cinephile en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɪnəˌfaɪl/ (General-American)
- /ˈsɪnɪfɑɪl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowed from French cinéphile, equivalent to cine- + -phile.
Meanings
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An enthusiast of films and the cinema.
As a film-maker, [Quentin] Dupieux has elicited varying responses: in the US he is often dismissed as a dilettante, whereas in France he has been acclaimed a real-deal auteur, not least in revered cinephile journal Cahiers du Cinéma, which raved about his 2007 debut feature, Steak (“leaves us slack-jawed and wide-eyed”), and devoted a whole section to his latest French release, Mandibules (2020).
2021 July 4, Jonathan Romney, “‘I want to make people laugh’: Quentin Dupieux, the fun auteur of French cinema”, in The Observer, →ISSN:The gulf between cinephiles and the public has grown wide. There are pictures that make a lot of money, but seldom win big Oscars or attract young people to the show
2016 March 3, David Thomson, “Biggest lesson of the 2016 Oscars? The Academy should be scrapped”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2020:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cinephiles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
cinephilic · filmgoer · cinephilia · moviegoer
Synonyms
movieholic · filmaholic · cineast
Translations (21)
pl kinomanka (enthusiast of films and cinema) · cmn 影迷 (enthusiast of films and cinema) · it cinefilo (enthusiast of films and cinema) · pt cinéfilo (enthusiast of films and cinema) · es cinéfilo (enthusiast of films and cinema) · ca cinèfil (enthusiast of films and cinema) · es cinéfila (enthusiast of films and cinema) · sv cineast (enthusiast of films and cinema) · de Cineastin (enthusiast of films and cinema) · de Cineast (enthusiast of films and cinema) · pl kinoman (enthusiast of films and cinema) · sv filmkännare (enthusiast of films and cinema) · fr cinéphile (enthusiast of films and cinema) · ru киноман (enthusiast of films and cinema) · nl cinefiel (enthusiast of films and cinema) · it cinefila (enthusiast of films and cinema) · pl kinomaniak (enthusiast of films and cinema) · pt cinéfila (enthusiast of films and cinema) · ja 映画ファン (enthusiast of films and cinema) · sv filmälskare (enthusiast of films and cinema) · fi elokuvaintoilija (enthusiast of films and cinema)