Cinema

Noun

1. A movie theatre, a movie house.

   "The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant."

2. Films collectively.

   "Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema."

3. The film and movie industry.

   "In the long history of Spanish cinema […] ."

4. The art of making films and movies; cinematography.

   "Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers […] ."

5. A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.

   "That game was absolute cinema."