Resources
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Web-Based Film Resources
General Film Information
These sites contain general information on the business and art of movies.
- All Movie Guide
- www.allmovie.com
- Part of the AMG All Media Guides. Film reviews, plots, and credit information.
- Box Office Mojo
- www.boxofficemojo.com/
- Owned by IMDb.com, this database contains comprehensive box-office revenue on motion pictures past and present. Also contains sustained tracking information on box-office performance, as well as feature articles and interviews with industry figures.
- AMC Filmsite
- www.filmsite.org/
- Comprehensive information about American film history: genres, stars, directors, films by title, and more.
- Green Cine
- www.greencine.com/main
- Film information, news, and criticism site operated by the online video rental service GreenCine.
- Internet Movie Database
- www.imdb.com
- Extensive information about films—plots, actors, directors, reviews—including such details as bloopers, continuity errors, and alternate versions. IMDbPro is an additional, paid service that provides information about film budgets and box-office figures. Also contains links to published movie reviews and movie review websites.
- Media Resources Center Movie Database
- www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/moviedb.html
- This University of California–Berkeley site provides information about specific movies—plots and actors. Also serves as a research starting point for the history of specific genres of film and various aspects of film history.
- Movie Review Query Engine
- www.mrqe.com/lookup
- Film review site. Searchable database of published film reviews and similar articles.
- Screen Site
- www.screensite.org
- Provides assistance for researching film (and other media) and is designed principally for educators and students.
- Bright Lights Film Journal
- www.brightlightsfilm.com/index.html
- Aimed at a cross section of scholarly and popular readers. Features interviews, critical essays, and film commentary.
- Film Quarterly
- www.ucpressjournals.com/journal.php?j=fq
- From University of California Press. In-depth, academic-quality articles about various aspects of film: film history, analysis of films, articles on moviemakers, and film theory.
- Filmslate Magazine
- www.filmslatemagazine.com/
- Reviews, articles, interviews, news about mainly contemporary film.
- The Hollywood Reporter
- www.hollywoodreporter.com/
- Magazine covering the industry, featuring news, reviews, interviews.
- Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media
- www.ejumpcut.org/home.html
- Essays analyzing media, including movies, in their social and political contexts. Left-leaning.
- The Moving Arts Film Journal
- www.themovingarts.com/
- Comprehensive film journal offering film reviews, essays, commentary, lists, and the latest in Hollywood and independent cinema.
- Variety
- www.variety.com
- Film industry news and gossip. In addition to the entertainment side of Hollywood, Variety also covers the business end, reporting weekend and weekly box-office figures and studio news.
- Blaxploitation
- www.blaxploitation.com
- “Dedicated to the folks who have had enough of the man,” this site features articles and general information about these revolutionary films.
- indieWIRE
- www.indiewire.com/
- Coverage of independent film, including news and film festival coverage.
- Political Film Society
- www.geocities.com/~polfilms/
- Most comprehensive site for overtly political films. Includes political analysis of political films (and nonpolitical films analyzed from a political perspective), reviews, and articles on the political and historical contexts of films featured.
- Science Fiction Cinema
- www.sciflicks.com/
- Includes movie guides, film reviews, and news on science fiction films.
- Silent Era
- www.silentera.com
- Reviews, articles, information on silent and silent-era films, international and domestic.
- War and Antiwar Films
- www.filmsite.org/warfilms.html
- History of war and antiwar films in Hollywood as well as internationally. Narrative includes plot lines and actors as well as historical and political contexts of each film mentioned.
- World and Independent Film
- www.worldfilm.about.com
- Part of the About.com Guides. Features reviews and articles about upcoming independent and world films.
- African-Americans in the Movies
- www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/AfricanAmBib.html
- List of resources on African-Americans in film as well as films with African-American themes.
- Black Film Center/Archive
- www.indiana.edu/~bfca/home/
- Collection of articles and resources on African-Americans in film, including features on African-American Oscar winners and African-American directors.
- Chicanos/Latinos in the Movies
- www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/LatinoBib.html
- List of resources on Latinos in film as well as Latino-themed films.
- Gay Celluloid
- www.gaycelluloid.com
- Site for gay cinema, gay films, gay reviews.
- Women and Film
- www.bama.ua.edu/~mbarrett/filmwsslinks.html
- From the women’s studies section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Provides comprehensive listing of related Web resources.
- Women in Cinema: A Reference Guide
- people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/libsci/womFilm.html
- Comprehensive reference source including bibliographies, biographies, and reviews.
- Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
- www.oscars.org/index.html
- American Film Institute
- www.afi.com
- Motion Picture Association of America
- www.mpaa.org/
- The Guardian (UK)—Film
- www.theguardian.com/film
- The New York Times—Movies
- www.nytimes.com/pages/movies/
- Requires subscription.
- Roger Ebert
- http://www.rogerebert.com/
- Archive of reviews by influential movie critic Roger Ebert as well as new content, including reviews, by vast array of artists and critics.
- The Village Voice—Film
- www.villagevoice.com/film/