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- American Film Institute
- The AFI was created in 1967 with the goal of preserving films and advancing the art and production of film and television. Headquartered in Washington DC, with branches in New York and Los Angeles, the Institute's projects include the preservation of thousands of films, publication of a catalog of every film produced in America, financial support for filmmakers and educators, and operation of the Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies in LA. Keywords: films, motion pictures, movies, american film institute
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- British Film Institute
- One of the oldest film organizations, founded in 1933 and located in London. Operates the National Film Theatre, and includes huge film and still archives, a distribution agency, and an information service. The Web site links to a wide varity of of information including current and older films, news, exibitions, film education resources, and to Sight and Sound, which is published by the Institute. Keywords: films, motion pictures, movies, british film institute
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- Film Index International
- Indexes film periodicals internationally from 1930-1998 with press releases and documentation from major film
festivals. Provides basic information on each film. Based on information compiled by the British Film Institute Library and Information Services and
the records of the National Film and Television Archive. CD available in the Davis Library Reference Department. Keywords: films, motion pictures, movies, indexes
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- Film Resources on the Web
- An excellent site and labor of love from a former staff member of the Davis Library Reference Department. Links to resources for every imaginable aspect of films and filmmaking with a special emphasis on the study and analysis of films. Keywords: films, motion pictures, movies
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- Film Studies--Internet Sites from the American University Library
- A great starting place with links to all of the major sites for information on films including reviews, ratings, vendors, and film-related portal sites, and good descriptions of the sites. Keywords: films, motion pictures, movies
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- FilmFinder from the UNC Chapel Hill Library's Media Resources Center
- The Media Resources Center (formerly Nonprint) of the R.B. House Undergraduate
Library now has a wonderful searchable filmography available for its collection of more than
10,000 film titles available on VHS, DVD and 16mm. The database allows users to
search by title, director, format, genre, origin, decade of release, and keyword in film description.
FilmFinder also allows users to browse its film lists by title, genre, origin, and director. The Media
Resources Center is a newly renovated state-of-the-art facility for audio-visual services.
Approximately half of the films in the collection are available to be checked out. Keywords: films, motion pictures, movies, media resources center, university of north carolina at chapel hill
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- Internet Movie Database
- A fabulous site for just about everything you want to know about films. Contains production data, awards, user
reviews, plot summaries, and whether it is
commercially available onvideo or DVD. The
database can be searched for titles,
personal names, plots, quotes, and
character names. Some numbers:
over 200,000 films and tv shows cited,
information on over 400,000 actors and
actresses and 40,000 directors. Keywords: films, motion pictures, movies, imdb, internet movie database
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- Lexis/Nexis Academic
- Full text of general, regional and international news, company news and financial information, legal information (including law reviews, case law and legal rulings), and other topics such as biographical information. For movies a valuable resource for reviews, especially in U.S. regional and foreign news media; trade news; and government and legal information related to legislation and other issues such as copyright and censorship. Coverage varies but generally the last 15 years for news.Available campus-wide and from off-campus to UNC Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff. Keywords: films, motion pictures, movies, film reviews, motion picture reviews, movie reviews, newspapers, magazines
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- Metacritic
- Metacritic provides full-text film, DVD, book reviews and more.
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- Movie Review Query Engine
- One of the best sites for free reviews with over 220,000 reviews from over 26,000 publications from the beginnings of motion pictures. Also has links to lists of recent releases, most popular recent releases, most reviewed titles, box office figures, and festivals and awards. Keywords: films, motion pictures, movies, film reviews, motion picture reviews, movie reviews
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- Sight & Sound Review Archive
- A growing database of the film reviews published in Sight & Sound, one of the premier periodicals for film studies, published by the British Film Institute. Now covers only a few years but plans are to add more. Sight & Sound does not contribute full text to any online databases so this site is particularly valuable. Keywords: films, motion pictures, movies, film reviews, motion picture reviews, movie reviews, sight and sound, sight & sound
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- The New York Times Movies
- Information on current releases and an archive of all reviews going back to 1983 and selected ones to 1929. You may need to move down the page to see the
Review Archive link.
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