Thinking About Movies: Watching, Questioning, Enjoying, 3rd Edition

Important Film Links

For general information about films, including production, reviews, credits, international video/DVD availability, as well as links to other sites:

• All Movie Guide
  www.allmovie.com
• Berkeley List of Film References
  www.lib.berkeley.edu/mrc/filmrefguide.html
• Cinema Sites
  www.cinema-sites.com
• Film Index International
  www.lib.utexas.edu/Pubs/guides/chadwickhealey/
  filmch.html
• Internet Movie Database
  www.imdb.com
• Library of Congress
  www.lcweb.loc.gov/film/orgs.html
• Movies.com
  www.movies.go.com/reviews/index.html
• Yahoo Entertainment Movie and Film Links
  www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/movies_and_film

For price and availability information on DVDs, videos, radio audiotapes and CDs:

• Critics' Choice Video
  www.criticschoice.com
• DVDpricesearch.com
  www.dvdpricesearch.com
• Facets Video
  www.facets.org
• Kim's Video
  www.kimsvideo.com
• Radio Spirits
  www.radiospirits.com

For Reviews:

• Critics.com
  www.critics.com
• Movie Review Query Engine
  www.mrqe.com
• New York Times
  www.nytimes.com

For Hollywood industry news:

• Variety
  www.variety.com
• Hollywood Reporter
  www.hollywoodreporter.com

For Silent Cinema:

• Pordenone Silent Film Festival
  www.cinetecadelfriuli.org/gcm

For Film Music:

• The Film Music Society
  www.filmmusicsociety.org

For Cinematography:

• American Society of Cinematographers
  www.cinematographer.com

For news on current Hollywood films, reviews and stars:

• Entertainment Weekly Online
  www.ew.com
• E Online
  www.eonline.com
• Film.Com
  www.film.com

For academic film studies and organizations:

• Screensite: Film and TV Studies
  www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite/contents.htm
• The Society for Cinema Studies
  www.cinemastudies.org
• University Film and Video Association
  www.ufva.org

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