What does cinephile mean?
Cinephile means An enthusiast of films and the cinema..
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/ˈsɪnɪfɑɪl/ · noun
An enthusiast of films and the cinema..
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
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).
Use cinephile when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cinephile means An enthusiast of films and the cinema..
Common synonyms include filmaholic, movieholic, cineast.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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
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