Film Studies
This guide is intended as an aid in the search for general information
and in-depth research on all aspects of film study and is arranged in
the following sections:
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Check out other Research Guides from Gelman Library on related topics,
such as:
American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced
in the United States
Film Beginnings, 1893 -1910 (2 vols.)
Feature Films, 1911-1920 (2 vols.), 1921-1930 (2
vols.), 1931-1940 (3 vols.), 1941-1950 (3 vols.) and 1961-1970 (2 vols.).
Location: REF PN 1998.A57 6 vols.
Within our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films,
1911-1960
Location: REF PN 1995.9 .M56 W58 1997
When completed, this multi-part set probably will be the definitive
catalog of U.S. motion pictures from 1893 to the present. These volumes
provide reliable information, which is thoroughly cross-indexed, about
the cast, credits, plot, and subject of each film. The AFI Catalog of
Feature Films 1951-1960 is scheduled for publication in late 2004.
New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Location: REF PN 1998.2.T49 2002
Provides basic, if rather idiosyncratic, biographical information
for many screen figures, both from the U.S. and abroad.
Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television
Location: REF PN 2012.W5 Vol. 2 (1988) - vol. 54 (2004)
These volumes provide basic biographical (and sometimes bibliographical)
information on theater, film, and television personalities. Check the
cumulative index in the back of the most recent volume to find a specific
entry.
Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory
Location: REF PN 1993.45 .C75 2001
Encyclopedia of American Independent Filmmaking
Location: REF PN 1993.45 .L63 2002
Encyclopedia of Filmmakers
Location: REF PN 1998.2 .T53 2002 (2 vols.)
These two volumes cover the work of more than 350 individuals of historical
and contemporary significance, both on the American and the international
scene. Each entry includes biographical detail, the subject's work and
bibliographical references.
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
Location: REF PN 1997.8.I58 1997 4 vols.
Each entry provides basic information, bibliographic references, and
a brief analysis. The volumes are: Vol. 1: Films; Vol. 2: Directors;
Vol. 3: Actors and Actresses; Vol. 4: Writers and Production Artists.
Magill's Cinema Annual
Location: REF PN 1993.45.M33 1982 - present
Each issue reviews films released in the previous year as well as
some films of the past. Film industry news is also included.
Magill's Surveys of Cinema (c. 1927-mid-1980s) English
Language Films First Series (4 vols.) and Second Series (6 vols.)
Location: REF PN 1993.45.M3
English Language Films First Series (4 vols.) and
Second Series (6 vols.)
Location: REF PN 1993.45.M3
Foreign Language Films
Location: REF PN 1993.45 .M34 1985 (8 vols.)
Silent Films
Location: REF PN 1995.75.M25 1982 (3 vols.)
Scholarly essays outlining plot summaries and evaluating the significance
of the films covered.
Motion Picture Guide
Location: REF PN 1995.N346 1985 (12 vols.)
Alphabetical listing of about 50,000 motion pictures produced from
1927 to 1984. Some foreign-language films are covered and there is a
separate volume for the Silent Era. For each entry, cast and credit
information brief synopsis and a critical rating are provided. Included
in the two index volumes are alternate titles, series lists, awards
and a list of roughly 150,000 performers and others involved in filmmaking.
New York Times Encyclopedia of Film
Location: REF PN 1993.N465 1984 (vols. 1-13)
Over 5000 facsimile articles reprinted from the New York Times from
1896 through 1979, chronologically arranged. Note: This work focuses
on the many aspects of filmmaking over a broad period of time, including
business, technology and ethics. Film reviews are not
included.
- For reviews of older films published contemporaneously with the film,
(especially those made before the 1980’s), you will need to consult
print sources, with the exception of the New York Times and the Washington
Post.
- The New York Times and the Washington Post have historical databases
– see Full Text Section below.
- Most journals and magazines published before 1983 are now in storage,
so be sure to allow enough time for requesting these – two to
three business days. Ask at the Reference Desk for help on obtaining
items through the WRLC Consortium.
To access databases with a location of "ALADIN", click on the
title of the database. To see a list of databases available through ALADIN,
go to the ALADIN Home Page. Under "Databases by Title" on the
right side of the screen, choose from the three alphabetical groupings.
ALADIN databases are available for use only by current GW students, staff,
and faculty. If you are using this page from off-campus, you will be prompted
to enter the barcode number from the back of your GWorld ID card before
you can access the database.
