8. Selected Film Sources
This section includes online indexes, subject dictionaries, bibliographies and a list of selected journals on film studies and film criticism. For a broader listing of resources, see the HCL research site, Reel Research.
Online Databases
American film scripts, produced or written in the 20th century; includes independent films as well as those created by major studios. Covers 1901-2000.
Academic Search Premier is particularly good for articles on film and film reviews, many of which will be full text (see description of this resource in Part 3 of this guide).
FIAF International FilmArchive Database
The FIAF International FilmArchive Database is published by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) and contains several databases: the International Index to Film Periodicals, the International Index to Television Periodicals, the List of Periodicals Indexed, the Treasures from the Film Archives, the Bibliography of FIAF Members Publications and the International Directory of Film and TV Documentation Collections.
The main database, the International Index to Film Periodicals indexes articles in more than 300 periodicals. The database, which cumulates citations from the annual printed volume, offers in-depth coverage of the worlds foremost academic and popular film journals from 1972 to the present. Each entry consists of a full bibliographic description and comprehensive headings (biographical names, film titles and general subjects). A hierarchically ordered controlled thesaurus, containing more than 20,000 subject terms, is available.
Film Index International is based on SIFT (Summary of Information on Film and Television), a database collated by the British Film Institute. It covers films from 170 countries with information on about 100,000 films and biographical details of 40,000 personalities, with references to periodical articles.
Film literature index. Albany, Filmdex, inc.
v. 1 (1973)-
Widener: RR 2971.15 Latest ten years
Widener: WID-LC PN1994 .F57x Earlier years
A quarterly subject and author index to the international film and television literature appearing in over 300 periodicals. Both established journals and "fugitive" film publications are indexed. Author entries for screenwriters, directors, performers, cinematographers contain filmographies, credits, biographical data and interviews. Book reviews are found under author and subject entries.
Film review annual. Englewood, NJ: J.S. Ozer, 1982-
Widener: RR 2971.15.10 Latest five years
Widener: WID-LC PN1995 .F465 Earlier years
Arranged alphabetically by film title, entries include production, direction and cast information followed by the full text of selected reviews that appeared in the year after the film's opening. Citations to additional reviews are appended. Magazine and newspaper reviews from sources such as the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Newsday, New York, the Village Voice, Sight & Sound.
CD-ROMs
The complete index to world film since 1895 [computer file].West Sussex : Bowker-Saur, 1998-
Widener: CD-ROM RR 89 Each issue is cumulative. (See the Widener Reference staff)
Indexes over 300,00 international films, including biographical information on directors, cast listings and bibliographical references. Per one reviewer: particularly strong in foreign film and shorts titles.
Retrospective Indexes
Film review index / edited by Patricia King Hanson, Stephen L. Hanson. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1986- 1987.
Widener: RR 2971.15.5; Lamont REF.ROOM PN1995.Z99 F54 1986x
Vol. 1 covers 1882-1949, vol. 2 covers 1950-1985. Alphabetical arrangement of films accompanied by citations to journal and magazine articles, dictionary entries and books for each film. Includes Director Index, Year of production index, Country production index and list of books cited.
Batty, Linda. Retrospective index to film periodicals, 1930-1971. New York : R. R. Bowker Co., 1975.
Widener: RR2971.20
Fine Arts: Harvard Depository:RFA1809.6
Gutman Education: Z5784.M9 B39; Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1993.45 .Z92 x
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 [1974-75]
Widener: RR2971.2.5; Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1995.Z99 B6x;
A retrospective reference tool with three parts: film reviews, reviews of books about film and a comprehensive index of the first two sections. Includes journals not covered by the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.
Filmmakers in the Moving picture world: an index of articles,
1907-1927 / compiled by Annette M. D'Agostino. Jefferson,
N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1997.
Widener: WID-LC PN1995.Z99 D342 1997x
International index to film periodicals. 1972-
New York, R.R. Bowker Co.
