8. Selected Film Sources
Online Databases
Academic Search Premier has articles on film and film reviews, many of which will be full text (see Part 3 of this guide).
**See also the MLA international bibliography, PCI and Arts & Humanities Citation Index for film materials, described 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 over 300 periodicals, offering in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals from 1972 to the present. Searchable by film title, person and keywords, entries contain short summaries, notes, filmographies and references (further reading). Some full-text included; e-mail and printing of results possible.
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. Abstracts included.
Film Literature Index
The Film Literature Index annually indexes international film and television periodicals, ranging from "the scholarly and critical to the popular."
The complete index to world film since 1895 [computer file]. West Sussex: Bowker-Saur, 1998-
Widener: CD-ROM RR 89 Each issue is cumulative. (Consult Widener Reference staff to use this resource).
Print Sources
Film literature index. Albany, Filmdex, inc. v. 1 (1973)- Currently received.
Widener: RR 2971.15 Latest ten years; Widener: WID-LC PN1994 .F57x Earlier
years
A quarterly subject, 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, New York Times, Newsday, New York, Village Voice, Sight & Sound.
The complete index to world film since 1895
[computer file].West Sussex: Bowker-Saur, 1998-
Widener: CD-ROM RR 89 Each issue is cumulative. (For use in the Loker Reading Room)
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.
Bowles, Stephen E. Index to critical film reviews in British and American film periodicals, together with: Index to critical reviews of books about film. NewYork, 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.
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Directories
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.
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
International dictionary of films and filmmakers / editors, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast.
4th ed. Detroit : St. James Press, c2000.
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.
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.
Magill's survey of cinema, foreign language films / edited by Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Salem Press, c1985.
Widener: WID-LC PN1993.45 .M34 1985
Bibliographies
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
Hilles: REF.ROOM PN1994 .E44 x; 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;
Hilles: REF.ROOM PN1993.7.Z99 .G4x; Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1993.7.Z99 G4x
Covers many topics with sections on the history of film in individual countries.
Manchel, Frank. Film study: an analytical bibliography. Rutherford : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, c1990.
Widener: WID-LC PN1994.Z99 M36 1990x
Called the most comprehensive project on film 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.
Specialized Sources
Amori di perdizione : storie di cinema portoghese, 1970-1999 / a cura di Roberto Turigliatto, con la collaborazione di Simona Fina. 1. ed. Torino: Lindau, 1999.
Widener: Harvard Depository PN1993.5 .P6 A49 1999
Published on the occasion of the 17th Torino Film Festival.
Bernardet, Jean Claude. Bibliografia brasileira do cinema brasileiro. [Rio de Janeiro]: EMBRAFILME; [Belo Horizonte, MG]: Centro de Pesquisadores do Cinema Brasileiro, [1987]
Widener: WID-LC PN1993.5. B6 Z9925 1987x
Miranda, Luiz Felipe. Dicionário de cineastas brasileiros. São Paulo: Secretaria de Estado da Cultura: Art Editora, 1990.
Widener: Harvard Depository PN1998.2 .M55 1990
de España, Rafael. Directory of Spanish and Portuguese Film-Makers and Films. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1994.
Miranda, Luiz Felipe. Dicionário de cineastas brasileiros. São Paulo: Secretaria de Estado da Cultura: Art Editora, 1990.
Widener: Harvard Depository PN1998.2 .M55 1990
Short biographical entries; bibliography and filmography.
Enciclopédia do cinema brasileiro / Fernão Ramos, Luiz Felipe Miranda, organizadores. São Paulo, SP : Editora SENAC São Paulo, [2000?]
Widener Ordered--received; request via online form
Pelayo, Jorge. Bibliografia portuguesa de cinema: uma visão cronológica e analítica. 2. ed. Lisboa: Cinemateca Portuguesa, 1998.
Widener Ordered--received; request via online form
Chronology of major publications (books and journals) with analytical annotations. Covers 1912-1997.
Ramos, Jorge Leitão. Dicionário do cinema português, 1962-1988. Lisboa: Caminho, 1989.
Widener: WID-LC PN1993.5 .P6 R36 1989
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