Indexes and bibliographies provide citations and often abstracts as well.
Some of the online resources listed below contain full text also. Once
you have a citation, search for the full text using the information in
the section below entitled “Finding Full Text Film Reviews and Criticism”.
Many of the resources listed below may be used to help in finding research
topics, as several include subjects and themes in their indexes.
Academic
Search Premier (1975 - present)
Location: ALADIN
Multi-disciplinary database providing citations and full text articles
for scholarly and popular periodicals.
America
History and Life (1964- present)
Location: ALADIN
Scholarly database which focuses on American history, mostly abstracts
but also contains links to some full-text articles.
Essay and General Literature Index (1900 - present)
Location: REF AI 3.E75
This index allows access, by author, title, and subject, to thousands
of essays and articles collected in scholarly books. A list of books
indexed is provided.
Film Anthologies Index (1960s through 1991)
Location: REF PN 1994 .M9 B637 1994
Indexes scholarly writing on film and filmmaking from its beginnings,
as published in 716 anthologies (i.e. compilations of writings by multiple
authors). Divided into three sections: a list of books covered; author
entries and a list of films, names and keywords.
Film Book Bibliography, 1940-1975
Location: REF PN 1994 .E44
Listing of books on film, organized by subject.
Film Criticism: An Index to Critics' Anthologies
(1940s through early 1970s)
Location: REF PN 1995.H4
Locates material on individual films from scholarly essays and reviews
published in anthologies. The anthologies chosen are only those containing
the work of a single critic. Some very early films are also covered.
Film Index: A Bibliography (c.1900 - 1935)
Location: REF PN 1993.45.W74 3 vols.
Compiled by the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration
in New York City, this covers of scholarly and popular writing in books
and periodicals on the early years of filmmaking up to 1935. Vol. 1:
The Film as Art; Vol. 2: The Film as Industry; and Vol. 3: The Film
in Society.
Film: A Reference Guide
Location: REF PN 1993.45 .A75
Written in 1980 in the form of a bibliographic essay, this is intended
as an introductory guide for doing research in the field of motion pictures.
Film Literature Index (1973 - present)
Location: REF PN 1993.F57 (31 vols.)
Articles in about 300 scholarly and specialist periodicals from around
the world, indexed by film title, author, actor/director/etc., as well
as by a wide variety of subject headings. This is one of the most comprehensive
annual periodical indexes for motion pictures.
Film Review Index (1882-1985)
Location: REF PN 1995.F54 1986 (2 vols.)
Useful guide to locating non-scholarly reviews of some 8,000 feature
films.
Film Study: An Analytical Bibliography (c. 1890s
to 1990s)
Location: REF PN 1994 .M36 1990 (4 vols.)
This voluminous bibliography discusses the most important books and
articles on a wide range of topics relating to film. May also be searched
by film title.
Guide to Critical Reviews
Part IV: The Screenplay, 1927-1963 (2 vols.); Supplement One:
1963-1980
Location: REF PN 2266.S16
Comprehensive guide to finding reviews of feature films in popular
periodicals. Arranged alphabetically by the film's title. Scholarly
journals are not covered.
Guide to the Performing Arts (1957 - 1968)
Location: REF ML 118.G8 (10 vols.)
This is an annual index to scholarly and specialist periodicals, encompassing
not only motion pictures, but many other areas of the performing arts.
Film reviews may be found under the headings of "Moving Picture Plays",
"Moving" and "Motion". Individuals involved in filmmaking are indexed
under last name.
Historical
Abstracts
Location: ALADIN
Scholarly database focusing on the history of the world, excluding
North America. Provides mostly abstracts but also contains links to
some full-text articles.
International Index to Film Periodicals (1973 - present)
Location: REF PN 1993.I65
Annual index covering fewer periodicals than Film Literature Index,
but including some foreign titles that are not in FLI. Indexes scholarly
and specialist journals, and divided into three sections as follows:
General Subjects, Individual Films and Biography. Many entries are annotated.
There is no cumulative index, so research on any film older than a year
must include all volumes published since the year of the film's release.
International
Index to the Performing Arts (1998 - present)
Location: ALADIN
Indexes more than 200 scholarly and popular performing arts periodicals,
plus a variety of documents such as conference papers, obituaries and
interviews. Most records in the current coverage contain an abstract,
and some records include full text. Some retrospective citations go
back as far as 1864.
