You can use celluloid to refer to films and the cinema.
King's works seem to lack something on celluloid.
celluloid in British English
(ˈsɛljʊˌlɔɪd)
noun
1.
a flammable thermoplastic material consisting of cellulose nitrate mixed with a plasticizer, usually camphor: used in sheets, rods, and tubes for making a wide range of articles
2.
a.
a cellulose derivative used for coating film
b.
one of the transparent sheets on which the constituent drawings of an animated film are prepared
c.
a transparent sheet used as an overlay in artwork
d.
cinema film
celluloid in American English
(ˈsɛljuˌlɔɪd)
US
noun
1.
a tough, flammable thermoplastic made from pyroxylin and camphor, used, esp. formerly, for toilet articles, novelties, etc.
2.
films
from use of celluloid, esp. formerly, for photographic films
Word origin
cellulose + -oid
Examples of 'celluloid' in a sentence
celluloid
His cracked celluloid clerical collar was the colour of soiled snow.
John Cornwell Seminary Boy (2006)
Despite countless loose ends, it remains a dense and dazzling piece of celluloid polemic.