Widener: Harvard Depository PN1993.Z99 I57x
Fine Arts: Reading Room RFA 1809.41 Latest year
Fine Arts: Harvard Depository RFA1809.41 Earlier years
Prepared by the International Federation of Film Archives.
The New York times film reviews. 1913/68-
New York, New York Times.
Widener: Thr 179.70.10F
Gutman Education: Ref. PN 1995 .N4
Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1995 .N4
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Directories
Aumont, J. (Jacques) Dictionnaire théorique et critique du cinéma / Jacques Aumont, Michel Marie.
Paris: Nathan/Vuef, 2001.
Widener: Harvard Depository PN1993.45 .A84 2001x
A dictionary of short entries, accompanied by notations of occurrences of the term in the film literature. Includes useful thematic index.
Bergan, Ronald. The Faber companion to foreign films. Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992.
Widener: WID-LC PN1995.9.F67 B42 1992
Cassell companion to cinema. Rev. and updated ed. London: Cassell, 1997.
Widener: RR 2971.26.10
Covering "all aspects of cinema life, language and legend," this dictionary contains biographies, technical and critical terms, biographies, information on film personalities and descriptions of various movements and genres. Revised and updated version of Brewer's Cinema.
Three complementary volumes published by Blackwell:
A companion to film theory / edited by Toby Miller and Robert Stam.Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 1999.
Widener: WID-LC PN1995 .B495 1999
An analysis of present and future trends as seen by some of the leading figures in the field.
Essays on film form and style, spectatorship, meta-criticism and textual analysis, new developments, etc.
Film and theory: an anthology / edited by Robert Stam and Toby Miller.Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishing, 2000.
Lamont: PN1994 .F4382 2000
Widener: WID-LC PN1994 .F4382 2000x
Stam, Robert. Film theory: an introduction. Malden,
Mass: Blackwell, 2000.
Widener: WID-LC PN1995 .S6739 2000x
Lamont: PN1995 .S6739 2000
A history of the subject, discussing the field from early theory through structuralism, early Third World critiques and auteurism to psychoanalysis, feminism, post-structuralism and later queer theory and cultural studies.
Critical dictionary of film and television theory / edited by Roberta E. Pearson and Philip Simpson. London; New York: Routledge, 2001.
Networked Resource: PN1993.45 .C75 2000
Widener: RR 2971.30.5
Film researcher's handbook: a guide to sources in North America, South America, Asia, Australasia and Africa / compiled by Jenny Morgan.London; New York: Routledge, 1996.
Widener: WID-LC PN1994 .F4385 1996x
A Guide to world cinema: covering 7,200 films of 1950-84 including capsule reviews and stills from the programmes of the National Film Theatre, London / edited by Elkan Allan. London: Whittet Books in association with the British Film Institute; Detroit, MI: Distributed in North America by Gale Research Co., 1985.
Widener: WID-LC PN1995 .G84 1985
Hayward, Susan. Cinema studies: the key concepts.
2nd ed. London; New York: Routledge, 2000.
Networked Resource: PN1993.45 .H36 2000
Lamont: PN1993.45 .H36 2000
International dictionary of films and filmmakers / editors, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast. 4th ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000.
Widener: RR 2971.24.7
A four-volume work of critical essays covering Films, Directors, Actors and Actresses and Writers and Production Artists. For films, the specialist's essay is preceded by production information, list of crew and cast and selected bibliography of works. Illustrated with many still photos.
International film, radio, and television journals / edited by Anthony Slide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985.
Widener: WID-LC PN1993.Z99 I56 x 1985
Theatre Collection: TS 570. 1.1
A critical/historical overview of over 200 journals. An evaluative essay for each title is followed by information sources and publication history.
Katz, Ephraim. The film encyclopedia. 4th ed. New York, NY: HarperResource, 2001.
Widener: RR 2971.28
An excellent all-purpose film encyclopedia with a broad range of entries on films and filmmaking that is international in scope. Good articles on film history and filmmaking in individual countries. Numerous biographies and complete filmographies for directors and major stars.
