6 degrees film
http://www.6degreesfilm.com/
This is the website for 6 degrees film, a website dedicated to film. The reviews section contains reviews of films including images, details of the director and cast, trailers and links to relevant websites where applicable. One can search for reviews by keyword or browse the list alphabetically. Features has articles and interviews covering a wide range of subjects within the film world. Interviews with directors such as Mel Gibson, actors such as Adrien Brody and articles on the history of the short film are some of the features that can be found. The news section includes the latest news on film news, events, festivals and films in production. Filmmaking has details of short courses taking place in the UK and a list of websites under the heading resources and funding.
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Academic info : film & TV studies gateway
http://www.academicinfo.us/film.html
Set up in 1998 and based in Lynnwood, Wichita, United States, 'Academic Info: Your gateway to Quality Educational Resources' is a non-profit organisation, which is made possible by the financial support of those users who wish to make a donation online. As the website states it's primary focus is academic, "with its intended audience at upper high school level or above". The Film and TV Studies gateway is a branch of the Humanities subject gateway. It consists of links, with comments, to websites that are relevant to film studies students. They are subdivided into the following sections: general links; film reviews; film festivals; digital library; online film collections; film archives and libraries; academic departments; women and cinema; genre study; film theory; societies and organisations; film history and film international. There are also references to other sections of the Academic Info website and the website includes links to sponsored sites.
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All movie guide
http://www.allmovie.com/
The All Movie Guide is a database produced by the All Media Guide (AMG) and recently acquired by Macrovision (now Rovi Corporation). This resource can be searched by film, person or genre. Additional features include a 'quick browser', organised by movie genre, country or time period; a glossary of movie and film-related terms; and a series of essays. The movie guide home page links to new movies, actors born today and showcases specific genres or periods. Information provided for films includes full credits, cast list, synopsis, reviews, similar films and awards. All people involved in movies within the databases are indexed, with filmographies and biographical details provided for many. The website also has a blog.
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Art California
http://www.well.com/user/jmalloy/blueskies/calartists4.html
Created and edited by writer and artist, Judy Malloy, this is a portal that "provides access to websites that represent California artists, innovators, and arts organizations." It includes sections on California Arts and Humanities Institutions; film artists; musicians; writers; visual artists; new media; technocreators; architects; dancers; opera; theatre; broadcast media; events calendars; books; critics and curators; arts magazines; foundations; arts councils and organisations; cultural heritage; exhibitions and collections; archives; and songs about California. Sections are subdivided where required. For instance, the visual arts section is divided into: painting, graphic arts - historical; painting, graphic arts, mixed media, artists' books - contemporary; sculpture; ceramics, glass, textiles, wood, furniture, jewellery, enamel; photography - historical; photography - contemporary; conceptual art; environmental art; installation art; performance art / mail art; video art; public art; contemporary California landscape painting; and cartoons.
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Artslynx international arts resources
http://www.artslynx.org/
The Artslynx website is an international directory of links to websites and pages relevant to a range of arts subjects. The site provides links to resources in the following categories: Dance; Theatre; Visual arts; Music; Film; Writing and Poetry; Arts Advocacy; Arts empowerment/the healing power of the arts; Arts education; Arts administration; and Employment. Each category has a dedicated page and is further sub-divided for different subjects and types of resource. This site provides a vast range of links resources, many of which are accompanied by a brief description. The site also links to a version of Artslynx for resources in Colorado.
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Best 1,000 movies ever made
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html
This is a list of the 1,000 best-ever films compiled by the film critics of the New York Times. This list is drawn from the second edition of "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made" edited by Peter M. Nichols and published in 2004. One can browse the list by alphabetical order. Each entry contains a plot description, reviews, cast list, awards and similar or related movies. Free registration is required to access the New York Times sites.
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Black film
http://blackfilm.uchicago.edu/
This is the website of the Black film department of the University of Chicago. The campus is situated south of the city located in an aera known as the birthplace of African American filmmaking. The site provides an overview of University of Chicago resources in Black film. There is historical information, and descriptions of student and faculty research projects, as well as news and events sections. Black Film Research Online is a guide to resources on the web related to the study of Black film culture. Black film culture is defined as including "the works of Black filmmakers from across the African Diaspora; the production, distribution, and exhibition of films by, for and about Blacks; issues of Black spectatorship and reception; and images of Black people in film from the invention of the medium in the late 19th century to the present". It is divided into a number of sections: Archives & Library Collection; Scholarship (Conferences, Courses, Online Publications, Scholars); Internet Resources; Festivals; Filmmakers; and Film Finder.
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British Library humanities resources for research : performing arts websites
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/webres/perfarts/perfweb.html
This website is a selective list of Internet resources related to performing arts. It contains sections on dance, film, music, sound and theatre. Under each of the five sections it lists websites under headings such as libraries and archives, research societies, databases, gateways and organisations. It also has a general section which lists websites for, amongst others, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Westminster Libraries and Archives and the Arts Council.
