Table of Contents
Actors
Cinematographers and Cinematography
College Guides
Directors/Producers
Foreign Films
Industry Guides
Motion Picture Bibliographies
Motion Picture Catalogs,
Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias
Motion Picture History
Motion Picture Periodicals
Motion Picture Reviews
Motion Picture Studios (Websites)
Motion Picture Themes & Genres
Periodical Indexes and Databases
Websites
Indexes, Abtracts, and Databases
The following are just a few of the indexes that will cover articles dealing with film. Depending on your topic, your search might take you into the realm of history or business or art or music or any number of areas. For example, if you were looking for research into the business of producing and marketing motion pictures, you would likely find some of your most valuable research using ABI/Inform, a business journal database. If you were looking for film as literature, you would likely find better sources in the MLA Bibliography, the major research database for languages and literature. The indexes recommended below tend to be especially useful for any approach to film.
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- Biography Resource Center (Gale)
- British Humanities Index (Coverage - 1967 - 1991)
AI3.B7 3rd floor Index/Abstract Collection - Communication Abstracts
P87.C59733 3rd floor Index/Abstract Collection (Coverage - 1978 to date) - Humanities Full Text (Wilson Web)
- Humanities Index
AI3.R52 3rd floor Index/Abstract Collection (Coverage - 1974 to date) - MLA Bibliography (EBSCOhost)
- New York Times Index
AI21.N44 3rd floor Index/Abstract Collection (Coverage - 1851 to date) - Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.
AI3.R48 3rd floor Index/Abstract Collection (Coverage - 1900 to date) - Readers' Guide Full Text (WilsonWeb)
- Times Index (London)
AI21.T46 3rd floor Index/Abstract Collection (Coverage - 1914 to date)
Reference Books (2nd Floor)
Reference materials provide quick answers on a variety of subjects. The UNF Library's Reference Collection should have specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks for nearly any subject you want to cover. The following materials are particularly useful for beginning a research project dealing with some aspect of motion pictures. You should also use the library's catalog to search for more specific areas. For example, if you are looking into representations of women in motion pictures, try looking for the keywords "women" and "motion pictures" in the advanced search screen. You can also limit the search to the Reference Collection by choosing Reference from the Location pull-down option.
Resources have been sub-categorized according to their focus.
Actors
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Annual Index to Motion Picture Credits. Westport, Ct., Greenwood
Press, 1978-80.
PN1993 .A48a
Almquist, Sharon G. Opera Singers in Recital, Concert, and Feature Film: A Mediagraphy. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.
ML158.4 .A46 1999
Aros, Andrew A. An Actor Guide
to the Talkies, 1965 through 1974. Metuchen. N.J. : Scarecrow
Press, 1977.
PN1998 .A6694
Bogle, Donald. Blacks in American Films and Television: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Press, 1988.
PN1995.9.N4 B58 1988
British Film Institute, Stephen Herbert, and Luke McKernan. Who's Who of Victorian Cinema: a Worldwide Survey. London: BFI, 1996.
PN1998.2 .W48 1996
Buhle, Paul, Dave Wagner, and David Wagner. Blacklisted: The Film-Lover's Guide to the Hollywood Blacklist. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
PN1993.5.U6 B84 2003
Dimmitt, Richard B. An Actor Guide to the
Talkies; a Comprehensive Listing of 8,000 Feature-Length Films
from January, 1949, until December, 1964. Metuchen, N.J.:
Scarecrow Press, 1967-68.
PN1998 .D53
The Hollywood Who's
Who: the Actors and Directors in Today's Hollywood. New
York: Continuum, 1993.
PN1998.2 .H64 1993
The Illustrated Who's
Who of the Cinema. New York: Macmillan, 1983.
PN1998.A2
I48 1983
Katchmer, George A. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2002.
PN1995.9.W4 K33 2002
Lentz, Harry M., III. Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film & Television Credits. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001.
PN1995.9.S26 L46 2001
Michael, Paul. The American Movies Reference
Book; the Sound Era. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall,
1969.
PN1993.5.U6 M53
Parish, James Robert. Actors' Television
Credits, 1950-1972. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1973.
PN1992.4.A2 P3
Parish, James Robert. Actors' Television
Credits. Supplement I. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978.
PN1992.4.A2 P3 suppl.
