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FILM CRITICISM: A GUIDE TO INFORMATION RESOURCES

KCMA Online Catalog

Useful LC SUBJECT HEADINGS for this topic:
Film criticism
Motion pictures--Evaluation
Motion picture plays--History and Criticism (use for critiques of screenplays)

Useful LC CALL NUMBERS on this subject:
PN1993-1999Motion pictures

OhioLINK Central Catalog

Provides access to the holdings of all OhioLINK member libaries

REFERENCE RESOURCES

R PN1993.45.B33 2005Dictionary of Film Terms: the Aesthetic Companion to Film Art
R PN1993.45.E53 2005Encyclopedia of Early Cinema
R PN1993.45.G65 2007Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film
R PN1993.45.H36 2006Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts
R PN1993.45.J23 1998The Language of Cinema
R PN1993.5.A1 O96 1996The Oxford History Of World Cinema
R PN1995.G663 2006Blockbusters: A Reference Guide to Film Genres
R PN1995.9.F54 F55 1992Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style
R PN1995.9.M56 W45 2005Multicultural Films: A Reference Guide
R PN1995.9.S62 M58 2004Filmography of Social Issues: A Reference Guide
R PN1995.9.U64 C65 2003The Columbia Companion to American History on Film
R PN1997.85.T54 2005Encyclopedia of Novels into Film
R PN1998.2.F53 2002Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers
R PN1998.2.R66 2007The Rough Guide to Film


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PERIODICAL INDEXES/DATABASES
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Film Literature Index
indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular
Note:This database does not provide the full-text of articles; it is stictly a citation database.
Film and Television Literature Index
includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews
Academic Search Complete
Index to periodicals on a variety of subjects, including movie reviews. (Search for: film by title AND motion pictures--reviews)
Arts and Humanitites Citation Index
Citations and cited references from over 1,100 arts and humanities journals
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Index, abstracts, and full text for journals in communication and mass media
Article First
Index to articles from over 12,000 journals in a variety of subject areas, including movie reviews.
Art Abstracts
Indexes journals, magazines and museum bulletins on all forms of art and crafts, including film.
Electronic Journals Center
Full-text indexing service for over 2000 online scholarly and research journals including many in the humanities
Humanities International Complete
provides indexing, abstracting, and full text of journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities
Modern Language Association International Bibliography
Covers journals in language, linguistics and folklore; also includes selected articles on film criticism.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Index to full-text newspaper articles, including movie reviews.
Newspaper Source
Index to full-text newspaper articles, including movie reviews
Periodicals available in the KCMA library that contain movie reviews Periodicals available through the Electronic Journal Center that discuss film related topics When accessing from off-campus, a login screen will display. Enter your name and ID number and click Login Securely. Periodicals available through Academic Search Premier that discuss film related topics
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INTERNET RESOURCES ON THIS TOPIC
Film Review resoucres on the Web
New York Times on the Web: Current Film
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/movies/index.html
Reviews of movies currently playing in theaters. Free but requires registration.
New York Times on the Web: Archive
http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/archivemain.html
All New York Times film reviews since 1996
MRQE (Movie Review Query Engine)
http://www.mrqe.com/
Searches for movie reviews available on the Internet.
Critics.com
http://www.critics.com/
Reviews and ratings from 15 prominent critics. Movies from 1996 to present.
University of Iowa Film Studies Resources
http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/film_resources.html
From the University of Iowa Department of Communications, a list of web-based resources for film studies.
Scope: An On-line Journal of Film Studies
http://www.scope.nottingham.ac.uk/archive.php
An online journal of film studies edited by staff and students within the Institute of Film Studies at the University of Nottingham providing a forum for discussion of all aspects of film history, theory and criticism.
Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture
http://www.imagesjournal.com/
An online journal that focuses on film and its place in popular culture
Kinema: A Journal for Film and Audiovisua; Media
http://www.kinema.uwaterloo.ca/
An online journal of film studies.
Film Studies: Guide to WWW Resources on Film
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=351
Includes a partially annotated list of links in numerous areas of film study such as reviews and other special topics.
Filmmaking.com: The Filmmaking Portal
http://www.filmmaking.com/
This site contains a variety of information on filmmaking on both independent and Hollywood films.
GreenCine Movie Primers
http://www.greencine.com/static/primers/index.jsp
This commercial site has primers on film genres that provide the history of each genre.
Internet Movie Database (IMB)
http://www.imdb.com/
Information on movie and TV movies and TV series. Anyone can submit a review.
Cineman Syndicate
http://www.highbeam.com/browse/Lifestyle+and+Personal+Interest-Movies-Cineman+Syndicate
Provides access to a monthly collection of movie reviews from 1984 forward.
Bright Lights Film Journal (April 1996, no. 16 to present)
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/
Articles, profiles, reviews, interviews, and more.
Filmsound.org
http://http://www.filmsound.org
Covers all aspects of the use of sound in film.
Masters of Cinema
http://http://www.mastersofcinema.org
Focuses on works of major film directors, but also includes many other types of information on film.