Film Studies - Selected Sources

New terminology in the areas of media and cultural studies that covers post-1960 film and television theory.

Technology, business and skills of filmmaking, plus terms in foreign languages.

(See also electronic version under Major Electronic Reference Sources (some at UofT Online) for Cinema on p.2 of this guide.) All aspects of the film industry from the late 19th century to now.

Attempts to help readers to understand the film medium’s general characteristics, achievements and limitations.

100+ years of international cinema, cinematic trends, documentaries and fiction, describing the main films of each movement.

Complete coverage of cinematic concepts, with examples from many films. Sections cover: types of filmmaking; types of film; film style (mise-en-scene and cinematography); critical analysis of film; and narrative alternatives to Classical Filmmaking.

A separate chapter is dedicated to each of 12 commonly acknowledged film genres.

Guide to fifty+ years of superheroes on film including a detailed history, cast, episode and film descriptions, critical commentaries and data on arch-villains, gadgets, comic-book origins and super powers. Places each production in its historical context.

Brief synopses and critiques of motion pictures that deal with issues of race/ethnicity in the United States.

Motion picture themes, plot elements, settings, character types, and series. Includes movies linked by a recurring theme, setting or characters, in theatres or television through 2000.

Provides brief critical assessments of the careers of major actors and directors.

500 film titles with biographical and subject entries in some of Canada's leading historical and modern films/ filmmakers

Archive of restored versions of early, rare/artistic  films showing Europe’s cultural heritage, politics and history.

Both provide comprehensive abstracting and indexing of 100s of international art publications. Both databases are critical resources for any type of art research. Indexes the leading film journals.

Indexes articles from over 250 international humanities journals and newspapers published in the UK.

Covers scholarly and general-interest periodicals, including the full text of articles from film and film-related journals.

includes the following indexes: Index Film Periodicals, Index Television Periodicals, Film/TV Documentation Collections, Treasures from the Film Archives and Fiaf Members Publications.

Lists and annotates all important books and articles published in North America and Great Britain that deal with the relationship between films and works of literature. Bibliography is chronological by year and alphabetically by author's name within the year.

This scholarly site offers news and information on World Cinema with links to tribute pages for selected filmmakers.

Journals available through Proquest  Some are full text. Some have only abstracts or tables of contents.

Contains unique information about silent films in international film archives. Included are silent shorts and features, fiction and non-fiction, from over 70 of the world's major film archives. International Index to Film Periodicals is included.         

Selective entries on major films and notable figures in Canadian cinema.

"role cinema plays in Quebec's view of itself as a nation".

700 reviews and bios provide a full list of Canadian films, with blurbs on the movies, actors, and directors or producers.

500 film titles with biographical and subject entries. Covers some of Canada's leading historical and modern films/ filmmakers.