Parish, James Robert and Vincent Parrish. Actors' Television
Credits. Supplement II, 1977-1981. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1982.
PN1992.4.A2 P3 suppl. 2
Parish, James Robert and Vincent Parrish. Actors' Television
Credits. Supplement III, 1982-1985. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1986.
PN1992.4.A2 P3 suppl. 3
Parish, James Robert and Vincent Parrish. The Complete Actors' Television
Credits, 1948-1988. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1989.
PN1992.4.A2 P3 1989
Ragan, David. Who's Who in Hollywood: The Largest Cast of International Film Personalities Ever Assembled. New York: Facts on File, 1992.
PN1998.2 .R34 1991
Stewart, John. Filmarama. Metuchen,
N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1975.
PN1998.A2 S67
Thomson, David. A Biographical
Dictionary of Film.
New York: A.A. Knopf, 1994.
PN1998.2 .T49 1994
Thomson, David. The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. New York: A.A. Knopf, 2002.
PN1998.2 .T49 2002
Vazzana, Eugene Michael. Silent Film Necrology. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001.
PN1998.2 .V38 2001
Walker, John. Halliwell's Who's who in the Movies. New York: HarperPerennial, 1999.
PN1993.45 .H34
Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
: a Worldwide Survey. London : BFI Publishing, 1996.
PN1998.2
.W48 1996
Awards, Honors, Prizes
Lyon, Richard Sean. The Complete Book of Film Awards.
West Los Angeles, Calif. LyonHeart Publishers, c1990.
PN1993.92 .L9 1990
Matthews, Charles E. Oscar A to Z : a Complete Guide
to More Than 2,400 Movies Nominated for Academy Awards. New York: Doubleday,
c1995.
PN1993.92 .M38 1995
Osborne, Robert A. 65 Years of the Oscar : the Official
History of the Academy Awards. New York : Abbeville Press, 1994.
PN1993.92
.O82 1994
Osborne, Robert A. 75 Years of the Oscar: The Official
History of the Academy Awards. New York : Abbeville Press, 2003.
PN1993.92
.O82 2003
Oscars from the Beginning, 1928 to 1974: Academy Awards & Nominations: A Complete Permanent Reference File of All Nominations and Winners in Every Category. New York: American Broadcasting Companies. Theatre Division, 1974.
PN1993.5.U6O875
Pickard, Roy. The Oscar Movies. New York: Facts on
File, 1994.
PN1993.92 .P53 1993
Shale, Richard. Academy Awards : an Ungar Reference
Index. New York: Ungar, 1978.
PN1993.5.U6 S47
Shale, Richard. Academy Awards Index: The Complete Categorical and Chronological Index. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
PN1993.92 .S53 1993
Cinematographers & Cinematography
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Annual
Index to Motion Picture Credits 1978- . Westport, Ct., Greenwood Press, 1978-
.
PN1993 .A48a
British Film Institute, Stephen Herbert, and Luke McKernan. Who's Who of Victorian Cinema: a Worldwide Survey. London: BFI, 1996.
PN1998.2 .W48 1996
Buhle, Paul, Dave Wagner, and David Wagner. Blacklisted: The Film-Lover's Guide to the Hollywood Blacklist. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
PN1993.5.U6 B84 2003
Cinematographers, Production Designers, Costume Designers & Film
Editors Guide. Beverly Hills, CA: Lone Eagle, 1988- .
PN1998.A1 C58
Doyle, Billy H. and Anthony Slide. The Ultimate Directory of Film Technicians: A Necrology of Dates and Places of Births and Deaths of More than 9,000 Producers, Screenwriters, Composers, Cinematographers, Art Directors, Costume Directors, Choreographers, Executives, and Publicists. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1999.
Ensign, Lynne Naylor. The Complete Dictionary of Television
and Film. New York: Stein and Day, 1985.
PN1992.18 .E57 1985
Gartenberg,
Jon. Glossary of Filmographic Terms = Lexique de Termes Filmographiques.
Brussels, Belgium : Federation Internationale des Archives du Film, 1985.
PN1993.45 .G36 1985
The Illustrated Who's Who of the Cinema. New York:
Macmillan,1983.
PN1998.A2 I48 1983
Lentz, Harry M., III. Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film & Television Credits. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001.
PN1995.9.S26 L46 2001
Ragan, David. Who's Who in Hollywood: The Largest Cast of International Film Personalities Ever Assembled. New York: Facts on File, 1992.
PN1998.2 .R34 1991
Singleton, Ralph S. Filmmakers Dictionary. Beverly
Hills, CA: Lone Eagle Pub Co., 1986.
PN1993.45 .S56 1986
Thomson, David. A Biographical
Dictionary of Film.
New York: A.A. Knopf, 1994.
PN1998.2 .T49 1994
Thomson, David. The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. New York: A.A. Knopf, 2002.
PN1998.2 .T49 2002
Walker, John. Halliwell's Who's who in the Movies. New York: HarperPerennial, 1999.
PN1993.45 .H34
Colleges
The American Film Institute Guide to College Courses
in Film and Television. New York: Arco : Distributed by Prentice Hall Trade
Sales, 1990.
PN1993.8.U5 A453 1990
Peterson's Annual Guides/Graduate Study.
Princeton, NJ: Peterson's Guides.
L901 .P46
Peterson's Guide to Four-Year
Colleges. Princeton, N.J. : Peterson's Guides.
L901 .P459
Directors & Producers
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Annual
Index to Motion Picture Credits. Westport, Ct., Greenwood Press, 1978- .
PN1993
.A48a
Andrew, Geoff. The Film Handbook. Boston, MA: G.K.
Hall, 1990.
PN1998.2 .A64 1990
Barson, Michael. The Illustrated Who's Who of Hollywood
Directors. New York: Noonday Press, 1995.
PN1998.2 .B368 1995
British Film Institute, Stephen Herbert, and Luke McKernan. Who's Who of Victorian Cinema: a Worldwide Survey. London: BFI, 1996.
PN1998.2 .W48 1996
Buhle, Paul, Dave Wagner, and David Wagner. Blacklisted: The Film-Lover's Guide to the Hollywood Blacklist. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
PN1993.5.U6 B84 2003
Bushnell, Brooks. Directors and Their Films : a Comprehensive
Reference, 1895-1990. Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, 1993.
PN1998
.B85 1993
Cinema: a Critical Dictionary :
the Major Film-Makers. New York: Viking Press, c1980.
PN1993.45
.C5
Coursodon, Jean Pierre. American Directors. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1983.
PN1998.A2 C657 1983
Dixon, Wheeler W. The "B" Directors : a
Biographical Directory. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1985.
PN1998.A2 D593
1985
Doyle, Billy H. and Anthony Slide. The Ultimate Directory of Film Technicians: A Necrology of Dates and Places of Births and Deaths of More than 9,000 Producers, Screenwriters, Composers, Cinematographers, Art Directors, Costume Directors, Choreographers, Executives, and Publicists. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1999.
PN1998.2 .D688 1999
Hochman, Stanley, comp. American Film Directors. With
Filmographies and Index of Critics and Films. New York: Ungar, 1994.
PN1995.9.P7
H57
The Hollywood Who's Who : the Actors and Directors
in Today's Hollywood. New York: Continuum, 1993.
PN1998.2 .H64 1993
The Illustrated Who's Who of the Cinema. New York:
Macmillan, 1983.
PN1998.A2 I48 1983
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers.
Chicago: St. James Press, 1990.
PN1997.8 .I58 1990
Langman, Larry. A Guide to American Film Directors
: the Sound Era, 1929-1979. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1981.
PN1998.A2 L34
Lentz, Harry M., III. Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film & Television Credits. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001.
PN1995.9.S26 L46 2001
Michael Singer's Film Directors : a Complete Guide.
Beverly Hills, CA: Lone Eagle, 1992.
PN1998.A2 D568
Parish, James Robert. Film Directors: a Guide to Their
American Films. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1974.
PN1998 .P24
Ragan, David. Who's Who in Hollywood: The Largest Cast of International Film Personalities Ever Assembled. New York: Facts on File, 1992.
PN1998.2 .R34 1991
Sadoul, Georges. Dictionary of Film Makers. Berkeley:
University of California Press, 1972.
PN1993.45 .S313
Schuster, Mel. Motion Picture Directors: a Bibliography
of Magazine and Periodical Articles, 1900-1972. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press,
1973.
PN1998.A2
S34 1973
Singleton, Ralph S. Filmmakers Dictionary. Beverly
Hills, CA: Lone Eagle Pub Co., 1986.
PN1993.45 .S56 1986
Thomson, David. A Biographical
Dictionary of Film.
New York: A.A. Knopf, 1994.
PN1998.2 .T49 1994
Thomson, David. The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. New York: A.A. Knopf, 2002.
PN1998.2 .T49 2002
Walker, John. Halliwell's Who's who in the Movies. New York: HarperPerennial, 1999.
PN1993.45 .H34
World Film Directors. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1987-1988.
PN1998.2 .W67 1987
Foreign Films
Australian Film, 1978-1992
: a Survey of Theatrical Features. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1993.
PN1993.5.A8 A955 1993
Bergan, Ronald. Bloomsbury
Foreign Film Guide. New
York: Holt, 1989.
PN1995.9.F67 B4 1989
British Film Institute and Richard Taylor. The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. London: BFI Publishing, 2000.
PN1993.5.E2 B44 2000
Buehrer, Beverley Bare. Japanese
Films: a Filmography and Commentary, 1921-1989. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1990.
PN1993.5.J3
B78 1990
Elsaesser, Thomas and Michael Wedel. The BFI Companion to German Cinema. London: BFI Publishing, 1999.
PN1993.5.G3 B44 1999
Galbraith, Stuart. The Japanese Filmography: A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900 through 1994. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1996.
PN1993.5.J3 G35 1996
Gifford, Denis. The British Film Catalogue. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.
PN1993.5.G7 G5 2001
Harty, Kevin J. The Reel Middle Ages: American, Western and Eastern European, Middle Eastern, and Asian Films About Medieval Europe. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999.
PN1995.9.M52 H37 1999
International Dictionary of
Films and Filmmakers.
Chicago: St. James Press, 1990.
PN1997.8 .I58 1990
International Film Guide. London: Tantivy Press, 1964-1989.
(Name changed to Variety International Film Guide in 1990. Now published
in London by Andre Deutsch.)
PN1993.3 .I544
International Motion Picture
Almanac. New York: Quigley,
1956- .
PN1993.3 .I55
Kronish, Amy and Costel Safirman. Israeli Film: A Reference Guide. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003.
Available in NetLibrary
Magill's Survey of Cinema,
Foreign Language Films.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1985.
PN1993.45 .M34 1985
Mayer, Geoff. Guide to British Cinema. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.
PN1993.5.G7 M327 2003
Rajadhyaksha, Ashish. Encyclopaedia
of Indian Cinema.
London: British Film Institute; New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999.
PN1993.5.I8 R33 1999
Rist, Peter Harry. Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.
Available in NetLibrary
Russell, Sharon A. Guide to African Cinema. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
PN1993.5.A35 R87 1998
Slide, Anthony. "Banned in the USA": British Films in the United States and Their Censorship, 1933-1960. London: I. B. Tauris, 1998.
PN1995.62 .S55 1998
Vermilye, Jerry. Great Italian
Films. Secaucus, NJ:
Carol Pub. Group, 1994.
PN1993.5.I88 V47 1994
Zhang, Yingjin and Zhiwei Xiao. Encyclopedia of Chinese Film. London: Routledge, 1998.
PN1993.5.C4 Z53 1998
Industry Guides
Financial Accounting Standards Board. Financial Reporting by Producers
and Distributors of Motion Picture Films. Stamford, CT : Financial Accounting Standards Board,
1981.
HF5601 .S68 no.39-53
Financial Accounting Standards Board. Recission of FASB Statement no. 53 and Amendments to FASB Statements no. 63, 89, and 121. Norwalk, CT: The Board, 2000.
Motion Picture Bibliographies
The British Film Catalogue,
1895-1970; a Reference Guide. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973.
PN1993.5.G7 G5
Manchel, Frank. Film Study:
a Resource Guide. Rutherford,
NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1973.
PN1993.7 .M35 1973
Rehrauer, George. Cinema Booklist
: Supplement. Metuchen,
NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1972.
PN1994.R36
Rehrauer, George. Cinema Booklist
: Supplement. Metuchen,
NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1974-
PN1994.R36 Suppl
Motion Picture Catalogs, Dictionaries, & Encyclopedias
American Film Institute. The
American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United
States. New York: R. R.
