Compass Film
www.compass-film.co.uk
Our sister organization in the UK. Check the website for information, upcoming events, and more.
Online Publications
Contracampo
www.contracampo.he.com.br
Brazilian online film journal. Portugese only.
The Film Journal
www.thefilmjournal.com
Ohio, USA. Independently produced, online film publication, which seeks to contribute to the community of serious-minded film websites by being a forum for eclectic film criticism, study and discussion.
Film-Philosophy
www.film-philosophy.com
A journal and discussion salon promoting a philosophical review of cinema and film studies, Film-Philosophy combines original review-articles with immediate email response and argument -- join the discussion in the email salon (digest version available; over 900 members) and you'll also receive the journal articles by email.
Flicker
www.hi-beam.net
Devoted to alternative cinematic experience. Here you will find films and videos that transgress the boundaries of the traditional viewing experience, challenge notions of physical perception and provide cutting edge alternatives to the media information technocracy.
Full Alert Review
wlt4.home.mindspring.com/fafr.htm
Devoted to lesser-known indie/underground films, Japanese, Chinese, Iranian, etc. cinemas.
H-Film
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. Diverse bibliographical, research, and teaching aids are available.
Independent Films
www.independentfilms.org
Independent Films is dedicated to independent films and film festivals. It spotlights top independent films, and only independent films.
IndieWire
indiewire.com
American independent (or so-called independent) cinema.
Intensities
www.cult-media.com
School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, UK. Scholarly journal on all aspects of the cult phenomenon.
Jump Cut
www.ejumpcut.org
USA. Scholarly journal.
The Journal of Religion and Film
www.unomaha.edu/jrf
University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA. Scholarly journal specializing in theological aspects on film.
Kamera
www.kamera.co.uk
Essays, interviews and reviews by scholars and fans, mostly from the UK. Some debates and extensive texts on film.
Kinoeye
www.kinoeye.org
Biweekly specializing in Central and Eastern European film but also promises to cover Scandinavia.
Offscreen
www.horschamp.qc.ca/offscreen
Canada. Huge archive of articles on art and independent cinemas.
Particip@tions
www.participations.org
A new web journal on audience and reception theory. State of aims (excerpt): "The aim of this Journal is to become a focal point for research, debate and publication on all aspects of the study of audiences for cultural and media products and practices. The term 'audience’ is used as widely as possible, and with no intended theoretical attachments. It therefore includes readers, listeners, viewers, whole body participants; and receptive and interactive modes of engagement."
P O V
imv.au.dk/publikationer/pov/POV.html
Department of Information and Media Science at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. Primarily a framework for collaborative publication for those who study and teach film at the Department of Information and Media Science at Aarhus University. They also invite contributions from colleagues at other departments and at other universities.
Savage Cinema
www.savagecinema.com
Horror web-based publication. Specializing in films post 1950.
Scope
www.nottingham.ac.uk/film/journal/contents.htm
Institute of Film Studies, University of Nottingham, UK. Scholarly journal.
Screening the Past
www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast
Screening the Past is concerned with:
- the history of photography, film, television and multimedia;
- the representation of history on/in these media;
- the role of these media in social history.
It publishes material of interest to historians of film and media, to film and media scholars, to social historians interested in the place of film and media within general history, to film makers interested in the history of their craft or in representing history through their productions, to film and media librarians and archivists. It encourages scholarly debate on all these, respecting the views of others even if disagreeing with them. It co-operates with other publications, both hard-copy and electronic, with related interests.
Senses of Cinema
www.sensesofcinema.com
An online film journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema.
The Thinking Eye
www.elojoquepiensa.udg.mx/ingles/revis_01/index.html
Sponsored by Universidad de Guadalajara and the Muestra de Cine Mexicano. Scholarly journal devoted to Latin-American cinema. In English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Trama y Fondo
www.tramayfondo.com
This Spanish cultural magazine concerns itself with all kinds of art, but focuses mainly on cinematic analysis. In Spanish.
Views Reviews Interviews
www.angelfire.com/ar/views
Bihar, India. Scholarly journal. Mostly on Indian Cinema. In English.
World Socialist Web Site
www.wsws.org/sections/category/arts/films.shtml
The extensive and often well-informed film reviews at the World Socialist Web Site, sponsored by The International Committee of the Fourth International, are worth checking out. Even though you might disagree with the web site’s Communist politics, you shouldn’t be deterred from taking a visit since many of the texts takes a welcome stand against the often numbing critical hegemony in commercial mass media.
Chaosmag
www.chaosmag.net
Online film journal based in India. Focus on Indian and Iranian cinema.
Film Slash Magazine
www.filmslashmagazine.com
Online film magazine "cutting to the rogue heart of cinema"
Printed Magazines Online
American Cinematographer
www.theasc.com/magazine
The American Society of Cinematographers’ journal, specializing in technical essays.
Bright Lights Film Journal
www.brightlightsfilm.com
San Fransisco, USA.
Cantrill’s Filmnotes
128.250.152.26/staff/arthur/filmnotes.html
Mostly about experimental film.
Cineaste
www.cineaste.com
New York, USA
Cinema Journal
www.cmstudies.org/scms_cinema_journal.html
Scholarly journal on film, television and new media. Sponsored by organization The Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCS).
