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   film

   /fɪlm/

   noun

   • 1. a thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs or motion pictures: "he had already shot a whole roll of film"
   • ▪ material in the form of a very thin flexible sheet: "clear plastic film between the layers of glass"
   • ▪ a thin layer covering a surface: "she quickly wiped away the light film of sweat" Similar layercoatcoatingcoveringcoversurfacesheetpatinablanketdustingskinoverlayscreenmaskwashglazevarnishveneerveil
   • ▪ a fine thread or filament: archaic "films of silk"
   • 2. a story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a cinema or on television: "a horror film" Similar moviepicturefeaturefeature filmprogrammebroadcasttransmissionmotion picturedated:moving pictureinformal:flickpicviddated, informal:talkie
   • ▪ cinema considered as an art or industry: "a critical overview of feminist writing on film" Similar cinemamoviesthe pictures

   verb

   • 1. capture on film as part of a series of moving images; make a film of (a story, event, or book): "she glowered at the television crew who were filming them" Similar record on filmshootrecordtake pictures ofmake a film ofcapture on filmvideophotographadapt for filmmake into a film
   • ▪ be well or badly suited to portrayal in a film: "an adventure story which would film well"
   • 2. become or appear to become covered with a thin layer of something: "his eyes had filmed over" Similar cloudmistfoghazebecome blurredblurdullarchaic:blear

   Word Origin Old Englishfilmen ‘membrane’, of West Germanic origin; related to fell5.

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   Jun 11, 2024 · Origin. PG-13. Biography. Drama. The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions....

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   Jun 19, 2024 · Her latest film, Origin, calls on all the storytelling tools in her filmography. Based on Isabel Wilkerson’s best-selling book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Origin unearths unnerving truths about the connection between power and subjugation.

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   3 days ago · The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century. The advent of film as an artistic medium is not clearly defined.

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