cineliteracyn.
/ˌsɪnᵻˈlɪt(ə)rəsi/, U.S. /ˌsɪnəˈlɪdərəsi/, /ˌsɪnəˈlɪtrəsi/ Critical appreciation or knowledge of film and cinema; proficiency in the interpretation and analysis of films.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > films or the cinema > knowledge or appreciation of film
cineliteracy1978
1978 C. Eidsvik (title) Cineliteracy: film among the arts.
1995 Irish Times 11 Feb. (Weekend Review) 3/2 Besson has always been something of an odd-man-out among French directors, who are usually proud of their cine-literacy and keen to acknowledge a raft of early influences.
2017 T. Leitch in R. W. Richards & D. T. Johnson For Love of Cinema 68 In a word, then, I teach not cinephilia but cineliteracy: what James Monaco has called How to Read a Film.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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