Actor Richard embraces new type of movie (5)
I believe the answer is:
genre
'type of movie' is the definition.
'genre' can be an answer for 'type' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'of movie' bit.
'actor richard embraces new' is the wordplay.
'actor richard' becomes 'gere' (I've seen this in another clue).
'embraces' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'gere' going around 'n' is 'GENRE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for genre that I've seen before include "Brand" , "class" , "expressive style of music" , "Particular style of art or literature, may be green" , "Style/category of art" .)