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Film Studies General
Absolute Authority on Film Studies
Describes
itself as "your central hub for exploring the world of film studies. We've
spent hundreds of hours searching and organizing the most complete collection of
content, community, and tools available on the subject of film studies." It
includes everything from course syllabi to major university film studies
programs.
Academic Info: Film & TV Studies Gateway - Directory of Online Resources
on Film, Cinema & TV
All Movie Guide
An
amazing resource that offers a generally excellent, rapid search engine that
leads to the usual basic information about films and persons involved in all
aspects of filmmaking. In addition, it offers brief plot synopses and reviews.
It also features a “Quick Browse”: feature that allows you to view films by
Genre, Country, and Time (weak). The arrangement of all three sections by
“Rating” rather than by title, director, or time is, at best, confusing. The
site also includes a useful “Glossary” of film-related terms and adequate
introductory “Essays” on topics that range from Action Movies to Westerns. The
DVD search feature is somewhat confusing. The plot synopses and occasional
reviews of films “New in Theaters” is quite useful.
Amazon
Perhaps
surprisingly, this is one of the best places to go to get basic information
about titles, directors, release dates, and cover art, as well as (of course)
retail availability for DVDs and videocassettes. Especially useful for advance
information on movies not yet released for retail sale.
British Film Institute
Catalogues and ordering of
Film, Video (PAL and NTSC) and DVD.
Cinema
How are Hollywood films made? A well-made, albeit rudimentary,
introduction to filmmaking. Includes useful glossaries and an extensive guide to
related resources.
DVD-Basen
A Danish website that claims to be "the world's largest DVD review
database with links to 105,314 reviews of 44,054 DVD releases." A very quick
check suggests that they may well be telling the truth.
Amazing.
DVD-Beaver
A
non-commercial website that focuses primarily on comparisons between DVD
releases and in this it is invaluable. Not only does it describe contents, it
also shows side-by-side images taken from different releases. You definitely
see what you are paying for!
Early Motion Pictures Home Page
This
lists the collection of early motion pictures from the Library of Congress
(1897-1916) with links to some of these actual films, plus useful background
information, including technical notes, the genre of Actuality films, and
America at the turn of the century.
Facets Multimedia
Perhaps the single major source of videos and DVDs in the United
States. Definitely not cheap, but in the worst cases you can find out if the
film is available in the U.S.
Film Studies/Cultural Studies Program Guide
This
guide is designed as a starting point to assist you in locating information for
the Film Studies/Cultural Studies discipline. Where appropriate you will be
directed to other library resources which may also assist you with your
studies.
Filmsite.org
Excellent source
of information on all the "greatest films" and a very useful reference
information section.
Internet Film Resources of the James G. Gee Library
From
the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to Women in Film, this site
offers links to almost 40 other web pages which, in turn, link to endless other
film related sites. Worth browsing.
Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
Everything you want to know
about virtually every film ever made.
Links
That is all it's called, and that is what it does: link to 12
categories of web pages dedicated to film, from Film Theory to Spanish
Film.
Masters of Cinema
This website, whose purpose is "collating and disseminating DVD and
film information for discerning cineastes the world over," concentrates
primarily on DVD release information - what is scheduled, and what is delayed.
It also has a number of useful links.
The Media and Communication Studies Site
A very useful collection of links to publications regarding film
and media studies.
Metacritic
If you
only read English, this is the first site you will want to visit after IMBD.
Metacritic compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for film,
video/DVD, music and games. The unique Metascores show the critical consensus
at a glance by taking a weighted avearge of critic grades.
Notre Dame's De Bartolo Performing Arts Center
Notre Dame has built an
amazing new theatre that shows a mix of classics and new
independents.
Screensite
An
interesting site sponsored by the University of Alabama. Contains useful
material; promises to be invaluable when everything is up and
running.
