Subject Guide: Film/Cinema
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Resources on the Web:
General Resources
Reviews
Film History
Film Theory
Commercialization and Film
Festivals
Journals
Magazines
Awards
General Resources
Academy
of Canadian Cinema and Television
A "national non-profit professional association designed to promote,
recognize and celebrate exceptional achievements in the Canadian film
and television industries."
Britfilms.com
The British Council's site for British Films
Canadian
Film Encyclopedia
Includes plot summaries, credits, biographies, a bibliography of on-line
and print resources for over 750 Canadian films.
The Internet Movie Database
(IMDb)
Part of the Amazon.com company, IMDb is a collection of movie information, including plot summaries, reviews, cast notes, promotional
material, etc.
National Film Board of
Canada (NFB)
"A public agency that produces and distributes films and other audiovisual
works which reflect Canada to Canadians and the rest of the world."
Public
Moving Image Archives and Research Centers
Maintained by the Library of Congress.
ScreenSite
Intended "facilitates the teaching and research of film/TV/new media and is designed principally for educators and students."
Voice of the
Shuttle
A gateway site providing access to web pages for Humanities Research.
(See Media Studies > Film/Video)
Reviews
Google Web Directory: Arts>Movies>Reviews
Guardian Unlimited:
Film
Features news, reviews, interviews and more.
The Internet Movie Database
(IMDb)
Part of the Amazon.com company, IMDb is a collection of movie information, including plot summaries, reviews, cast notes, promotional
material, etc.
Metacritic
Compiles reviews of films, videos and dvds, as well as music and games.
Movie Review Query Engine
Over 210,000 reviews to over 25,000 movies. Maintained by Stewart
Clamen, a Carnegie Mellon computer science doctoral student.
Rotten Tomatoes
Links to reviews by print and online film critics.
See also: Journal Indexes & Electronic Databases: Film/Cinema and Film Review Index (v. 1. 1882-1949; v. 2. 1950-1985) Z 5784 M9 F513 1986 REF
Film History
AFI's
100 Years... 100 Lists
The American Film Institute's lists of the 100 greatest American movies
of all time, 100 greatest heroes and villains, 100 songs...
British
Film Institute 100
A "selection of the favourite British films of the 20th Century."
Cinema Treasures!
Site devoted to movie theatre preservation and awareness.
Patrick Crowley and Ross Melnick co-founders.
Classic
Films: Palace Theater
Site devoted to "fans of Hollywood's Golden era, and the great Classic
Films." Includes sections on film noir, B-films, and films of
the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s.
The History of the Discovery of Cinematography
George Eastman
House
International Museum of Photography and Film.
Google Web Directory: Arts>Movies>History
Film Theory
Voice of the
Shuttle
A gateway site providing access to web pages for Humanities Research.
(See Media Studies > Film/Video and Media Studies > Media Theory &
History )
Commercialization and Film
Brand Hype: A Critical Resource on Product Placement
A web resource "designed to foster informed debate about product placement in the movies." Includes Movie Mapper, a searchable database of product placement in movies, as well as a filmography, product placement bibliography and links to related sites. By Dr. Matt Soar
and the
Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University.
Festivals
Berlin International Film Festival
Festival International du Film de Cannes
Toronto International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Journals
Bright Lights
Film Journal
A "popular-academic hybrid of movie analysis, history, and commentary,
looking at classic and commercial, independent, exploitation, and international
film from a wide range of vantage points from the aesthetic to the political."
Canadian
Journal of Film Studies / Revue canadienne d'études cinématographiques
Peer-reviewed film journal funded by the Film Studies Association of Canada / Association canadienne des études cinématographiques, SSHRC / CRSH, and Concordia University.
Film
Studies Resources -- Journals
Maintained by Karla Tonella, U. of Iowa Dept. of Commucation Studies.
The Independent
Film & Video Monthly
AIVF offers support and resources to independent artists. Searchable
online archives of The Independent coming soon.
Latent
Image: A Student Journal of Film Criticism
A student-published film journal at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts
Screening
the Past
Original and reprinted peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and translations
of articles that have not previously appeared in English. Covers the
history of (and representation of history in) photography, film, television
and multimedia as well as the role of photography, film, television
and multimedia in social history. Indexed in America History and Life
accessible via the Journal
Indexes and Electronic Databases page.
Senses of Cinema
Online journal "
devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema." Includes feature articles, conversations with filmmakers, book reviews and more. Indexes in the MLA International Bibliography accessible via the Journal Indexes and Electronic Databases page.
Magazines
The Hollywood
Reporter
Movie industry news.
Variety
The self-described "leading source for entertainment industry news."
Awards
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars)
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globe Awards)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards