GPC Clarkston Campus Library -- Selected Sources for Researching Film

Selected Sources for Researching Film

General Works

Ref PN1993.3 .I55 2005

International Motion Picture Almanac

Ref PN1993.45 .H27 1996

Halliwell’s Film Guide

Ref PN1993.45 .K34 2001

The Film Encyclopedia, 4th ed.

Ref PN1993.45 .O9

The Oxford Companion to Film

Ref PN1993.45 .S75

Film Facts

Ref PN1993.5 .A1 C57 1997

Chronicle of the Cinema

Ref PN1998 .A16 2005

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Theory

Ref PN1993.45 .C75 2001

Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory

Ref PN1993.45 .I5 1972

The International Encyclopedia of Film

Ref PN1993.45 .K66 1997

The Complete Film Dictionary, 2nd ed.

Ref PN1993.5 .G7 .M327 2003

Guide to British Cinema

Ref PN1993.5 .I8 R227 1999

Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema

Ref PN1995.9 .N4 .B433

African American Cinema

Film Directors and Actors

Ref PN1998 .A2 D568 1992

Michael Singer's Film Directors: A Complete Guide

Ref PN1998 .B85 1993

Directors and Their Films, 1895-1990

Ref PN1998.2 .T49 2002

New Biographical Dictionary of Film

Reviews and Criticism

Ref PN1993.3 .M34 1995-2005

Magill’s Cinema Annual

Ref PN1993.45 .M3

Magill’s Survey of Cinema, English Language Films, 1st series

Ref PN1993.45 M32

Magill’s Survey of Cinema, English Language Films, 2nd series

Databases: All are available through GALILEO http://galileo.usg.edu

Academic Search Complete
Gale Literary Index
JSTOR
LexisNexis
Literature Resource Center
MLA International Bibliography
Project Muse

Internet Film Resources

CineMedia http://www.cinemedia.org
Quite simply the world's largest film and media directory. The site lists links to movies, TV shows, studios and more, all sorted by category and then alphabetically. The site loads fast, and there are few, if any, dead links.

Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com
This site bills itself as "the biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet." It features: trailers, information on upcoming movies, some TV news, and reviews, as well as box office rankings. Unfortunately, pop-up advertisements plague this site.

Film Literature Index (citations only 1976-2001), http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp
"The Film Literature Index (FLI) annually 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. More than 2,000 subject headings provide detailed analysis of the articles." This site has not received an update since 2005.

Movie Guide in Theaters http://www.tvguide.com/Find-Shows-Movies/Movies/In-Theaters/
Reviews films that are currently playing and even offers listings of local show times complete with online ticket purchase. This site also features web boards where users can comment on movies. The boards do not appear particularly active and may require some form of registration.

MovieFone http://movies.aol.com/
This site features movie reviews both for those films in theaters and those available on DVD. It also has interviews with celebrities, and trailers.

Movie Review Query Engine http://www.mrqe.com/
There is a searchable database of links to film reviews in popular newspapers and magazines as well as more specialized sources. The site also offers a forum where enthusiasts can discuss their favorite films. The forum is all but unused.

Yahoo! Movies Coming Soon, http://movies.yahoo .com/mv/upcoming/
This site offers information on movies that will appear in theaters soon. This site also offers links to see what films are playing locally and a way to order tickets online.

Variety.com http://www.variety.com/
The web version of a popular and respected entertainment industry magazine. Variety's film reviews, news, production charts, and box office rankings, are available under the tab marked, Film, in the gray box half way down the left side of the page.