Macmillan Film Bibliography
Location: REF PN 1993.5 .A1 R44 1982 (2 vols.)
Extremely useful annotated bibliography arranged alphabetically by
title. Vol. 2 provides a detailed subject index, as well as two other
indexes for authors and for scripts.
MLA
International Bibliography (1963 - present)
Location: ALADIN
Indexes several thousand scholarly journals and books.
Media Review Digest (1971-1999)
Location: REF Z 5784.M9 M86 Last 10 years in Gelman Reference.
Capsule reviews (one or two key sentences) are drawn from a wide variety
of some 160 scholarly and general interest periodicals.
New Film Index: A Bibliography of Magazine Articles in English,
1930-1970
Location: REF PN 1994 .M32
Arranged under a broad range of subject headings. Publications indexed
include major film periodicals as well as the general press.
ProQuest Research Library Plus (1986 - present)
Location: ALADIN
Covers popular and scholarly articles.
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1890 - present)
Location: REF AI 3.R48
Most popular periodicals are indexed here. To find reviews, check
under the heading of "Moving Pictures" for the years up through 1977,
and under "Motion Pictures" for the years after 1977.
- Many articles from the mid-1980’s to the present will be available
full text from our electronic databases (the location for these is shown
as “ALADIN”).
- Use the Electronic
Journal Title Finder (http://www.aladin.wrlc.org/ejournals/searchform.html)
to find out if a journal is available full text online. Older material
(pre-1980’s) will not usually be found online, but will be available
in print in our Periodicals Collection.
- To find out if we have a journal in print, follow these steps:
1. Go to the
ALADIN Catalog
(http://catalog.wrlc.org/).
2. In “Basic Search”, enter the journal’s name in
the catalog, and highlight “journal name”.
3. Look at the full record to see if Gelman or another WRLC library
owns the issue of the journal you seek.
4. If the piece you need is an essay in a book, search for the title
of the entire book.
5. Ask a librarian for further assistance in searching.
*Contains some full text reviews of selected films released before
the 1980s.
*Academic
Search Premier (1975 - present)
Location: ALADIN
A multi-disciplinary database which provides full text for nearly
4,600 scholarly and popular periodicals. Some citations date as far
back as 1975.
Filmcritic.com
Location: http://www.filmcritic.com/
Founded in 1995, filmcritic.com hosts more than 4,500 movie reviews
and feature stories contributed by some 20 critics.
International
Index to the Performing Arts (1998 - present)
Location: ALADIN
Indexes more than 200 scholarly and popular periodicals, plus a variety
of documents such as conference papers, obituaries, interviews, reviews
and events. Most records in the current coverage contain an abstract,
and selected records contain full text of the original article.
LEXIS/NEXIS
Academic Universe (Dates vary)
Location: ALADIN
Provides access to full-text articles appearing in hundreds of national,
regional, and international newspapers and magazines. Coverage varies
from publication to publication. Includes reviews for both foreign and
American films.
*New York Times Film Reviews (1970 to 1993)
Location: REF PN 1995.N4
Facsimiles of reviews appearing in the New York Times and arranged
in chronological order. Gelman owns 1913-1931; 1932-1938; 1949-1958;
1959-1968; 1971-1984; 1987-1988; and 1991-1992.
*New
York Times (Historical) (1851-1999)
Location: ALADIN
Full-text and full-image articles, including digital reproductions
of every page from every issue in downloadable PDF files.
Movie Review Query Engine
Location: http://www.mrqe.com/
Wide variety of reviews from movie magazines and websites on the whole,
with very little scholarly content. Note that reviews for older films
are not contemporary with the films themselves.
Online Film Critics
Society
Location: http://ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/
OFCS is the professional association for film journalists, scholars
and historians who publish their reviews, interviews and essays exclusively
or primarily in the online media. Contributors are required to meet
certain professional criteria in order to have their work accepted for
online publication. Contains many reviews of older movies dating from
the 40s, 50s and up to the present; note that older reviews are not
contemporary with the movies they concern.
ProjectMuse
Location: ALADIN
Searchable, full-text coverage of about 10 important scholarly journals
on film, including Cinema Journal (from 1999) and Wide Angle (from 1996).
ProQuest Research Library Plus (1986 to the present)
Location: ALADIN
Popular and scholarly articles covering both older and recent films.