Senses of Cinema
This online
journal, that is "indexed in the MLA (Modern Languages of American)
International Bibliography and is listed in the MLA Directory of periodicals,"
contains a variety of essays on films and directors, book reviews, and useful
links. It is produced by the Cinema Studies Program of the University of
Melbourne, Australia. It is "devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of
cinema...it encourages articles of all styles (casual, personal, academic,
critical, impressionistic and poetic - or a combination of these), analytical
approaches (thematic, psychoanalytic, etc.) and subject matter." The "notes for
contributors" are very well done.
Strictly Film School
Strictly Film
School describes itself as a "dynamic, evolving personal homage journal
dedicated to the analysis of landmark world cinema from an academic perspective:
universal themes, symbols and imagery, historic context and artistic genres.
The website contains a collection of short essays featuring the respective
filmmaker's notable films. Film criticism, arranged by director or film, are
accessible through the directors & films page.
University of Essex Film Studies
A well-designed page that includes particularly useful information
on national cinemas, film history, and online journals.
WorldNewspapers.com
This
page will take you to many of the best online journals dedicated to film and
television around the world. Some are the electronic versions of prestigious
film journals such as Close Up and Sight and Sound, while
others are strictly e-journals. Many are dedicated to film reviews, while
others focus on the film industry, film festivals, etc. Definitely worth a
visit. This page also has links to other analogous web pages on topics ranging
from Animals to Travel.
Yale Research Guide in Film Studies
Describes itself as "an introductory guide to conducting research
in Film Studies at Yale University. It includes information about reference
materials, internet sites and other special resources." It is, in fact,
invaluable.
Zoetrope Virtual Studie
Within this
website is the Zoetrope Virtual Studio, a complete motion picture production
studio on the Web. It offers powerful collaborative tools for writers,
directors, producers and other film artists. It also includes a number of
film-related discussion sections and chat rooms.
Glossaries and Grammars
Cinematic Terms: A Film-Making Glossary
A very
useful glossary in which the definition of terms is frequently accompanied by
images taken from relevant films. Rather large and easily searchable, it is
ordered alphabetically.
The 'Grammar' of Television and Film
Another
very useful, essential glossary. The definition of a few terms is accompanied
by illustrations.
Internet Movie Database (IMDB) Glossary
As
might be expected, a very comprehensive interactive glossary of terms and
phrases frequently used in the world of movies, films, acting, and
cinemagoing.
Yale Film Studies: Film Analysis Web Site 2.0
The Film
Analysis Guide is part of the Yale Research Guide in Film Studies. It will
prove invaluable for becoming familiar with the basic vocabulary of film studies
and the techniques of cinema which it illustrates with stills and film clips.
It is divided into six parts: Basic Terms, Mise-en-scene, Cinematography,
Editing, Sound, Analysis.
The Ancient World Onscreen
Corax
Click on
"Classics Links" for all sorts of further links to pages on Greek mythology,
Roman history, etc.
The I, Claudius Project
An entire website dedicated to information on this
remarkable miniseries: plot summaries, historical sources, the people involved,
etc.
More on I, Claudius
The
historyinfilm.com page on this miniseries.
European Film Entities
European Coordination of Film Festivals
FIAF (Federación Internacional de Archivos Fílmicos)
FIAPF (Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de
Productores de Films)
Observatorio Europeo del Sector Audiovisual
French Cinema
French American Cultural Exchange (FACE)
A
really good collection of links covering journals, film databases and
festivals.
Yale French Studies, No. 17, Art of the Cinema, 1956
Yale French Studies, No. 60, Cinema/Sound, 1980
German Cinema
About German Cinema by Hyde Flippo
Articles
and links concerning German cinema, films in German, and Germanic film
people.
About German Film by Jurgen Fauth and Marcy
Dermansky
Information on various German directors, films, film trivia, FAQs, etc.
Bellnet Internetverzeichnis
Links
to German film sources.
Goethe Institut, Inter Nationes
(16mm
print hire)
International Historic Film
Specialist in Third Reich and WWI.
