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cinema

[sin-uh-muh] / ˈsɪn ə mə /


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Skydance-owned Paramount Pictures has taken over the lease for the Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades and intends to reopen the cinema, which has been closed since the January 2025 Palisades fire last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Kubrick’s cinema may last forever . . . and ever . . . and ever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

But she lives on in cinema, thanks to the 1985 landmark queer Mexican film “Doña Herlinda and Her Son,” by director Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, where she played the titular Doña Herlinda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

One of the most recognisable faces of Indian cinema, Patekar won three National Film Awards and became known for playing complex, often volatile characters.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

It had not come to the fields or the church or to the cinema or to the café where Salvador worked.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

Wicker is released in UK cinemas on October 30.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

"To me, the new cinemas have lost the charm," said Chaturvedi, a former Bollywood cinematographer who worked on hit movies during a three-decade career.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The peeling facades, faded signs and cavernous auditoriums of such cinemas are remnants of a time when going to the movies was itself the main event.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

India's single-screen cinemas have been steadily squeezed by multiplexes, streaming, rising property costs and the expense of maintaining ageing buildings and equipment.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

I could feel the cool air as I walked by the entrances of the more expensive cinemas, but here I was in the middle of it.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan




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