Film Studies - Selected Resources

General information about films

Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
Comprehensive film site
Includes cast lists, production data, dates

BBC-Film (British Broadcasting Company)
Comprehensive site; features articles from BBC News
Has a section on Indian film industry

Reel Classics
Comprehensive site for classic films

Silent Era: The Silent Film Website
Comprehensive site for silent films

Reference Sources about Film

The Motion Picture Guide REF PN 1995 .N346 1985
Lists silent films from 1910-1936
Lists talking films from 1927-1984
Halliwell’s Film Guide REF PN 1993.45 H27 2005
The Holt Foreign Film Guide REF PN 1995 .B47 1988b
VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever REF PN 1992.95 .V554 2009
Guide to movies and video and DVD
Gives date of original film

Finding Film Reviews: Reference Sources

New York Times Film Reviews ODY Lower Level Indexes PN 1995 .N4 1913-2000
Reprints the actual reviews from the newspaper
Film Review Annual ODY Lower Level Indexes PN 1995 .F463 1981-2002
Reprints reviews from newspapers and periodicals
Of full-length films released in the U.S. during the
year covered by each volume
Film Review Index REF PN 1995 .F47 1986
Vol. 1 1882-1949
Vol. 2 1950-1985

Finding Film Reviews: via Online Databases

Film & Television Literature Index
Academic Search Complete
LexisNexis Academic
Proquest Historical Newspapers
- Full text of 8 major American newspapers,
  1849-2003

Finding Film Reviews via Websites