theatrical

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His 2018 film “Unsane” was among the first widely released theatrical films to be shot on an iPhone.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Netflix and AMC previously had a complicated relationship over the streaming service’s long-standing resistance to traditional theatrical releases.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

In a country accustomed to overheated rhetoric and theatrical pronouncements, Peruvians watch Velarde’s carefully-worded declarations, delivered in a calm baritone, most recently on the economic fallout from the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Melies, a theatrical showman and magician, attended that screening and was inspired to make films of his own.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

She had always enjoyed the theatrical aspects of her profession: performing, posing, composing tableaux, directing acts.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole