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Remote Resources on Film and Video

Guides, Directories and Databases

All-Movie Guide- Searchable film database which lists ratings and plotlines. Browse by Moods, Country, Genre, Time. Includes film glossary.

Clamen's Movie Information - Links to film reviews, facts, industry information, etc.

CineMedia Site- One of the Internet's largest film and media directories, with links to over 13,000 t.v. and film related sites

Early Motion Pictures Home Page - From the Library of Congress, 1897 - 1916, with information on the WestingHouse Works Collection, Films of McKinley and the Buffallo World's Fair, Early Films of New York, and Early Films of San Francisco

Internet Movie Database - Comprehensive site with detailed information on movies, including cast and crew, plots, locations, technical information, quotes, soundtracks, "goofs", trivia and purchasing information

Internet Moving Image Archive - Ephemeral films (including advertising) from 1927-present, "Computer Chronicles", computer animation from SIGGRAPH, and more.

U.S. National Film Registry - Complete list of films that have been deemed "culturally, historically, or esthetically important" by the National Film Preservation Board ; links to each film's description at The Internet Movie Database

Yahoo - Entertainment:Movies and Films - Site index

Reviews

Film.com - The "independent voice of film criticism on the Internet", founded by film critic Lucy Mohl

Women's Studies Film Reviews - Selected films are given in-depth review, mosty with a feminist viewpoint

Yahoo: Movie Reviews - Site index

Organizations

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Information on the Academy and the Academy Awards, press releases

American Film Institute (AFI) - Information on training in the film industry including awards, jobs, classes, film schools, and the institutes press releases

Movies.Net: Associations and Guilds List - Site index

National Film Preservation Board - public advisory group to the Library of Congress. The groups activities include advising on the annual selections for the National Film Registry

National Film Preservation Board - Created by Congress to save America's film heritage. The site explains the Foundation and its activities, grant programs, news, etc.


Libraries, Museums and Archives

Black Film Center/Archive - Information about the holdings, facilities, exhibits and events at the Archive (Indiana University), which is a "repository for films and related materials by and about African Americans."

Footage.net - Catalog of stock footage catalogs, some sample clips available

George Eastman House - The historic estate of the founder of Eastman Kodak Co., with information on its exhibits relating to photography and film, and the motion picture collection

HADDON - Catalog of archival ethnographic film shot between 1895 and 1945, housed all over the world. Site provided by the University of Oxford

National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives - Devoted to collecting a broad range of ethnographic and anthropological moving images.

National Archives and Records Administration - Collection of historically valuable records, including audiovisual materials, from the 3 branches of the U.S. government

Public Motion Picture Research Centers and Film Archives - Site index of dozens of U.S. and international centers and archives, provided by the Library of Congress

UC Berkeley Media Resources Center- Description of the primary electronic, non-print collection at UC Berkley. Includes full text articles about the materials, as well as links to video distributors

University Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive - (UC Berkeley), Information on exhibits and screenings, Filmnotes on exhibits, and a database of reviews, press kits, and articles from the library

Maintained by: Kathy Tezla
Last updated: Thursday, 19-Aug-2004 16:46:20 CDT