Bowker, 1971- .
PN1998 .A57
Aros, Andrew A. An Actor Guide
to the Talkies, 1965 through 1974. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977.
PN1998 .A6694
Aros, Andrew A. A Guide to
the Talkies, 1975 through 1984. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1986.
PN1998 .A6695 1986
Aros, Andrew A. A Title Guide
to the Talkies, 1964 through 1974. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977.
PN1998 .A6695
Baer, D. Richard. The Film
Buff's Bible of Motion Pictures (1915-1972). Hollywood, CA: Hollywood Film Archive, 1972.
PN1998
.B25
Barnet, Sylvan. A Dictionary
of Literary, Dramatic, and Cinematic Terms. Boston: Little, Brown, 1971.
PN44.5 .B3 1971
Blandford, Steven, Barry Keith Grant, and Jim Hillier. The Film Studies Dictionary. London: Arnold, 2001.
PN1993.45 .B53 2001
Case, Christopher. The Ultimate Movie Thesaurus. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996.
PN1998 .C323 1996
Dimmitt, Richard B. An Actor
Guide to the Talkies; a Comprehensive Listing of 8,000 Feature-Length
Films from January, 1949, until December, 1964. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1967-68.
PN1998 .D53
Educators' Guide to Free Films. Randolph, Wis., Educators
Progress Service.
LB1044 .E3 (Library retains latest year.)
Elert, Nicolet V., et al. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. Detroit: St. James Press, 1997.
PN1997.8 .I58 1997
Ensign, Lynne Naylor. The
Complete Dictionary of Television and Film. New York: Stein and Day, 1985.
PN1992.18
.E57 1985
Gartenberg, Jon. Glossary
of Filmographic Terms = Lexique de Termes Filmographiques. Brussels, Belgium : Federation internationale
des archives du film, 1985.
PN1993.45 .G36 1985
Godin, Seth. The Encyclopedia of Fictional People: The Most Important Characters of the 20th Century. New York: Boulevard Books, 1996.
PN56.4 .E53 1996
Halliwell, Leslie. Halliwell's Film and Video Guide. New York: HarperPerennial, 2001.
PN1998.H433
Halliwell, Leslie. Halliwell's
Filmgoer's Companion. New York: HarperPerennial, 1997.
PN1993.45 .H34 1997
Hurst, Walter E. Film Superlist:
20,000 Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain. Hollywood, CA: 7 Arts Press, 1986.
PN1998 .H8
1986
Hurst, Walter E. Film Superlist
for 1940-49: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain. Hollywood, CA: 7 Arts Press, 1986.
PN1998
.H79 1986
International Dictionary of
Films and Filmmakers.
Chicago: St. James Press, 1990.
PN1997.8 .I58 1990
International Film Guide. London: Tantivy Press, 1964-1989.
(Name changed to Variety International Film Guide in 1990. Now published
in London by Andre Deutsch.)
PN1993.3 .I544
International Motion Picture
Almanac. New York: Quigley,
1956- .
PN1993.3 .I55
Kael, Pauline. 5001 Nights
at the Movies : a Guide from A to Z. New York: Holt, Rinehart
and Winston, 1982.
PN1995 .K19 1982
Katz, Ephraim, Fred Klein, and Ronald Dean Nolen. The Film Encyclopedia. New York: HarperResource, 2001.
PN1993.45.K34 2001
Kislia, J. A. "Let's See It Again." Dayton,
OH: Pflaum Pub., 1975.
LB1044.Z9 K57
Konigsberg, Ira. The Complete Film Dictionary. New York: Penguin Reference, 1997.
PN1993.45 .K66 1997
Mercer, John. Glossary of
Film Terms. Houston: University
Film Association from the Office of the Journal of the University Film Association,
School of Communication, University of Houston, 1979.
TR847 .M47 1979
Monaco, James. The Encyclopedia
of Film. New York:
Perigee Books, 1991.
PN1993.45 .M638 1991
The Motion Picture Guide. Chicago: Cinebooks, 1984.
PN1993
.M4334
The New York Times Encyclopedia
of Film, 1896-1979.
New York: Times Books, 1984.