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Cast & Crew
http://www.open2.net/castandcrew/
Cast & Crew is the website of the programme series, hosted by Kirsty Wark, which reunites the talent from both sides of the camera to discover how some British cinematic landmarks were made. The programmes examine the trends in British film-making, looking at the relationship between cinema and society. The website is part of Open2.net, the online learning portal from the Open University and the BBC, which features Open University programmes first broadcast on the BBC. The following British films are featured: If...; My Beautiful Laundrette; Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. There is also a section on British New Wave Cinema, written by Dr Tony Aldgate.
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Cinema context : film in the Netherlands from 1896
http://www.cinemacontext.nl/
Cinema context is a web resource which describes itself as "an encyclopedia of film culture", dealing specifically with Dutch film from 1896. Created by Karel Dibbets and the University of Amsterdam, the resource documents film distribution and exhibition in the Netherlands through four data collections: Films, Cinemas, People and Companies. The database allows users to perform an advanced search in any one of these categories, or users can browse the categories alphabetically or by year. A quick search facility is also available. Other features include a Resources section, which provides an alphabetical and chronological listing of film magazines, a geographical map, which allows users to pinpoint cinemas in all cities within the Netherlands, a links page, statistics on cinema attendance and film production in the Netherlands, and a 'How to' section which offers advice on getting the most out of the database, including answering research questions.
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Cineuropa
http://www.cineuropa.org/
This website acts as a portal to all things relating to the European cinema industry. The site contains information on European cinema, films, actors, filmmakers, producers and scriptwriters. There is a news section, film focus, interviews, a 'the making of' section, which contains video shots of film sets, country profiles with statistics on cinema attendance and details about distribution. There is an industry database, which can searched by film, director, producer, distributor, company or sales. The site is available in English, French, Italian and Spanish.
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Creative little soul
http://www.creativelittlesoul.com/
This is the website and blog of Creative Little Soul, a resource for developing creative skills and careers in the areas of photography, make-up, modelling and filmmaking. Each section contains articles and features. Under photography articles include understanding lenses, finding a model and websites every aspiring photographer needs to check out. Under filmmaking there is an article on the legal side of filming. There are also resources on how to run your business and a list of related books. One can also join the forum.
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Criterion Collection
http://www.criterion.com/
This is the website of the Criterion Collection. It is a commercial website but it is useful for film and media students as it contains information on films and essays and articles by academics and experts on classic films from various countries. The Criterion Collection is dedicated to gathering films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. The collection contains a series of classic and contemporary films on DVD. One can browse the collection by title, director, country, year etc. Each entry contains a synopsis, film information, cast, reviews and essays relating to the subject. One can also browse by subject such as: cult movies; documentaries and samurai cinema.
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Cult film archive
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/cult/
Based at Brunel University, the Cult Film Archive currently holds a collection of around 3,000 audio and visual resources, which include DVD, video and master tapes, along with scripts, books, slides, posters and soundtracks often donated by the producers themselves. The archive's aim is to develop an understanding of cult, underground and marginal film from different theoretical perspectives. This website gives an overview of the archive, giving the reader an idea of its scope, as well as listing research and study connected to it.
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Culture
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/
Published by the Guardian Newspapers Limited, this is the culture section of The Guardian's website, which covers news and reviews from 'The Guardian' (daily) and 'The Observer' (weekly). It provides constantly updated full-text articles and reviews from the visual and performing arts. The site includes specific sections for: art, (architecture) and design; books; film; music; Stage: theatre, dance, comedy; and TV and radio. It offers detailed 'special reports', previews, reviews, regular columns, and features on: music releases and concerts, plays, films, books, television and radio programmes, and exhibitions. Archives of the writings of specific The Guardian critics can also be accessed from the website, and there is a link to the related blog site. This is a key website for anyone interested in British Contemporary culture.
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Dexigner
http://www.dexigner.com/
Dexigner is a large design resource guide and directory, which is organised by subject, from 3D and advertising design to urban and Web design. Dexigner includes short news items from sections on product design, graphic design, fashion design, architecture, digital art and contemporary visual arts. There is also a database of designs, designers and design companies, as well as a list of current and forthcoming design events and competitions in the 'Agenda' section. A monthly newsletter, going back to October 2004 is also included. Dexigner can be searched by going to 'Start'.
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Early modernity on film
http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/emr/index.php/early-modernity-on-film/
This website is dedicated to early modernity on film. The website has been written by Sharon Howard, who has a personal interest in film and TV representations of the early modern period. The website includes an essay on historians and historical film. There is a section which includes a bibliography and online resources. The two main features of the website are close up, focussing in depth on individual films The return of Martin Guerre and Winstanley, and themes in focus which contains an essay on the present in the past: hunting the witch and includes references to The Crucible, Witchfinder General and Day of Wrath. There is also a section entitled shorts and contains brief reviews on a range of films.
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East Asian cinema : a selected bibliography of materials in the UC Bekerley Library
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/cjkfilmbib.html
This is a bibliography of materials held in the UC Berkeley Library relating to East Asian cinema. Topics covered include general works on Chinese, Hong Kong, Japanese and Korean cinema, a section on Japanese Anime and separate bibliographies on individual film makers from China and Japan such as Ang Lee, John Woo, Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki. The bibliography contains information on books and journal articles. The bibliography was created by the Media Resources Center, Moffitt Library, University of California Berkeley.
