cinephile

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It was then that I started to become what the French call a cinephile.

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  • And given the gorgeous weather and panoramas, the idea of sitting in a theater watching 16mm prints and DVD projections has limited appeal, even for a cinephile like myself. —  GreenCine Daily
  • Update: "One of the greatest thrills for a cinephile (or at least this cinephile) is" discovering "the films of a heretofore unheard of master." —  GreenCine Daily
  • Derek Elley, the festival's first programmer, looks back on "Udine's cinephile origins." —  GreenCine Daily
  • Zach Campbell presents a "diaristic, quick-and-dirty breakdown of the things I liked, as a cinephile, in 2007." —  GreenCine Daily
  • Also at IFC News: "There's no safer present for the cinephile in your life than a DVD box set - even (or especially) if that cinephile is you," write —  GreenCine Daily
 

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  1. French cinéphile : ciné, cinema; see cineaste + -phile, -phile.
 

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