Definition of the word cinema

1

b

: a motion-picture theater

2

a

: movies

especially

: the film industry

b

: the art or technique of making motion pictures

Synonyms

Example Sentences



a student of French cinema



We drove by the cinema to see what was playing.

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Word History

Etymology

short for cinematograph

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler

The first known use of cinema was
in 1909

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French cinéma, clipping of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, movement) + γράφω (gráphō, write, record).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/, /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mɑː/

Noun[edit]

cinema (countable and uncountable, plural cinemas)

  1. (countable) A movie theatre, a movie house
    Synonyms: (UK) pictures, (chiefly US) moviehouse, movies, (chiefly US) movie theater, (rare) movie theatre

    The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.

  2. (film, uncountable) Films collectively.

    Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.

  3. (film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.
    • 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:

      Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.

    In the long history of Spanish cinema [] .

  4. (film, countable, uncountable) The art of making films and movies; cinematography
    Synonym: seventh art

    Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers [] .

    • 2005, Tom O’Regan, Australian National Cinema (page 79)
      The French and Italian cinemas can seem to persist autonomously—in the sense of being spaces of separate development and marked difference from Hollywood and other national cinemas.

Derived terms[edit]

  • cinema hall
  • cinema verite
  • cinema-goer
  • home cinema
  • hyperlink cinema
  • prisoner’s cinema
  • silent cinema

[edit]

  • cine
  • cinematic
  • cinematographic
  • cinematography
  • kinema

Descendants[edit]

  • Hindi: सिनेमा (sinemā)
  • Tamil: சினிமா (ciṉimā)
  • Telugu: సినిమా (sinimā), సైన్మ (sainma), సీన్మ (sīnma)
  • Yoruba: sinimá

Translations[edit]