Cinema Scope
www.cinema-scope.com
Toronto, Canada.
Convergence
www.luton.ac.uk/convergence
UK film journal, subtitled "The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies".
Film Comment
www.filmlinc.com/fcm/fcm.htm
New York, USA.
Film Quarterly
www.filmquarterly.org
University of California Press, Berkeley, USA. Scholarly journal.
Framework
www.frameworkonline.com
Online edition of British cinema journal Framework. The worst fate the journal did avoid is that of the film magazine which, one issue relentlessly following another regardless of its ability to engage critically with constantly shifting cultural constellations, condemns itself to eternal repetition, a process euphemistically known as 'professionalisation'.
Otrocampo
www.otrocampo.com
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Scholarly journal. In Spanish.
Shock Cinema
members.aol.com/shockcin/main.html
Cult, horror, the bizarre.
Sight and Sound
www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound
London, UK. Sponsored by The British Film Institute.
Vertigo Magazine
www.vertigomagazine.co.uk
Vertigo Magazine has been documenting global screen culture since 1993. The focus is on independent and experimental films.
Organizations
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
www.oscars.org
www.oscars.com
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is about much more than just handing out Academy Awards (Oscars). The .com web site is only about the awards, but the .org web site gives you information about the whole organization.
European Audiovisual Observatory
www.obs.coe.int
Set up in December 1992, the European Audiovisuel Observatory is the only centre of its kind to gather and circulate information on the audiovisual industry in Europe. The Observatory is a European public service body with 35 member States and the European Community. It owes its origins to Audiovisual Eureka and operates within the legal framework of the Council of Europe. It works alongside a number of partner organisations, professional organisations from within the industry and a whole network of correspondents.
Filmsound.org
www.filmsound.org
Lots of useful articles on the artistic and technological aspects on the sound and music in film written by experts.
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCS)
www.cmstudies.org
An academic organization devoted to the scholarly study of film, television and new media. Sponsor of Cinema Journal.
African Cinema
www.movieworld-nigeria.com
www.mm-magazine.com
www.r70.com
Film Resources
Atomfilms
atomfilms.shockwave.com
Short films: animation, live action, comedy, horror, science fiction and films beyond words - all for free to a computer in front of you.
The Internet Archive: Moving Images
www.archive.org/movies
Enormous archive of everything from old educational films to public domain feature length movies like D.O.A. and Night of the Living Dead. Free downloads in various formats.
American Film Foundation
www.americanfilmfoundation.com
Terry Sanders, Freida Lee Mock are known for Academy and Emmy Award-Winning biographies, feature and documentary films, on topics of Maya Lin, Anne Lamott, Vietnam and many more DVDs and videos.
YouTube
www.youtube.com
Upload and share your own videos, and discover a myriad of clips ranging from the typical sports bloopers to public domain surrealism, music videos, comedy, commercials, trailers, and other bits.
Foto Search
www.fotosearch.com
Foto Search is a small Wisconsin-based stock photography company that allows filmmakers to search from over 3 million images and more than 140 quality stock pictures publishers at one site. They can simply choose "stock footage" in the search box and enter the subject they are looking for. Top footage vendors available include Artbeats, Creatas Footage, Digital Hotcakes, Film Disc, Reel House, and many more.They can also find royalty-free clipart pictures, illustrations, and background clip art imagery.
Useful Databases
The Internet Movie Database
www.imdb.com
The Internet Movie Database is the world's largets film fact database. Should be used with a critical eye since it collects facts as well as reviews from its readers. Owned by Amazon.com.
The Cult Film Archive
www.brunel.ac.uk/cult
The Cult Film Archive is the first research-based resource of its kind to be housed at a British University. The Archive has been established to provide a research resource for both institutions and individuals interested in cinematic research outside of the conventions of mainstream Hollywood cinema. It covers a diverse cross section of film genres from horror, science fiction and blaxploitation, to madcap musicals, kung fu films and 'weird' world cinema. The Archive will not only promote and develop a critical understanding of cult, underground and marginal film, it will also consider the crucial role that fandom and film audiences play in constructing meaning within the cult film text. A special research project on cult film audiences is currently being established at the Archive and this can be accessed via its dedicated webpage.
Svensk Filmdatabas
www.svenskfilmdatabas.se
All Swedish films, 1897-now. Continuously updated. Also includes TV-series. In Swedish.
The Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb)
www.imsdb.com
Impressive database resource of movie scripts for reading and downloading, as HTML or as PDF - all completely free.
Critics and Scholars
David Bordwell
www.davidbordwell.net
One of the leading names in cinema studies also has an interesting web page with much to read.
Chris Fujiwara
members.verizon.net/~vze4b4rc/
Bert Hogenkamp
www.let.uu.nl/~Bert.Hogenkamp/personal
In Dutch.
Steven Ross
www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/history/hist225g/pages/home/index.html
Inspired by Steven Ross' book Working-Class Hollywood and his essay in Film International 2003:2? Have a look at this web site.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
www.chireader.com/movies
Hugely influential in critical and auteurist circles, Jonathan Rosenbaum writes for The Chicago Reader and maintains this website.
Roger Ebert
www.rogerebert.com
Like him or not, Roger Ebert has an influence on the moviegoing audience like few other American critics.
