Cinephilia


![Though his films have met with mixed commercial success, American director Michael Mann (pictured above at Cinémathèque Française in 2009) is often considered to be a major figure by contemporary cinephiles.[5][6]](/uploads/202501/04/Michael_Mann_-_French_Cinematheque_-_4th_July_20092232.jpg)
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Cinephilia is the term used to refer to a passionate interest in cinema, film theory and film criticism. The term is a portmanteau of the words cinema and philia, one of the four ancient Greek words for love. A person with a passionate interest in cinema is called a cinephile or cinemaphile.