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Exciting hobby of collecting cinematographica
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wichm/cinemat.html
This is the website for the exciting hobby of collecting cinematographica, a resource created by Michael Rogge and of interest to film students, particularly those interested in film equipment history. The website discusses film equipment and becoming a collector. Topics covered include: three classes of cinematographica collectors; FAQs; 100 years of film sizes; addresses of suppliers of parts; manuals; and literature. The most relevant section of the website is a link to a list created by the author of more than 3,000 cinematographica items, such as cameras and projectors. The list is divided alphabetically by manufacturer and contains details of the equipment, country of origin, year of manufacture and size. Most entries have an image or photograph.
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Film
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/
Published by the Guardian News and Media Limited and part of The Guardian website, which covers news and reviews from 'The Guardian' (daily) and 'The Observer' (weekly), the film section provides constantly updated full-text articles, podcasts, videos, and reviews from the world of cinema. The website includes the following sections: news; reviews; features; blog; podcast; video; galleries; Oscars; 'Trailer park', where trailers for films can be downloaded and viewed; and 'Rent DVDs'. There are also links to 'The Observer' online and the other Guardian subject hubs, including one for culture. This is a key website for anyone interested in Contemporary film and culture.
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Film bibliographies : Media Resources Center UCB
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/fulltextbib.html
The website Film bibliographies forms part of the Media Resources Center site from UC Berkeley and offers the full-text of critical articles and reviews in the area of film studies. Of interest to students working on Luis Buñuel in particular will be the digital versions of a number of articles on this Spanish filmmaker, reproduced from a special edition of the Berkeley publication, Film, edited by Linda Williams. These short essays discuss such themes as: surrealism in Buñuel's oeuvre (especially); reality and paradox in Un chien andalou; and analysis of Las Hurdes: Tierra sin pan. For American studies students, the site also provides a number of papers on John Wayne films. Of interest also to any film studies student will be the access this site provides to a Film Studies Resources section with guidelines on how to cite films and videos, tips on how to search relevant academic articles and books, and bibliographies.
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Film literature index
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp
This is the website for the Film Literature Index (FLI). The FLI annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular. The FLI Online contains approximately 700,000 citations to film, television and video articles, film reviews and book reviews published between 1976-2001. One can search the database by keyword, production title or person. There is also an advanced search function to limit results. One can also browse the database by subject headings, person names, production titles or corporate names. This would be a useful tool for researchers interested in film.
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Film music bibliography
http://www.mediamusicstudies.net/tagg/teaching/mmi/filmbib.html
Film Music Bibliography is a small online bibliography on music in film and television. Intended for students and enthusiasts of film music, it lists resources alphabetically by author and rates them as either: 'essential'; 'strongly recommended'; or 'recommended'. Some of the articles listed are available in full-text via links from the bibliography, including such key texts as: Dmitri Tiomkin's 'Composing for films' (1951); and Max Winkler's 'The origin of film music' (1951). The bibliography was compiled for a course by the author on music and the moving image, and is suitable for further and higher education film studies or music students.
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Film studies for free
http://filmstudiesforfree.blogspot.com/
Film Studies For Free is a blog that "actively espouses the ethos of Open Access to digital scholarly material". Published by Catherine Grant, a full-time researcher and writer on film and culture, who is affiliated with the Department of Media and Film at the University of Sussex, the aim of the blog is to draw attention to academic online resources that relate to film and moving-image studies, by commenting and linking to them. The website states that "these resources will include published scholarship or research in various forms: from film and media weblogs, through online peer-reviewed journals, to other forms of Web-based scholarly writing, as well as online works of filmmoving-image research by practice." Recent entries include commentaries on: LUXONLINE, a Web resource that explores British-based artists' work in film and video; the blog of prominent film theorist, David Bordwell; and a podcast series, called Pinewood dialogues, which consists of interviews with filmmakers, such as Werner Herzog and Jonathan Demme, Stan Brakhage, and François Ozon, amongst others. The online resources that have been collected together are organised under the following headings down the right-hand side of the screen: digital scholarship blog roll; online and open access film studies related journals and magazines; free podcasts, video podcasts and webcasts of note; electronic discussion groups/lists; webliographies; other relevant research / scholarly websites; film open access e-books; individual authors' online writing of note; and open access websites. Although established in only August 2008, this blog already contains an impressive number of online resources that would be of relevance to film studies scholars.
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Film, television & media studies : internet resources
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/film/filmcont.htm
This is a website created by the University of Auckland Library listing Internet resources in the fields of film, television and media studies. The resources listed include essays, journal articles, reviews and official sites and are from a variety of sources such as universities, the British Film Institute and film enthusiasts' websites. Each resource is accessed directly via a hyperlink and a one line description of its contents is given. The resources are grouped under the headings "International films", "New Zealand films", "Silent films" and "Television" and they include mostly American and British resources.
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