a film/movie theatre

  • Afrikaans: kinema, bioskoop
  • Albanian: kinema (sq) f
  • Ambonese Malay: bioskop
  • Amharic: ሲኒማ (sinima)
  • Arabic: سِينَمَا‎ f (sīnamā)
  • Armenian: կինոթատրոն (hy) (kinotʿatron), կինո (hy) (kino)
  • Azerbaijani: kinoteatr, kino (az)
  • Belarusian: кінатэа́тр m (kinateátr), кіно́ (be) n (kinó), кінатэа́тар m (kinateátar) (Taraškievica)
  • Bengali: সিনেমা (śinema)
  • Bulgarian: ки́но (bg) n (kíno)
  • Burmese: ရုပ်ရှင်ရုံ (ruphrang-rum)
  • Catalan: cinema (ca) m
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 戲院戏院 (hei3 jyun6-2)
    Dungan: дянйинүан (di͡anyinüan)
    Hakka: 電影院电影院 (thien-yáng-yen / thien-yáng-yan)
    Mandarin: 電影院电影院 (zh) (diànyǐngyuàn)
    Min Nan: 電影院电影院 (tiān-iáⁿ-īⁿ)
    Wu: 電影院电影院 (di in hhoe)
  • Czech: kino (cs) n
  • Danish: biograf (da) c, bio
  • Dutch: cinema (nl) m, bioscoop (nl) m
  • Elfdalian: bio m
  • Esperanto: kinejo
  • Estonian: kino (et)
  • Faroese: biografur (fo)
  • Finnish: elokuvateatteri (fi), elokuva (fi), leffa (fi) (colloquial)
  • French: cinéma (fr) m
  • Georgian: კინოთეატრი (ḳinoteaṭri), კინო (ḳino)
  • German: Kino (de) n, Filmtheater (de) n, Lichtspielhaus (de) n (dated)
  • Greek: σινεμά (el) n (sinemá)
  • Greenlandic: biografi, filmertarfik
  • Gujarati: ચલચિત્રપટ (calcitrapaṭ), સિનેમા (sinemā)
  • Hebrew: בֵּית קוֹלנוֹעַ (he) m (beit kolnóa’), קוֹלְנוֹעַ (he) m (kolnóa’)
  • Hindi: सिनेमा (hi) m (sinemā)
  • Hungarian: mozi (hu), filmszínház (hu)
  • Icelandic: bíó (is) n, kvikmyndahús (is) n
  • Ido: cinemo (io)
  • Indonesian: bioskop (id)
  • Irish: pictiúrlann (ga) f
  • Italian: cinema (it) m
  • Japanese: 映画館 (ja) (えいがかん, eigakan)
  • Kannada: ಸಿನಮಾ (sinamā)
  • Kazakh: кино (kk) (kino), кинотеатр (kinoteatr)
  • Khmer: រោងកុន (roong kon), រោងភាពយន្ត (roong phiəpyŭən)
  • Korean: 영화관(映畵館) (ko) (yeonghwagwan), 극장(劇場) (ko) (geukjang)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: سینەما (ckb) (sînema)
    Northern Kurdish: sînema (ku)
  • Kyrgyz: кино (ky) (kino), кинотеатр (ky) (kinoteatr)
  • Lao: ໂຮງຮູບເງົາ (lo) (hōng hūp ngao), ໂຮງຫນັງ (hōng nang), ຮູບເງົາ (hūp ngao), ຊິເນມາ (si nē mā)
  • Latin: cīnēmatēum n
  • Latvian: kinoteātris m, kino m
  • Lithuanian: kino teatras m, kinas (lt) m
  • Luxembourgish: Kino (lb) m
  • Macedonian: кино n (kino)
  • Malay: panggung wayang gambar (usually abbreviated as pawagam (ms)), sinema (ms)
  • Malayalam: സിനിമ (ml) (sinima)
  • Maltese: ċinema
  • Maori: whare pikitia (mi)
  • Marathi: चित्रपटगृह (mr) (citrapaṭgruh), सिनेमा (sinemā)
  • Mongolian:
    Roman: кинотеатр (kinoteatr), кино (mn) (kino)
  • Northern Sami: kino
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: kino (no) m
    Nynorsk: kino m
  • Pashto: سينما (ps) f (sinamã)
  • Persian: سینما (fa) (sinemâ)
  • Polish: kino (pl) n
  • Portuguese: cinema (pt) m
  • Punjabi: ਸਿਨੇਮਾ (pa) (sinemā)
  • Romansch: kino m
  • Russian: кинотеа́тр (ru) m (kinoteátr), кино́ (ru) n (kinó) (colloquial), кино́шка (ru) f (kinóška) (colloquial)
  • Sanskrit: चलचित्रम् (calacitram)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kino (sh) n
    Cyrillic: би̏оскоп m (Montenegro, Serbia), ки́но n (Bosnia, Croatia)
    Roman: bȉoskop (sh) m (Montenegro, Serbia), kíno (sh) n (Bosnia, Croatia)
  • Sicilian: cìnima m
  • Sinhalese: සිනමාහල (sinamāhala)
  • Slovak: kino n
  • Slovene: kino (sl) m
  • Sorbian:
    Upper Sorbian: kino n
  • Spanish: cine (es) m, cinematógrafo (es) m
  • Swahili: sinema (sw)
  • Swedish: biograf (sv) c, bio (sv) c
  • Tagalog: sinehan
  • Tajik: кинотеатр (tg) (kinoteatr), кино (tg) (kino), синамо (sinamo)
  • Tamil: சினிமா (ta) (ciṉimā), திரையரங்கு (ta) (tiraiyaraṅku)
  • Tatar: кинотеатр (kinoteatr), кино (kino)
  • Telugu: సినిమా (te) (sinimā)
  • Thai: โรงภาพยนตร์ (roong-pâap-pá-yon), โรงหนัง (roong-nǎng)
  • Turkish: sinema (tr), sinema salonu (tr)
  • Turkmen: kinoteatr, kino
  • Ukrainian: кінотеа́тр (uk) m (kinoteátr), кіно́ (uk) n (kinó)
  • Urdu: سنیما‎ m (sinemā)
  • Uyghur: كىنوخانا(kinoxana), كىنو(kino)
  • Uzbek: kinoteatr (uz), kino (uz)
  • Vietnamese: rạp phim, rạp chiếu phim, rạp xi nê, rạp xi-nê, rạp điện ảnh
  • Volapük: bioskopöp
  • Welsh: sinema (cy)
  • Yiddish: קינאָ‎ n (kino)