*Selected Film Criticism
Location: REF PN 1995.S426 1982 (vols. 1-7)
Seven volumes cover the years 1896 to 1960, providing reviews reprinted
in their entirety for selected films released during those years. Each
volume covers 150 to 200 films, with the reviews drawn from a variety
of non-scholarly periodicals, including trade journals and fan magazines.
*Washington
Post (Historical) (1877-1987)
Location: ALADIN
Full-text and full-image articles, including digital reproductions
of every page from every issue in downloadable PDF files.
Yahoo!
Entertainment: Movies and Film: Reviews
Location: http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Movies_and_Film/Reviews/
This resource provides users with links to a diverse group of film
review sites for older movies as well as recent ones.
To execute a focused search for material on a certain topic, go to the
Basic Search screen of the WRLC Catalog
(http://www.aladin.wrlc.org/) and use subject headings - terms that have
been used by catalogers to describe the content of a specific book or
books.
A selection of sample subject headings appear in the list below. Enter
one of the terms in the search box and highlight "subject heading" in
the "Search By" box. Click on the heading itself to view results and,
if necessary, use "post limit" to reduce the number of findings. Try abring
"history and criticism" or a country name to a term for a further refined
set of results.
| African Americans in motion pictures |
| Feminism and motion pictures |
| Film criticism |
| Homesexuality in motion pictures |
| Horror films |
| Motion picture authorship |
| Motion picture producers and directors |
| Motion pictures and history |
| Motion pictures and literature |
| Motion pictures editing |
| Motion pictures moral and ethical aspects |
| Motion pictures political aspects |
| Motion pictures production and direction |
| Motion pictures social aspects |
| Race relations in motion pictures |
| Science fiction films |
| Silent films |
| Western films |
| Women in Motion Pictures |
| Director name as subject (e.g. Scorsese, Martin) |
| Film star name as subject (e.g. Chaplin, Charlie) |
| Title of film as subject (e.g. Casablanca motion picture |
To find out what films are available for viewing at Gelman Library, search
the catalog. To search by theme, go to Guided Keyword search and go to
"set limits" before entering search terms. Under "Medium", limit to motion
picture and/or videorecording. Videos may be viewed in the Media Resources
division of Gelman Library. They may not be checked out. For more information,
go to http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/service/media/
For information on archives and collections in the Washington, D.C.
area, consult:
Scholar's Guide to Washington, D.C. Media Collections
Location: REF P 88.8 .R69 1994
Covers photos, film, TV, sound recordings and other material available
in institutions, state and district government collections in the Washington,
DC metropolitan area.
Motion Picture,
Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress
Location: James Madison Building, LM 336, 101 Independence Ave., SE,
Washington, D.C. 20540 http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/mpcoll.html
The M/B/RS Division of the Library of Congress oversees one of the
largest collections of motion pictures in the world.
American
Memory Collection at the Library of Congress
Location: http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/ndlmps.html
Several hundred early motion pictures are viewable in the Library's
American Memory collections, covering various aspects of American history
and culture as shown in films from the late 1800s to the present.
Moving Image Collections
Location: http://mic.imtc.gatech.edu/
An integrated online catalog of moving images, with an archive directory
and links to resources on moving images and their preservation. The
MIC Archive Directory provides information about locations and contents
of specific archives.
UCLA Film and Television
Archive
Location: http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/
Renowned for its efforts to preserve and showcase classic as well
as current and innovative film and TV. The combined collections represent
an all-encompassing documentation of the 20th century.
American Film Institute:
Silver Theatre, Silver Spring, Maryland
Location: http://www.afi.com/silver/new/
AFI's newly-restored location in suburban Maryland has an "unprecedented
variety of film and video programming", as well as other related events,
including its annual documentary film festival held each summer, Silverdocs.
DC Motion
Picture and TV Development
Location: http://film.dc.gov/film/site/default.asp
DC Government office which supports filmmaking in the city, sponsoring
an annual screenwriting competition, and providing a range of local
information, such as movies filmed in DC, an online newsletter and photos
of potential movie locations in the city.
DC Independent Film Festival
Location: http://www.dciff.org/
Annual festival held each March where independent filmmakers from
the United States and abroad showcase their work.
FilmFestDC
Location: http://www.filmfestdc.org/
Twelve day festival of film held in April.
Reel Affirmations
Location: http://www.reelaffirmations.org/
Annual international gay and lesbian film festival held in October,
now in its 14th year.
