How to Use cinephile in a Sentence

cinephile

noun
  • Read on for 10 places cinephiles can’t miss while in town.
    — Sophie-Claire Hoeller, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • What sort of a cinephile isn’t a sucker for movies about movies?
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But lucky cinephiles in select cities won’t have to wait that long.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
  • Sugar and Oz are both cinephiles as well.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026
  • Looks like cinephiles will need to make a little more space on their shelves.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Take this film map and head out on the cinephile's road trip of a lifetime.
    — Alison Medley, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2020
  • And a cinephile wants to talk about the director.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Scorsese is part of the fabric of any cinephile’s life.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Which is not to say the cinephile crowds have completely thinned.
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Roughly every four or five years a new batch of cinephiles are born.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But amid all the cinephile chatter, the night never lost its sense of play.
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 28 Oct. 2025
  • My mother was the real cinephile.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The cinephile in me that hasn’t seen a movie in a theater in two years is bursting with joy.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 12 Sep. 2021
  • And there are stray remarks that will be of interest to cinephiles.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 21 June 2025
  • So here are a few suggestions for what to snag for your cinephiles this season.
    — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • And die-hard cinephiles can have the option to watch the full version live or after.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
  • But it was beloved amongst certain cinephiles, beloved enough to warrant a sequel.
    — WIRED, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Connect with fellow cinephiles and exchange movie recs.
    — Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2021
  • One lucky cinephile will soon have the chance to work with Paul Schrader on his next film.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Maybe it can be enjoyed by cinephiles and by families with children?
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2024
  • The other cinephile’s choice in the race and the one that could actually win.
    — Vulture, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Fans and cinephiles have most likely already obtained home versions of the film.
    — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • These two cinephiles soon develop a romance right out of a (horror) movie.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The reshoots have even made some cinephiles question the honesty of their favorite critics.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The question, local cinephiles say, is why the police even bothered to seek charges.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • For $10 a month, cinephiles can watch a movie every day with MoviePass.
    — Jessi Hempel, WIRED, 20 June 2018
  • Still, at least 10 film series will be serving area cinephiles this summer.
    — Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2018
  • There’s nothing quite like the return of a beloved auteur to get the cinephile’s juices flowing.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Despite being a die-hard cinephile and wanting to make movies, film school had too high a pricetag.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Richard Linklater‘s community of cinephiles has come a long way.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026

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