films collectively

  • Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (solossitro)
  • Bulgarian: кино (bg) n (kino)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 電影电影 (zh) (diànyǐng)
  • Esperanto: filmaro
  • Finnish: elokuva (fi)
  • French: cinéma (fr) m
  • German: Kino (de) n
  • Greek: κινηματογράφος (el) m (kinimatográfos)
  • Hebrew: קוֹלְנוֹעַ (he) m (kolnóa’)
  • Japanese: 映画 (ja) (えいが, eiga), フィルム (firumu)
  • Latvian: kino m
  • Persian: سینما (fa) (sinemâ)
  • Polish: kino (pl) n
  • Portuguese: cinema (pt) m
  • Russian: кино́ (ru) n (kinó)
  • Spanish: cine (es) m, cinema (es) m
  • Swedish: film (sv)
  • Tajik: кино (tg) (kino), синамо (sinamo)
  • Vietnamese: phim (vi), điện ảnh (vi)

the film and movie industry

  • Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (solossitro)
  • Bulgarian: кинематогра́фия f (kinematográfija)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 電影業电影业 (zh) (diànyǐngyè)
  • Dutch: filmindustrie (nl) f
  • Esperanto: kinindustrio
  • Finnish: elokuvateollisuus (fi)
  • French: cinéma (fr) m
  • German: Filmindustrie (de) f, Kino (de) n
  • Greek: κινηματογράφος (el) m (kinimatográfos)
  • Gujarati: ચલચિત્ર ઉદ્યોગ (calcitra udyog)
  • Hebrew: קולנוע (he) m (kolnoa)
  • Hungarian: filmgyártás (hu)
  • Japanese: 映画産業 (えいがさんぎょう, eigasangyō)
  • Kazakh: кино өнері (kino önerı), кинематография (kinematografiä)
  • Latvian: kinematogrāfija f
  • Polish: kinematografia (pl) f, kino (pl) n
  • Portuguese: indústria cinematográfica f
  • Romanian: cinematografie (ro) f
  • Russian: кино́ (ru) n (kinó), кинематогра́фия (ru) f (kinematográfija)
  • Sicilian: cìnima m
  • Spanish: cine (es) m, cinema (es) m
  • Swedish: film (sv), filmbransch
  • Vietnamese: ngành phim, ngành điện ảnh (vi)

the art of making films and movies

  • Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (solossitro)
  • Bulgarian: кинематогра́фия f (kinematográfija)
  • Catalan: cinema (ca) m
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 電影製作術电影制作术 (diànyǐng jìzuò shù)
  • Esperanto: kinarto
  • Finnish: filmitaide (fi), elokuvataide (fi)
  • French: cinéma (fr) m
  • German: Kino (de) n
  • Greek: κινηματογράφος (el) m (kinimatográfos)
  • Hebrew: קולנוע (he) m (qolnóa)
  • Hungarian: filmművészet (hu), film (hu)
  • Icelandic: kvikmyndalist f
  • Italian: cinematografo (it) m, cinematografia (it) f
  • Japanese: 撮影 (ja) (さつえい, satsuei)
  • Kazakh: киноөнер (kinoöner), кино өнері (kino önerı), кинематография (kinematografiä)
  • Korean: 촬영 (ko) (chwaryeong)
  • Latvian: kinematogrāfija f
  • Macedonian: кинематогра́фија f (kinematográfija)
  • Polish: kinematografia (pl) f, kino (pl) n
  • Portuguese: cinematografia f, cinema (pt) m
  • Romanian: cinematografie (ro) f
  • Russian: кино́ (ru) n (kinó), кинематогра́фия (ru) f (kinematográfija), кинемато́граф (ru) m (kinematógraf)
  • Spanish: cine (es) m, cinema (es) m
  • Swedish: film (sv), filmkonst
  • Turkish: sinematografi (tr)
  • Vietnamese: nghệ thuật phim, nghệ thuật điện ảnh (vi)

