Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small movie theater showing classic or avant-garde films.
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- noun A
film archive with smallcinemas , screeningclassic andart-house films.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Alonso invited Misael and Vargas to Buenos Aires because he wanted to shoot how they fit into the cinematheque, which is a building that -- though it means little to anyone else -- means a lot to the people of Buenos Aires, and especially to him.
Twitch 2009
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In the early days I thought of ourselves more as a cinematheque and maybe we had some interest in occasionally showcasing a new film to highlight it, in a buzzmaking fashion.
Turnstyle: Smaller Is Better: New Models for the Indie Film Market Turnstyle 2012
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In the early days I thought of ourselves more as a cinematheque and maybe we had some interest in occasionally showcasing a new film to highlight it, in a buzzmaking fashion.
Turnstyle: Smaller Is Better: New Models for the Indie Film Market Turnstyle 2012
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Cinematheque Francaise Until Aug. 1 www. cinematheque.fr Art
Time Off Europe 2010
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I just saw this last night at our local cinematheque.
Cool Stuff: The House of the Devil VHS Tape / DVD Combo Pack | /Film 2010
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The Hopefully Near Future: "Perhaps the most intriguing promise these [video-on-demand] sites hold, at least for those whose interest in film extends beyond the new, the recent and the aggressively hyped, is of a kind of virtual cinematheque," writes AO Scott.
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I saw this at the cinematheque in Paris in 2003 but it was unsubtitled.
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We are approaching an almost Borgesian situation in which a global, virtual cinematheque will be available at the spin of an iPod wheel or the click of a mouse.
Archive 2006-01-01 Peter Schorsch 2006
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We are approaching an almost Borgesian situation in which a global, virtual cinematheque will be available at the spin of an iPod wheel or the click of a mouse.
Slate's Movie Club Peter Schorsch 2006
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So, here's the best compliment I can pay Rian Johnson's debut film, Brick: my friend Hagay and I drove to Jerusalem an hour's drive, where the film was playing as part of the Jerusalem film festival, battled the city's unfamiliar streets and mid-day traffic, paid an exorbitant amount of money for a parking place that turned out to be a ten minute walk away from the cinematheque, and missed the film's first few minutes.
Archive 2006-07-01 Abigail Nussbaum 2006
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