PN1993.45 .N4 1984
Oakey, Virginia. Dictionary
of Film and Television Terms. New York: Barnes & Noble,
1983.
PN1993.45 .O34 1983
The Oxford Companion to Film. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1976.
PN1993.45 .O9
Parlato, Salvatore J. Films
ex Libris : Literature in 16 mm and Video. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1980.
PN1997.85 .P3
Parlato, Salvatore J. Films--Too
Good for Words; a Directory of Nonnarrated 16 mm. Films.
New York: Bowker, 1973.
LB1044.Z9 P34
Pearson, Roberta E. and Philip Simpson. Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. London: Routledge, 2001.
PN1993.45 .C75 2001
Pickard, R. A. E. Dictionary
of 1,000 Best Films.
New York: Association Press, 1971.
PN1997.8 .P5
Pitman, Randy. Video Movies
: a Core Collection for Libraries. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1990.
Z692.V52 P57 1990
Robertson, Patrick. The Guiness
Book of Movie Facts and Feats. New York: Abbeville Press, 1993.
PN1993.45 .R584 1993
Rovin, Jeff. The Laserdisc
Film Guide : Complete Ratings for the Best and Worst Movies Available
on Disc. New York: St. Martin's
Press, 1993.
PN1992.95 .R68 1993
Sadoul, Georges. Dictionary
of Films. Berkeley, University
of California Press, 1972.
PN1993.45 .S3213
Singleton, Ralph S., James A Conrad, and Janna Wong Healy. Filmmaker's Dictionary. Hollywood, CA: Lone Eagle Publishing Company, 2000.
PN1993.45 .S56 2000
Slide, Anthony. "Banned in the USA": British Films in the United States and Their Censorship, 1933-1960. London: I. B. Tauris, 1998.
PN1995.62 .S55 1998
Steinberg, Cobbett. Film Facts. New York: Facts on
File, 1980.
PN1993.45 .S75
Thomson, David. A Biographical
Dictionary of Film.
New York: A.A. Knopf, 1994.
PN1998.2 .T49 1994
Thomson, David. The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. New York: A.A. Knopf, 2002.
PN1998.2 .T49 2002
The Time Out Film Guide. London; New York: Penguin,
1991.
PN1998 .T46 1991
Variety International Film
Guide. London: Andre Deutsch,
1990-.
PN1993.3 .I544 1990-
Wiener, Tom. The Book of Video
Lists. Lanham, MD:
Madison Books, 1990.
PN1992.95 .W55 1990
Motion Picture History
British Film Institute, Stephen Herbert, and Luke McKernan. Who's Who of Victorian Cinema: a Worldwide Survey. London: BFI, 1996.
PN1998.2 .W48 1996
Buehrer, Beverley Bare. Japanese
Films : a Filmography and Commentary, 1921-1989. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1990.
PN1993.5.J3
B78 1990
Buhle, Paul, Dave Wagner, and David Wagner. Blacklisted: The Film-Lover's Guide to the Hollywood Blacklist. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Childs, Marti Smiley and Jeff March. Echoes of the Sixties. New York: Billboard Books, 1999.
ML394 .C53 1999
Curran, Daniel. Guide to American Cinema, 1965-1995. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
PN1993.5.U6 C87 1998
Film Noir : an Encyclopedic
Reference to the American Style. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1979.
PN1993.5.U6 F5
Grevinson, Alan. Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
McCaffrey, Donald W. and Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.
PN1995.75 .M33 1999
Musser, Charles and Giornate del Cinema Muto. Edison Motion Pictures, 1890-1900: An Annotated Filmography. Gemona, Italy: Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, 1997.
PN1995.9.D6 M88 1997
Osborne, Robert A. 75 years
of the Oscar : the Official History of the Academy Awards. New York: Abbeville Press, 2003.
PN1993.92
.O82 2003
Robertson, Patrick. The Guiness
Book of Movie Facts and Feats. New York: Abbeville Press, 1993.
PN1993.45 .R584 1993
Vazzana, Eugene Michael. Silent Film Necrology. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001.
PN1998.2 .V38 2001
Vermilye, Jerry. Great Italian
Films. Secaucus, NJ:
Carol Pub. Group, 1994.
PN1993.5.I88 V47 1994
Waldman, Harry. Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2000.
PN1998 .W24 2000
Women in Film: an International
Guide. New York: Fawcett
Columbine, 1991.
