as in filmmaking
the art or business of making a movie
a director with 25 years of experience at moviemaking
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Recent Examples of moviemaking
Permanent and temporary exhibitions delve into the art of moviemaking, director spotlights, avant-garde filmmakers, and other aspects of the filmmaking world.
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Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
In 1980, Redford founded the Sundance Institute, the non-profit organization that now oversees the festival and, through year-round labs and workshops, has nurtured several new generations of indie moviemaking talent.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Charli’s own cinephilia is well documented, making this excursion into moviemaking even more exciting.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
The family drama is underpinned by the vicissitudes inherent in moviemaking.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2026
Since 1988, the European Film Awards have sought to honor the best in European moviemaking, with a ceremony traditionally held at every year's end.
—Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 18 Jan. 2026
Larry never had much interest in moviemaking.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Earlier trailblazers such as Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky had demonstrated the potential of meditative moviemaking.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
Traditional Sci-Fi moviemaking at its finest.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
In 1980, Redford founded the Sundance Institute, the non-profit organization that now oversees the festival and, through year-round labs and workshops, has nurtured several new generations of indie moviemaking talent.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Charli’s own cinephilia is well documented, making this excursion into moviemaking even more exciting.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
The family drama is underpinned by the vicissitudes inherent in moviemaking.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2026
Since 1988, the European Film Awards have sought to honor the best in European moviemaking, with a ceremony traditionally held at every year's end.
—Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 18 Jan. 2026
Larry never had much interest in moviemaking.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Earlier trailblazers such as Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky had demonstrated the potential of meditative moviemaking.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
Traditional Sci-Fi moviemaking at its finest.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moviemaking
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His passion for the medium and its great artists illuminates this volume, which is shaped around a list of 100 Black films contextualized in a series of critical short essays by Clark, providing a lively and robust history of global Black filmmaking.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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Both of these sections suffer from flat filmmaking that relies on drama that’s largely told, rather than felt.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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Take, for example, the Roberto Cavalli dress Robbie wore to kick off the film’s promotion last month.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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In another demonstration, images encoded into flat films gradually became visible as the material morphed into dome-like 3D structures.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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The movie also offers a bunch of original Charli XCX tunes, spawning a soundtrack much better than the singer’s own lackluster mockumentary.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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And yet, this is what a generation of moviegoers thrilled by the stylistic excess of A24 and Neon movies want from the big-screen experience.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Moviemaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moviemaking. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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