Rosebud Film and Video
Festival
Location: http://www.rosebudact.org/
Founded in 1990 to promote the rich and diverse independent film and
video community in the Washington metropolitan area. Special focus on
innovative, experimental and creative filmmaking. Also mounts an annual
competition.
Washington DC Film
Society
Location: http://www.dcfilmsociety.org/
Part of FilmFestDC, one of the society’s prime missions is to
show independent and foreign films.
Washington Jewish
Film Festival
Location: http://www.wjff.org
Now in its second decade, this festival celebrates Jewish culture,
films and filmmakers, showcasing a wide range of films, including documentaries
and student work from the US and around the world.
Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences
Location: http://www.oscars.org/index.html
Information on the history of the Academy, Oscars and other awards.
Also houses the extensive Margaret Herrick Library.
American Film Institute
Location: http://www.afi.com/default.aspx
The AFI is dedicated to advancing and preserving film, TV and other
forms of the moving image. It has campuses in Los Angeles, Orlando,
and two in the Washington, DC area, one at the newly-restored Silver
Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland, where there are three theatres,
and the second at the Kennedy Center. Its website also provides access
to its Digital Archive.
Directors Guild of
America
Location: http://www.dga.org/index2.php3
The DGA web site covers a variety of topics regarding the Guild's
history and current goings-on and enables users to access links to various
industry-specific groups/organizations/etc. Also included are interviews
with various directors and actors.
Film Arts Foundation
Location: http://www.filmarts.org
Film Arts Foundation (Film Arts) is "a non-profit leader in the media
arts field, providing comprehensive training, equipment, information,
consultations, and exhibition opportunities to independent filmmakers…
and is the largest regional organization of independent producers in
the country." Now in its 28th year, the Foundation, based in California,
has a festival, publishes a magazine, and provides grants, among other
functions.
Film Music Society
Location: http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/
Begun in 1974, The Film Music Society is concerned with the survival
and preservation of film music manuscripts and related materials. The
Society's site contains resources on the topic of film music including
links to webpages dedicated to film composers and other general film
and film music web sites.
Film Society
of Lincoln Center
Location: http://www.filmlinc.com/index.html
New York based film society which works in conjunction with the Museum
of Modern Art to mount the New York Film Festival.
International Federation
of Film Archives (FIAF)
Location: http://www.fiafnet.org/UK/
Founded in Paris in 1938, FIAF is a collaborative association of the
world's leading film archives whose purpose is to ensure the preservation
and showing of motion pictures.
National Film Preservation
Board
Location: http://lcweb.loc.gov/film/
The NFPB was established by the National Film Preservation Act of
1996 to ensure the survival, conservation and increased public availability
of America's film heritage, and to this end, one if its functions is
to advise on the annual selection of films to the National Film Registry.
Based at the Library of Congress, the Board is associated with the National
Film Preservation Foundation, whose primary mission is to save at-risk
films such as newsreels, silent films, experimental works, and significant
amateur footage.
Sundance Institute
Location: http://institute.sundance.org/
"Dedicated to the support and development of emerging screenwriters
and directors...and to the national and international exhibition of
new, independent dramatic and documentary films," the Sundance
Institute was established by actor Robert Redford in 1981. The Institute's
website has information about the annual film festival as well as other
programs within the Institute.
There is an apparently infinite amount of information on films and related
topics on the Internet. Listed below is a sampling of the range of information
to be found. Always look out for headings such as "links" or "related
websites" to connect to further information. Be aware that not all the
information will be authoritative or even accurate. Ask a librarian for
help in evaluating web resources.
Cinema Sites
Location: http://www.cinema-sites.com/
A listing of websites related to all aspects of the movie industry,
including awards, trivia, reviews, screenings information, animation,
purchasing videos and more.
Internet
Public Library: Movies
Location: http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ent50.00.00/
An eclectic listing of numerous websites linking to a vast range of
information covering, among other topics, awards, festivals, screenwriting,
history and reviews.
Librarians'
Index to the Internet
Location: http://lii.org/search?query=Motion+pictures;searchtype=subject
All the sites included have been deemed reliable, trustworthy sources
of information by a team of librarians.
Silent
Movies
Location: http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~pringle/silent/
This site includes links to pages on films of the silent era, music
in silent film, and the preservation of silent films.
Media
Collections and Resources on the Internet
Location: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/MediaontheNet.html
Film review databases and media resources indexed by the UC-Berkeley.
Also includes access to some full-text articles.
Research
in Film Studies
Location: http://www.library.yale.edu/humanities/film/
An extensive guide produced by Yale University Library.