PN1995.9.W6 W657 1991
Motion Picture Reviews & Criticisms
AFVA Evaluations. La Grange Park, IL: American Film & Video
Association.
LB1044 .E33
Alvarez, Max Joseph. Index
to Motion Pictures Reviewed by Variety, 1907-1980. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1982.
PN1995 .A39 1982
Batty, Linda. Retrospective
Index to Film Periodicals, 1930-1971. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1975.
PN1993 .B37 1975
Bowles, Stephen E. Index to
Critical Film Reviews in British and American Film Periodicals, Together
With: Index to Critical Reviews of Books About Film. New York: B. Franklin, 1974.
PN1995 .B64 1974
Film Review Index. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1986.
PN1995
.F4655 1986
Gerlach, John C. The Critical
Index; a Bibliography of Articles on Film in English, 1946-1973. New York: Teachers College Press,
1974.
PN1994 .G425 1974
Heinzkill, Richard. Film Criticism
: an Index to Critics' Anthologies. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1975.
PN1995 .H4
Hochman, Stanley, comp. American
Film Directors. With Filmographies and Index of Critics and Films. New York: Ungar, 1974.
PN1995.9.P7
H57
Landers Film Reviews. Escondido, CA Landers Associates.
PN1995
.L27
Love and Hisses : the National
Society of Film Critics Sound Off on the Hottest Movie Controversies. San Francisco: Mercury House,
1992.
PN1995 .L66 1992
MacCann, Richard Dyer. The
New Film Index; a Bibliography of Magazine Articles in English, 1930-1970. New York: Dutton, 1975.
PN1994
.M3122 1975
The New York Times Directory
of the Film. New York:
Arno Press.
PN1995 .N39
The New York Times Film Reviews. New York: New York
Times, 1913- .
PN1995 .N4
Salem, James M. A Guide to
Critical Reviews. Metuchen,
NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1984.
PN2266 .S243 1984
Samples, Gordon. How to Locate
Reviews of Plays and Films: a Bibliography of Criticism from the Beginnings
to the Present. Metuchen,
NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976.
PN1707 .S256
Selected Film Criticism. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press,
1982-1985.
PN1995 .S426 1982
Sheahan, Eileen. Moving Pictures
: an Annotated Guide to Selected Film Literature, with Suggestions for
the Study of Film. South
Brunswick, NJ: A. S. Barnes, 1979.
PN1994 .S53
Sight and Sound Film Review
Volume. London: BFI Publishing,
1993.
PN1993 .S58
Variety Film Reviews. New York: Garland Pub., 1907-
.
PN1995 .V34
Variety Insider. New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1999.
PN1561.V3 1999
In addition to the foregoing Reference sources, you can search printed indexes and online databases for reviews of films.
Motion Picture Themes and Genres
Armstrong, Richard B., Mary Willems, Armstrong, and Richard B. Armstrong. Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2001.
PN1997.8 .A76 2001
Childs, Marti Smiley and Jeff March. Echoes of the Sixties. New York: Billboard Books, 1999.
ML394 .C53 1999
Doll, Susan and David Morrow. Florida on Film: the Essential Guide to Sunshine State Cinema & Locations. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2007.
PN1993.5.U73 D65 2007
Grevinson, Alan. Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
PN1995.9.M56 W58 1997
Godin, Seth. The Encyclopedia of Fictional People: The Most Important Characters of the 20th Century. New York: Boulevard Books, 1996.
PN56.4 .E53 1996
Harty, Kevin J. The Reel Middle Ages: American, Western and Eastern European, Middle Eastern, and Asian Films About Medieval Europe. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999.
PN1995.9.M52 H37 1999
Hillstrom, Kevin and Laurie Collier Hillstrom. The Vietnam Experience: A Concise Encyclopedia of American Literature, Songs, and Films. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
DS557.73 .H55 1998
Katchmer, George A. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2002.
PN1995.9.W4 K33 2002
Klotman, Phyllis Rauch and Gloria J. Gibson. Frama by Frame II: A Filmography of the African American Image, 1978-1994. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997.
PN1995.9.N4 K58 1997
Lentz, Harry M., III. Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film & Television Credits. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001.