Anagrams[edit]

  • Mencia, anemic, came in, iceman

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cinema m (plural cinemes)

  1. cinema

[edit]

  • cinematògraf
  • cinematografia

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French cinéma, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, movement).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ne.ma/
  • Rhymes: -inema
  • Hyphenation: cì‧ne‧ma

Noun[edit]

cinema m (invariable)

  1. (art and industry) cinema
  2. (movie theatre) cinema, movie theater, film theatre
    Synonyms: cinematografo, sala cinematografica

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  • cine-
  • cinegiornale
  • cinema d’animazione
  • cinema d’essai
  • cinema muto
  • cinema sonoro
  • cinemateatro
  • cinematico
  • cinematografia
  • cineparcheggio

See also[edit]

  • teatro

Anagrams[edit]

  • macine, minace, nemica

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kiːˈneː.ma/, [kiːˈneːmä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈne.ma/, [t͡ʃiˈnɛːmä]

Noun[edit]

cīnēma n (genitive cīnēmatis); third declension

  1. (New Latin) cinema

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cīnēma cīnēmata
Genitive cīnēmatis cīnēmatum
Dative cīnēmatī cīnēmatibus
Accusative cīnēma cīnēmata
Ablative cīnēmate cīnēmatibus
Vocative cīnēma cīnēmata

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French cinéma or a reduction of cinematógrafo, ultimately from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, movement).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /siˈnẽ.mɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siˈne.ma/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /siˈne.mɐ/
  • Rhymes: -emɐ
  • Homophone: sinema
  • Hyphenation: ci‧ne‧ma

Noun[edit]

cinema m (plural cinemas)

  1. cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
  2. (uncountable) cinema (the art or industry of making films)
    Synonym: cinematografia
  3. cinema (films from a particular place or of a particular style as a group)

[edit]

  • cinemática
  • cinematografia
  • cinematográfico
  • cinematógrafo

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French cinéma.

Noun[edit]

cinema n (plural cinemauri)

  1. cinema

Declension[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈnema/ [θiˈne.ma]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈnema/ [siˈne.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: ci‧ne‧ma

Etymology 1[edit]

Reduction of cinematógrafo.

Noun[edit]

cinema m (plural cinemas)

  1. cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
    Synonym: cine
  2. cinema (the art or industry of making films)
    Synonym: cine
Derived terms[edit]
  • cámara de cine
  • cine continuado
  • cine de autor
  • cine mudo
  • cine sonoro
  • de cine

Etymology 2[edit]

Reduction of cinemática.

Noun[edit]

cinema f (plural cinemas)

  1. (physics) kinematics
    Synonym: cinemática

Adjective[edit]

cinema (invariable)

  1. (physics) related to movement
    Synonym: cinemática

Further reading[edit]

  • “cinema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • “cinema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Other forms: cinemas

A cinema is another word for a movie theater. If you love films, you probably spend a lot of time at the cinema.

It’s more common to say cinema in Britain than in the United States, but any English speaker will know what you’re talking about if you ask, «Want to go to the cinema?» You can also use cinema to talk about the film industry and its history: «This is my favorite film in all of American cinema.» The word was first used in 1899, from the French cinéma, which was a shortened form of cinématographe, «motion picture projector and camera.»

Definitions of cinema

  1. noun

    a medium that disseminates moving pictures

    “this story would be good
    cinema

    synonyms:

    celluloid, film

  2. noun

    a theater where films are shown

    synonyms:

    movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palace

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    types:

    bioscope

    a South African movie theater

    fleapit

    an old shabby movie theater

    multiplex

    a movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building

    type of:

    house, theater, theatre

    a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented

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cinema

/ˈsɪnəmə/

noun

plural

cinemas



cinema

/ˈsɪnəmə/

noun

plural

cinemas

Britannica Dictionary definition of CINEMA

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the film industry

  • She had a long career in (the) cinema.