Screensite
Location: http://www.screensite.org/index.php
Extremely useful site from the University of Alabama which has many
links; of special note are those to other programs and institutes under
"College programs" which in turn provide a wealth of further information.
Society for
Cinema and Media Studies
Location: http://www.cmstudies.org/index.html
A professional organization of college and university educators, filmmakers,
historians, critics, scholars, and others devoted to the study of the
moving image.
Bright
Lights Film Journal
Location: http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/index.html
A popular-academic hybrid of movie analysis, history, and commentary,
with special focus on the political role of movies in society.
Film Philosophy
1997-present
Location: http://www.film-philosophy.com/
Founded in November 1996, Film-Philosophy calls itself a "salon-journal",
the international "para-academic" online version of a journal dedicated
to philosophically reviewing film studies, aesthetics, and world cinema.
Some articles are full-text.
Hollywood
Reporter
Location: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/index.jsp
Online magazine dedicated to movie news and reviews.
Journal
of Film Preservation
Location: http://www.fiafnet.org/uk/publications/
The "Journal of Film Preservation" is the FIAF's (International Federation
of Film Archives) main periodical publication in paper format. It offers
a forum for both general and specialized discussion on all theoretical
and technical aspects of moving image archival activities. Full text
available from 1995 to 2002.
Premiere
Location: http://www.premiere.com/
News, gossip and reviews.
All-Movie Guide
Location: http://AllMovie.com/
This commercial database is searchable by movie title, person, keyword
or plotline and browsable by genre, country, mood and other categories.
It provides users with access to credits, plot summaries, biographical
information and user-provided ratings.
Asian American
Film
Location: http://www.asianamericanfilm.com/
Includes reviews, news, a film database, and a collection of short
Asian-American films online.
Berlin
Film Festival
Location: http://www.berlinale.de/en/f_main_einst.html
Bollywood Movie
Database
Location: http://www.wupper.de/sites/unnet/
Searchable database providing information on directors, actors, as
well as songs and photographs.
Cannes
Film Festival
Location: http://www.festival-cannes.com/index.php?langue=6002
Hollywood
Ten
Location: http://lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/blacklist.html
Dedicated to the "Hollywood Ten", ten members of Hollywood society
blacklisted by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee (HUAC) as Communists
or Communist supporters, this resource provides researchers with biographies
and filmographies on each member of the Ten as well as links to a bibliography
of books and articles on Hollywood and films of the 1950s and other
related web sites.
Internet Movie Database
Location: http://us.imdb.com/search
One of the best resources for finding data on films and television
programs, cast and crew, etc. Especially impressive is the credit information
available for films from the beginning of the movie era to the present.
Includes a movie quotes section.
Midnight
Ramble
Location: http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/black/index.html
Concerns Black Hollywood from the period just after World War I through
the 1940s. Part of a larger database which focuses on the movies of
Hollywood's Golden era, covering different genres (e.g. B movies, film
noir), and listings of major films of 1920s through the 1950s.
New York Film
Festival
Location: http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm
African Literature
& Cinema (H-AfrLitCine)
Location: http://www.h-net.org/~aflitweb/
A member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-AfrLitCine
is an H-Net Network discussing African Literature and Cinema.
Chinese
Film Discussion Group
Location: http://lbis.kenyon.edu/services/mailarchive/~chinese/2918.html
Cinetext
Location: http://cinetext.philo.at/index.html
Bilingual internet forum for film and philosophy located at the University
of Vienna (Austria) abrressing students, researchers, scholars.
CWF
(Closely Watched Frames)
Location: http://www.utexas.edu/ftp/depts/eems/CWF_listserv.html
Focus is on Post-Soviet and East European Film and TV.
Film Philosophy
1997-present
Location: http://www.film-philosophy.com/
A "salon-journal", an international para-academic version of the print
journal providing a forum for online discussion of a philosophical bent.
German-Film
list
Location: http://listserv.tamu.edu/archives/german-film.html
Information on German film scholarship and teaching.
H-FILM: History of
Film
Location: http://www.h-net.org/~film/
A member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-Film encourages
scholarly discussion of cinema history and uses of the media.
Screen-L
Location: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html
Moderated list mostly for scholars and students researching film and
television.
For more information, call the Reference Desk at 202-994-6048 or use
the E-mail Reference Form. This page
is maintained by Sarah Mitchell.
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