University of Cologne, Institut fuer Theater-Fiolm und
Fernsehwissenshaften
Links to German film sources.
Warwick German Studies Web
Links
to German film sources.
German Film Archives:
Berlin Filmmuseum
(Kinemathek)
Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH
Comprehensive
archives of German weekly newsreels from 1945-77.
Film Museum of Munich, Bavaria
National Archives
(Bundesarchiv)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
DEFA film
library.
Film Schools:
Deutsches Filminstitut, Frankfurt Research Institute
Hochschule fuer Film und Fernsehen, Potsdam
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt am Main,
Institut fuer Theater-Film und Medienwissenschaften
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley
library site offering further German cinema resources.
Film Journals:
Celluloid
Austrian film
magazine.
Filmrezension
Online-magazin für
filmkritik.
German Cinema
1954-present.
Kinoweb
Review site of post 1996
releases.
Schweizerisches Filmzentrum
Swiss
releases.
Italian Cinema
Artemotore.com
A very useful Italian portal to
world cinema: films, facts, history, people, reviews.
Biographies
Biographies of famous persons in all endeavors, including 159
directors, producers, and actors from around the world (in Italian).
Cincecittà
The official site of the
major Italian film studios (in Italian).
Cinema e spettacolo: Tutti i siti premiati
A
selection of Italian award-winning websites dedicated to cinema and
entertainment.
Cinema Italiano
Useful resources on the better known Italian films and directors.
Includes brief essays, photographs, and designs (in Italian).
Cinema Magazine (Rivista del Cinematografo)
Internet version of
Rivista del Cinematografo (Cinema Magazine), originally founded in 1928. It
appears to replace Banca Dati del Cinema Mondiale, no longer available online,
as the most useful Italian language site for information that is not available
anywhere in English - or perhaps in any language. There are numerous short
reviews of even "minor" films as well as essential cast information.
Cinematografo
Major Italian film
journal (in Italian).
Epinions Foreign Films: Italian Videos & DVDs
Felliniana Archive (Don Young)
The Don Young Felliniana
Archive is a celebration of the life and work of Federico Fellini. Eventually
it will include over 5,000 rare posters, stills, books, magazines, music, etc.
It will be viewable online as a virutal gallery. It also features current news
and information on Fellini's continuing influence on culture, high and low, as
well as other interesting news such as DVD releasees, film festivals, memorials,
etc.
Internet Bookshop Italia
A very useful Italian source of Italian films on video and DVD,
frequently at significantly discounted prices (in Italian).
Istituto Luce
A
very useful research tool particularly because of its archives. It includes
texts and film clips (in Italian).
Italica
A brief history of Italian film online, with frequent updates on the
latest Italian films (in Italian).
RAI TV
This
is the Italian RAI TV "on demand." With a broadband connection you can download
films, film clips, TV programs, documentaries, news programs, horoscopes,
sports, etc.
TLAvideo.com
Italian DVDs and videos available in the U.S.
Tutto per internet: Cinema - Riviste e recensioni
This
mini-portal links to 48 Italian e-journals dedicated primarily to Italian and
European cinema.
World Festival of Italian Films (Italy)
Another extensive American source of Italian films on video and
DVD.
Spanish & Latin American Cinema
Anuario de Cine
This site
is maintained by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, and includes information about
the Spanish Instititute of Cinematography; links to the Filmoteca of Spain;
dates of video releases, and box office receipts; festivals; grants, agreements,
and international cooperation; legislation that affects film production and
distribution in Spain, in the European community, and
worldwide.
Catalan Cinema History
This site has very detailed blocks of history of film in
Catalonia. It covers films made in Spanish and Catalan, and the text is
available in both languages.
If you are only going to bookmark one site, this is it. Cine-Cita is a wonderful place to start research, because it includes the following fabulous wealth of links, and several dozen in complete text form, in both English and Spanish, regarding film in Spain and Latin America.