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the art or technique of making movies

  • a student of French cinema

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chiefly British

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a movie theater

  • We drove by the cinema to see what was playing.

  • They are going to the cinema [=(US) going to the movies] tonight.

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Magic in cinema is a bit like ventriloquism on the radio.

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CINEMA

(Earlier spelling kinema): shortened from cinematograph.

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PRONUNCIATION OF CINEMA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CINEMA

Cinema is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CINEMA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cinema

Cinema may refer to: ▪ Film, a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving image ▪ Filmmaking, the process of making a film ▪ Movie theater, a building in which films are shown ▪ Cinema or Bommalattam, a Tamil film ▪ Cinema, a defunct Scandinavian movie channel ▪ Cinema 4D, a 3D graphics application In music: ▪ Cinema, a 1982 band formed by ex-Yes members Alan White and Chris Squire ▪ CinemaCinemaCinema, or the title song ▪ «Cinema» ▪ «Cinéma», a song by Paola di Medico ▪ «Cinema» ▪ Cinema, an album by Cachorro Grande ▪ Cinema, an album by ICE MC, or the title song ▪ Cinema an album by Nazareth…


Definition of cinema in the English dictionary

The definition of cinema in the dictionary is a place designed for the exhibition of films.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CINEMA

Synonyms and antonyms of cinema in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «CINEMA»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cinema» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «cinema» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CINEMA

Find out the translation of cinema to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cinema from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cinema» in English.

Translator English — Chinese


电影院

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English — Spanish


cine

570 millions of speakers

English


cinema

510 millions of speakers

Translator English — Hindi


सिनेमा

380 millions of speakers

Translator English — Arabic


سينِما

280 millions of speakers

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кинотеатр

278 millions of speakers

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cinema

270 millions of speakers

Translator English — Bengali


সিনেমা

260 millions of speakers

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cinéma

220 millions of speakers

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Pawagam

190 millions of speakers

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Kino

180 millions of speakers

Translator English — Japanese


映画館

130 millions of speakers

Translator English — Korean


영화관

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Javanese


Wayang

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Vietnamese


rạp chiếu phim

80 millions of speakers

Translator English — Tamil


சினிமா

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Marathi


सिनेमा

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Turkish


sinema

70 millions of speakers

Translator English — Italian


cinema

65 millions of speakers

Translator English — Polish


kino

50 millions of speakers

Translator English — Ukrainian


кінотеатр

40 millions of speakers

Translator English — Romanian


cinema

30 millions of speakers

Translator English — Greek


κινηματογράφος

15 millions of speakers

Translator English — Afrikaans


Cinema

14 millions of speakers

Translator English — Swedish


biograf

10 millions of speakers

Translator English — Norwegian


kino

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cinema

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CINEMA»

The term «cinema» is very widely used and occupies the 2.595 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

Trends

FREQUENCY

Very widely used

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Principal search tendencies and common uses of cinema

List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «cinema».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CINEMA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cinema» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cinema» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cinema

10 QUOTES WITH «CINEMA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cinema.

The most delightful aspect about the language of cinema is that it speaks to each of us in different ways — it is a purely subjective experience.

Magic in cinema is a bit like ventriloquism on the radio.

Indian cinema is entertaining, and what I love most about it is the songs and dances in the films.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would be a villain or a comic cipher, usually badly played, and with a rotten accent. There weren’t a lot of guys in England for me to look up to.

When I was 16, I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: ‘Oh, how wonderful; I’m ready.’

Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It’s a place I live in. It’s a way of seeing things, of experiencing life. But making films, that’s supposed to be a profession.

I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.

Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.