PN1995.9.S26 L46 2001
McCluskey, Audrey T. Frame by Frame III: A Filmography of the African Diasporan Image, 1994-2004. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007.
PN1995.9.N4 F73 2007
Mitchell, Charles P. A Guide to Apocalyptic Cinema. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.
PN1995.9.S26 M575 2001
Rodiss, Helen and Paul Simpson. The Rough Guide to Cult Movies. London: Rough Guides, 2001.
PN1997.8 .R68 2001
Rollins, Peter C. The Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies Have Portrayed the American Past. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003.
PN1995.9.U64 C65 2003
Sampson, Henry T. That's Enough, Folks: Black Images in Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.
NC1766.5.A35 S26 1997
Sturdevant, Cathie Glenn. The Laugh & Cry Movie Guide: Using Movies to Help Yourself Through Life's Changes. Larkspur, CA: LightSphere Publishing, 1998.
BF637.L53 S78 1998
Tracey, Grant Annis George. Filmography of American History. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.
PN1995.9.H5 T73 2002
Vazzana, Eugene Michael. Silent Film Necrology. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001.
PN1998.2 .V38 2001
Wlaschin, Ken. Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen: A Guide to More than 100 Years of Opera Films, Videos, and DVDs. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.
ML102.O6 W55 2004
Zaniello, Tom. Working Stiffs, Union Maids, Reds, and Riffraff: An Expanded Guide to Films About Labor. Ithaca: ILR Press, 2003.
PN1995.9.L28 Z36 2003
Periodicals (3rd Floor)
Following are selected periodicals that are devoted to the study of film. To find specific articles inside of any of these publications a researcher would first begin with an index or database that focuses on motion pictures and related topics and then follow up in the print periodicals. The library's many databases also provide researchers with online access to many magazines and journals that cover motion pictures and related topics. Database and index suggestions are listed toward the top of this guide.
American Cinematographer.
TR845.A5
American Film.
PN1993.A617 v.1-16 (ceased)
Cinema Journal.
PN1993.S62
Film Comment.
PN1993.F438
Film Quarterly.
PN1993.H457
Films in Review.
PN1993.F6473
Journal of Popular Film and Television.
PN1993.J66
Literature Film Quarterly.
PN1995.3.L57
Post Script.
PN1995.P682
Quarterly Review of Film and Video: QRFV.
PN1994.Q34
Quarterly Review of Film Studies.
PN1993.Q3
Screen.
PN1993.S2372
Sight and Sound.
PN1993.S56
Soviet Film.
PN1993.5.R9S543 1972-1990 (ceased)
Wide Angle.
PN1993.W48
The above listed periodicals are print format journals in the library's 3rd floor Periodicals Collection. The library will have access to many of these periodicals in its online database collection as well as to many film titles not listed above.
Web Resources
Following are major resources for information on film available on the World Wide Web. You will find many other sources by doing a search in one or more of the major search engines. Please remember, though, to carefully evaluate materials you retrieve on the Web. Materials may or may not be authoritative.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
http://www.oscars.org/
AllArtSchools Film / Video / TV Schools
http://www.allartschools.com/
Box Office Mojo
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/
Cannes Film Festival
http://www.festival-cannes.com/en.html
Walt Disney Pictures
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/index.html
Dreamworks skg
http://www.dreamworks.com/dreamworks_home.html
Fine Line Features
http://www.finelinefeatures.com
flicker
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/flicker.pl
Fox Movies
http://www.foxmovies.com/index.html
IFC, Independent Film Channel
http://www.ifc.com/
Industrial Light and Magic
http://www.ilm.com/
Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/
Library of Congress Early Motion Pictures
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?format=Motion+Picture
Library of Congress Motion Picture & Televison Reading Room
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/
Miramax Films
http://www.miramax.com
Motion Picture Association of America
http://www.mpaa.org/
Movies.com
http://movies.com
MovieWeb
http://www.movieweb.com
Paramount
http://www.paramount.com/
SCREENsite
http://www.screensite.org/
Sony Pictures
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/index.html
Strand Releasing
http://www.strandreleasing.com/
Sundance Institute
http://www.sundance.org
Universal Studios
http://www.universalstudios.com/index.php
The University of Michigan's
Askwith Media Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/aml/
Viacom
http://www.viacom.com/
Warner Brothers
http://www.warnerbros.com