Communications
Needing research help for Film Arts? Start with these resources recommended by your librarians!
Recommended Websites
- All MovieA searchable film database that lets you search by title, actor, or director. Includes production and cast information as well as professional movie reviews.
- AFI CatalogMaintained by the American Film Institute, this searchable database of over 60,000 films features production and cast information as well as a plot summary for each entry.
- Internet Movie DatabaseA searchable database that features user reviews, cast and production information, and news for thousands of movies and television shows.
- Movie Review Query EngineLinks to 100,000+ movie reviews
- Rotten TomatoesThis website features film news and reviews. It also lists the current Movie Box Office, DVD sales, and rental rankings.
- They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?An online film resource dedicated to the art of motion picture filmmaking. Features a regularly updated list of the 1,000 greatest films of all time, based on the results of thousands of polls and best-of lists.
Scholarly Articles & Journals
- Film Criticism
A peer-reviewed publication bringing together scholarship in the field of cinema and media studies since 1975. - Journal of Cinema and Media StudiesA peer-reviewed, scholarly publication of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
- Hollywood Reporter
A trade journal focusing on Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries since 1930. - VarietyReporting on the film industry since 1933.