Instead of watching DVDs at home, I prefer going to the cinema to get the experience.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CINEMA»

Discover the use of cinema in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cinema and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

1

The American Cinema: Directors and Directions, 1929-1968

A guide to the work of 200 film directors and over 6000 films by «the leading American proponent [of the auteur theory].» Includes the essays «Toward a Theory of Film History» and «The Auteur Theory Revisited.»—Back cover.

In both my research and my classrooms I return to these essays again and again—not only for the richness of their arguments but also for their passionate belief that the cinema is a form of revelation vital to our lives.

He is one of the key figures in poststructuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.Cinema I is a revolutionary work in the theory of cinema and begins Deleuze’s major reassessment of film, concluded in …

4

Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema

The Encyclopaedia Which Brings Together An Array Of Experts, Gives A Perspective On The Fascinating Journey Of Hindi Cinema From The Turn Of The Last Century To Becoming A Leader In The World Of Celluloid.

Gulazāra, Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee, 2003

5

Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant-garde, 1919-1945

With one exception, all are original to this volume, and many are the first to treat comprehensively such early filmmakers as Mary Ellen Bute, Theodore Huff, and Douglass Crockwell.

Jan-Christopher Horak, 1995

6

Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts

Providing accessible coverage of a comprehensive range of genres, movements, theories and production terms, this is a must-have guide to a fascinating area of study and arguably the greatest art form of modern times.

7

New Latin American Cinema

Presents essays that the influence and development of Latin American cinema.

Cult Cinema: an Introduction presents the first in-depth academic examination of all aspects of the field of cult cinema, including audiences, genres, and theoretical perspectives.

Ernest Mathijs, Jamie Sexton, 2011

9

Theorising national cinema

All you’ll ever need to know about national cinemas in one comprehensive volume. Leading film scholars introduce the concept and discuss a range of national cinemas in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

Valentina Vitali, Paul Willemen, 2006

— Latin America in Books

Randal Johnson, Robert Stam, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CINEMA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cinema is used in the context of the following news items.

West End Cinema to re-open under Landmark banner

Film fans still despondent over the sudden closing of the West End Cinema in March probably didn’t notice the sign through all the tears in their … «Washington Post, Jul 15»

Bologna’s Il Cinema Ritrovato festival gives classics new life

Il Cinema Ritrovato (literally “The Cinema Returned”), a festival that takes place in the beautiful Italian city of Bologna in June and July, … «The Australian, Jul 15»

Texas cinema makes watching Jaws even more terrifying. If that’s …

As the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week draws to a close, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is reviving its 2002 special screening of Jaws, where … «Toronto Star, Jul 15»

Dustin Hoffman Reflects on the Fall of Cinema in Revealing Interview

Television has improved but cinema is at its worst. «I think right now television is the best that it’s ever been, and I think that it’s the worst that film … «Indie Wire, Jul 15»

Cheeky seagull gets cinema staff in a flap after wandering into …

The feathery customer was spotted by a terrified employee working in the cinema lobby, selling tickets and food for guests at the Belmont … «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

Movie magic! Outdoor cinema coming to Coventry this summer

The event — which capitalises on the ever-expanding success of eclectic movie nights like the Secret Cinema and The Outdoor Cinema — will be … «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»

July Ritzy cinema round-up

You’ll be sure to have fun, fun, fun and leave the cinema with good vibrations…or something. I have a frank and brutal admission to make… «Brixton Blog, Jul 15»

Harvey Nichols launches al fresco Italian cinema

Film-lovers can find a little Italy in the heart of Manchester from next week at an al fresco cinema popping up outside Harvey Nichols. «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»

Stirchley set for new cinema and cafe this year after £4million …

Twenty seven years after the pool was emptied Stirchley Baths is set to make a new splash as a cinema, cafe and community hub. The Grade … «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»

Live: Cinema Gunman James Holmes In Court

Colorado cinema gunman James Holmes still believes killing a dozen people in the July 2012 shooting rampage increased his self-worth, … «Sky News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE

« EDUCALINGO. Cinema [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cinema>. Apr 2023 ».

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