celluloid
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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, for example, replaced traditional uses of ivory and tortoise shell, giving the impression that it had environmental benefits.
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
As the gay film historian Vito Russo noted in his landmark book, “The Celluloid Closet,” “The history of the portrayal of lesbians and gay men in mainstream cinema is politically indefensible and aesthetically revolting.”
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2018
No high gloss to look like Celluloid or Paper Collars, but a nice medium finish that has all the appearance of new work.
From My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec by Various
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