cinema
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And look — the Murray experiments make for good cinema.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
The performance marks Cruise’s return to art-house cinema after almost two decades largely focused on action blockbusters including “Top Gun: Maverick” and the “Mission: Impossible” franchise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Helen said the family were able to do normal activities like going to the park or the cinema for some time - but then Clive became more difficult to care for.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Our family friends took us to a drive-in movie cinema place, and they said, “You want to come see a movie?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
A postmodern touch in our domestic cinema, pointing up artifice, calling attention to mechanics.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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His photographs capture not only the movie houses but their ornate facades and decay -- a record of a cultural landscape disappearing as cinemas are demolished, converted into multiplexes or left to crumble.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 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 Lost Children of Tuam opened in cinemas in Ireland on 25 September and it is scheduled for UK release on 9 October.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Many theatres, like cinemas, ask audiences to switch off their mobile phones during performances.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“Films that cinemas were trashing. If a theater shut down, we raided the basements. And occasionally, if we liked a film enough when we saw it, we’d have a...er...word with the projectionist about it.”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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