Cinematic Influences

noun A person who is fond of movies and cinema, often to an excessive or obsessive degree

• The cinephile spent hours analyzing the cinematography of classic films.
• My friend is a huge cinephile and has seen every movie in the theater.
• I'm such a cinephile, I can't get enough of watching movies all day.
• Being a cinephile is like having a library of films in your mind.

verb to recall or evoke a past event or situation

• The architecture of the building harkens back to the Renaissance period.
• This song really harkens back to the good old days.
• That movie harkens back to when things were totally rad.
• Her actions harken back to a time when she was more carefree and spontaneous.