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the art or business of making a movie
a list of the top 100 stars of the silver screen
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Recent Examples of silver screen
The movie, released in theaters nationwide last month, has raked in $580 million at the global box office since its silver screen debut.
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Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Related Articles From silver screen star to Monegasque royalty, Kelly is a real-life Cinderella story — and her wardrobe continues to captivate the public.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
To escape the horrors of his imprisonment, Molina imagines movies starring Aurora as a classic silver screen diva, including a role of the spider woman, who kills her prey with a kiss.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Related Articles From silver screen star to Monegasque royalty, Kelly is a real-life Cinderella story — and her wardrobe continues to captivate the public.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
To escape the horrors of his imprisonment, Molina imagines movies starring Aurora as a classic silver screen diva, including a role of the spider woman, who kills her prey with a kiss.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silver 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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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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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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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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She's been acting even longer, making her big screen debut in 1993 and starring in action, romance, and comedy classics including Maid in Manhattan and Out of Sight.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The meeting began with one of the Adidas representatives flipping open a laptop and projecting a video onto a big screen.—
Pol Ballús,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Silver screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20screen. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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