National filmography documenting the history of American cinema. Plot summaries, cast and crew lists and very selective production histories of major films. Cataloging currently covers the years 1893-1974 comprehensively, with additional records covering selected major films from 1975 on. Includes some citations for industry trade periodicals. Coverage 1893 to present. NO FILM REVIEWS
Cast list, synopsis, reviews, and secondary literature for over 125,000 films. Biographical information and indexes to interviews and secondary articles for more than 800,000 personalities. Based on the BFI (British Film Institute) catalog. Publication dates: 1900 to present.
This database contains FIAF's “Treasures from Film Archives”; a detailed index of the silent-era film holdings of archives from around the world, a selection of Reference volumes and the linked full-text of over 60 journals.
These annotated bibliographies gather key resources on a wide range of topics in film and television studies. Featuring more than 110 different subtopics in cinema/media research, the bibliographies try to gather the best research on a topic and explain why a particular article or book might be more useful for your research better than another. Entries cover specific films, specific directors, genres, and themes.
Film studies journal articles and filmographies. Combined AFI Catalog and Film Index International. Although there is no full-text, the list of reviews is both authoritative and comprehensive.
Includes FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database and the detailed and complementary filmographies created by the American Film Institute and the British Film Institute; AFI Catalog and Film Index International.
Rhetoric, communication, film, television, mass media, and popular culture journal articles. Publication dates: early 20th century to present communication & mass media complete
Fine arts journal articles, with some coverage of film as an art form. Publication dates: 1984 to present.
Art Abstracts indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. In addition to articles, Art Abstracts indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.
Full text journals and magazines across disciplines, including magazines focusing on the entertainment and film industries.
News Sources in Film Studies
You can use these databases to find popular press film reviews, such as from film critics in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and the New Yorker, among other news publications.