Konigsberg, Ira. The complete film dictionary. 2nd ed. New York: Penguin Reference, 1997.
Widener: RR 2971.24.9
Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1993.45 .K66 1997
Le Moal, Pascal. Lexique cinema-video: francais-anglais, anglais-francais. Paris: Maison du dictionnaire; Dujarric, 1995.
Widener: WID-LC PN1993.45 .L37 1995x
Magill's survey of cinema, foreign language films / edited by Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1985.
Widener: WID-LC PN1993.45 .M34 1985
Pinel, Vincent. Ecoles, genres et mouvements au cinéma. Paris: Larousse, 2000.
Widener: Harvard Depository PN1993.45 P56 2000.
Ramos, Jorge Leitão. Dicionário do cinema português, 1962-1988. Lisboa: Caminho, 1989.
Widener: WID-LC PN1993.5.P6 R36 1989x
The St. James women filmmakers encyclopedia: women on the other side of the camera / edited by Amy L. Unterburger; foreword by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1999.
Widener: WID-LC PN1998.2 .S683 1999
Thomson, David. The new biographical dictionary of film. 4th ed. New York: Knopf, 2002.
Widener: RR2971.32
Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1998.2 .T49 2002
Tibbetts, John C. The encyclopedia of novels into film / John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh; additional research by Heather Addison ... [et al.]. New York: Facts on File, 1998.
Widener: RR 2971.21.30
Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1997.85 .T54 199
Vezzoli, P. Giuseppe. Dizionario dei termini cinematografici: italiano-inglese, inglese-italiano. Milano: U. Hoepli, 2000.
Widener: WID-LC TR847 .V527 2000
Bibliographies
Delgado Casado, Juan. La bibliografía cinematográfica española: aproximación histórica / Juan Delgado Casado. Madrid: Arco/Libros, 1993.
Widener: WID-LC PN1995.Z99 D45 1993x
Ellis, Jack C. The film book bibliography, 1940-1975.
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1979.
Widener: RR2971.16.10
Widener: WID-LC PN1994.Z99 E44 x
Fine Arts: Reading Room RFA1805.23
Lamont: PN1994 .E44x
A subject listing of books in English published from 1940-1975 covering the following areas: reference, film technique and technology, the film industry, film history, biography and interviews, individual films, film theory and criticism, and film and society. Includes major unpublished doctoral dissertations.
Gerlach, John C. The critical index; a bibliography of articles
on film in English, 1946-1973, arranged by names and topics.
New York, Teachers College Press [1974]
Widener: RR2971.17
Widener: Harvard Depository PN1992.5.Z99 G47x;
Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1993.7.Z99 G4x
Hagener, Malte. Film : an international bibliography / Malte Hagener, Michael Töteberg. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2002.
Widener: WID-LC PN1994.Z99 H34 2002x
Covers many topics with sections on the history of film in individual countries. The categories of "Italy: general" and "Italy: after 1946" contain excellent overview articles.
Manchel, Frank. Film study: an analytical bibliography. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 1990.
Widener: WID-LC PN1994.Z99 M36 1990x
Called the most comprehensive work on bibliography in the English language, this four-volume work is an encyclopedic survey of film-related research. Glossary and selected list of sources for further film study in appendices; extensive indexing.
Pelayo, Jorge. Bibliografia portuguesa de cinema: uma visão
cronológica e analítica. 2. ed. Lisboa : Cinemateca
Portuguesa, 1998.
Widener: WID-LC PN1994.Z99 P45 1998x F
Redi, Riccardo. Cinema scritto: il catalogo delle riviste italiane di cinema, 1907-1944. Roma: Associazione italiana per le ricerche di storia del cinema, 1992.
