaking.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
24 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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Even the lounge noir aesthetic of those scenes—blood-red drapes, geometric flooring, tragic women done up like silver screen idols—has seeped into musicians’ visual lexicon.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Big screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20screen. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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