Cine Por La Red
This site containes detailed, reliable information about production
and distribution of films in Spain, and also can be subscribed to by e-mail.
The updates come every day or so, and are of to anyone who wants accurate
information on grosses, premieres, film festivals in Spain, contests, and
legislation.
Cinesa
This site
contains games, chats, forums, premieres of films from Spain, film times in
Spain, and film posters.
Cinema Studies at the University of Barcelona
Information about film studies at the University of
Barcelona.
Media Cine
This website is maintained by the Spanish Ministry of Education,
and is a site for Spanish teachers who want to teach film. There are many
downloadable handouts and transparencies, as well as a detailed glossary of film
terms in Spanish. There are also a number of "Thematic Blocks," or substantial
texts, on the history of film in general and in Spain; introduction to film
genres; film and society; scriptwriting; production; the film industry; what
happens on a set; technology; filmic language. Very useful for teachers and
students of film in Spain.
Todocine
Includes a wealth of information about people in the film industry
in Spain, distbribution, etc.
The following is a brief selection of auteur websites:
Pedro Almodóvar:- http://www.clubcultura.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/almodovar/
(In Spanish, English and French; his official website; includes bio, filmosgraphy, links of interest, bibliography, news) - http://www.foreignfilms.com/bio.asp?person_id=1003
- http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/flower/crew/almodovar.html
Amenábar sites:
- http://www.horrordirectors.com/alejandroamenabar.html
- http://www.elmaquillador.galeon.com/productos475621.html
- http://www.splicedonline.com/01features/aamenabar.html
- http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800023833&cf=gen&intl=us
- http://www.clubculture.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/delaiglesia/index.htm
(His official Spanish web page.)
Fernando Trueba:
- http://www.clubcultura.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/trueba/
(His official Spanish web page.)
- http://www.clubcultura.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/gutierrezaragon/
(His official Spanish web page.)
León Ichaso (Cuba, USA):
Guillermo del Toro (Mexico):
- http://www.horrordirectors.com/guillermodeltoro.html
- http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&cf=gen&id=1800026601
- http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/directores/hermosillo.html
(His official Spanish language web page.) - http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-02-22/
- http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/directores/sabina_berman.html
(Official Spanish language web page.) - http://www.etcetera.com.mx/1998/272/bal0272.htm
- http://www.clubcultura.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/titon/
- http://www.helsinki.fi/hum/ibero/xaman/articulos/9711/9711_mj.html
- http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Metro/9384/directors/gutierrez.htm
Theory
Introductory Guide to Critical Theory
Written and designed by Professor Dino Felluga of Purdue
University, it is described by renowned author, critic, and Princeton University
English professor Elaine Showalter in Teaching Literature (pp. 109-10) as an
"ideal and inspiring example" of one of "the best...models and ideas for
teaching theory." She adds, "For anyone of my generation still wondering about
how to teach theory and nontheory; or for those in the posttheory generation
seeking inspiration, Felluga's website is the place to go." I concur.
Instructional Technology Connections
Martin Ryder's portal leads to a universe of information that is so
vast it is not infrequently scary and confusing. But if you focus on one
subject, you will find so much information that it is not infrequently scary and
confusing. Still, if you focus on one individual, you should be able to make
some sense of the information and find links and references to much, much
more.
Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures
Semiotics for Beginners
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/semiotic.html
Exceptionally well designed and usable, David Chandler's website is
both a lucid introduction to semiotics that can be read profitably by absolute
beginners, and a portal to a field of scholarship that appears to be expanding
endlessly. Highly recommended.
Women in Film
Women in Cinema: A Reference Guide [Dec. 1994]
An excellent, albeit, dated resource which
examines the role that women have in cinema, as well as the impact that they
have had on cinema. Areas of discussion include: bibliographies and guides,
biographical sources, reviews and filmographies, electronic sources, and subject
collections on film.