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celluloid

[sel-yuh-loid] / ˈsɛl jəˌlɔɪd /


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The Celluloid Ceiling, an annual report that monitors the number of female film-makers, said 11 of the top 100 grossing films of 2024 were directed by women, down from 16 in 2020.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

Celluloid production also required camphor, a tree-derived solvent and plasticizer sourced principally from Taiwan.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

Celluloid dreams: Our film critic Dana Stevens rounds out our first week of end-of-year rankings, selecting the 10 best movies of the year along with five runners-up.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2019

Epstein and Friedman, whose other films include “The Celluloid Closet” and “Lovelace,” trace Ronstadt’s career in the standard music-doc manner.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2019

"It's in some of the story books," went on the tiny Celluloid Doll.

From The Story of a Stuffed Elephant by Hope, Laura Lee




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