Widener: WID-LC PN1993.Z99 R44 1992x
Wulff, Hans Jürgen. Bibliographie der Filmbibliographien / zusammengestellt und herausgegeben von Hans Jürgen Wulff ; unter Mitarbeit von Karl-Dietmar Möller und Jan-Christopher Horak ; mit einer Bibliographie der slawischen Filmbibliographien, zusammengestellt von Andrzej Gwód und Anna Wastkowska = Bibliography of film bibliographies / compiled and edited by Hans Jürgen Wulff ; with the assistance of Karl-Dietmar Möller and Jan-Christopher Horak; including a bibliography of Slavic language film bibliographies, compiled by Andrzej Gwód and Anna Wastkowska. München ; New York: K.G. Saur, 1987.
Widener: WID-LC PN1994.Z99 W85 1987x
Specialized Sources
Abel, Richard. French film theory and criticism: a history/anthology, 1907-1939. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1988.
Widener: WID-LC PN1995 .A22 1988
Aitken, Ian. European film theory and cinema: a critical introduction. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2001.
Widener: WID-LC PN1995 .A29 2001
Baecque, Antoine de. Les Cahiers du cinéma: histoire d'une revue. Paris: Cahiers du cinéma: Diffusion, Seuil, 1991-
Widener: Harvard Depository PN1993.C25 B34 1991
Contents: 1. A l'assaut du cinéma, 1951-1959 -- t. 2. Cinéma, tours détours 1959-1981.
Cinema and social change in Latin America: conversations with Latin American filmmakers / edited by Julianne Burton. 1st ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986.
Widener: WID-LC PN1993.5.L3 C49 1986
The cinema of Italy / edited by Giorgio Bertellini. London; New York: Wallflower, 2004.
Widener: WID-LC PN1993.5.I88 C569 2004x
De Vincenti, Giorgio. Cahiers du cinéma: indici ragionati 1951-1969. 1a ed. Venezia: Marsilio, 1984.
Widener: WID-LC PN1995 .D36 1984x
Film genre reader III / edited by Barry Keith Grant. 1st ed. Austin, Tex: University of Texas Press, 2003.
Widener: WID-LC PN1995 .F45793 2003
An introduction to film studies / edited by Jill Nelmes. 2nd ed. London; New York: Routledge, 1999.
Widener: WID-LC PN1994 .I537 1999
Intended as an introductory text for students and instructors. film history and development, film industry and its working practices, with illustrative case studies. Part 1: Institutions, Audiences and Technology; Part 2: Approaches to studying film texts ; Part 3: Genre Forms: realism and illusion; Part 4: Representation of gender and sexuality ; Part 5: National cinemas. Black and white illustrations.
New Latin American cinema / edited by Michael T. Martin. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1997-
Widener: WID-LC PN1993.5.L3 N48 1997
Contents: v. 1. Theory, practices, and transcontinental articulations -- v. 2. Studies of national cinemas. Bibliography.
Pick, Zuzana M. The new Latin American cinema: a continental project. 1st ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1993.
Widener: WID-LC PN1995.9.S6 P5 1993
Pisters, Patricia. The matrix of visual culture: working with Deleuze in film theory. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2003.
Widener: WID-LC PN1995 .P53 2003
Online Research Guides
Film History and Criticism: A Selective Guide to Reference Sources in the UC Berkeley Libraries
Research Guide in Film Studies, Yale University Library
Latin
America Cinema Guide, Emory University
Selected Internet Sites
The Internet Archive is a digital library of "Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form." Their Wayback Machine allows you to search archived Web pages from 1996 to the present. The movies collection archives digital versions of ephemeral films. Most of these films are educational or promotional films focusing on everyday life in North America during the 20th century. An ARPANET collection on the site archives various documents from the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (Arpanet) of the US Department of Defense.
Library of Congress Motion Picture and Television Reading Room
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)
British Film Institute
Cinémathèque francaise
Defa Film Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Covers the cinema of East Germany and the films dealing with eastern Germany since unification.
Deutsche Kinemathek
National Film Preservation Board
Links to Public Moving Image Archives and Research Centers as well as to other internet portals, journals and sites.
BAM/PacificFilm Archive
The Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive sponsored by the University of California.
Festival de Cannes
Telluride Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
UCLA Film and television archive