In anticipation of our new circulating rental movie collection at the Library this fall, we have created this web page and a main floor display to  showcase a number of literature and web resources on film. Below, you will find a list of some helpful and  informative sources on classic and modern cinema.

In our rental collection we have some films grouped by directors. To compliment our director-specific collection, we also have in our display some literary resources about directors: these are books devoted to the life and works of select, iconic cinematic virtuosos. Here are some the directors we carry works by:

• Akira Kurosawa

• Roman Polanski

• Stanley Kubrick

• Martin Scorsese

• Ingmar Bergmann

• and many more...

Please note: when searching for literary and web resources on film,  it is a good idea to remember other ways to search for films.  For instance, when searching our catalog by subject, use the term motion picture rather that film. Sometimes, film can also be substituted with cinema, another common term. Keep in mind that these (and other) terms are often used interchangeably.

For more information on searching for film literature, please consult The Film Pathfinder, a library resource designed by Marie Martino, Media Services Librarian, A.C. Buehler Library.

Web Resources

• Internet Movie Data Base (www.imdb.com) ~ excellent resource for information on films from all eras. Also includes detailed information on directors, cinematographers, producers, actors and actresses.

• National Film Preservation Board (http://lcweb.loc.gov/film/) ~"The Foundation, an independent, non-profit charity affiliated with the National Film Preservation Board, raises private funds to help American archives preserve films and make them publicly available." There is also a list of approximately 375 films entered in the NFPB list of preservation-worthy American Film.

• Senses of Cinema's Great Directors page (http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/index.html) ~Excellent listing of biographical and other information  about iconic film directors. Arranged alphabetically.

• Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/?fromint=1)~ Seemingly tongue-in-cheek site filled with thousands of compiled movie reviews, ranging from silly to serious. Very comprehensive (covers pre-Internet film reviews).

Film Bibliography

Women and film : both sides of the camera / E. Ann Kaplan.

Call Number:	791.4309 K17W

Heroes, antiheroes and dolts : portrayals of masculinity in American popular films, 1921-1999 / Ashton D. Trice and Samuel A. Holland

Call Number:	791.43652 T823H

Cinema nation : the best writing on film from the Nation, 1913-2000 / edited by Carl Bromley ; introduction by Stuart Klawans

Call Number:	791.4375 C574

The last great American picture show : new Hollywood cinema in the 1970s / edited by Thomas Elsaesser, Alexander Horwath and Noel King

Call Number:	791.430973 L349

The bent lens : a world guide to gay & lesbian film / [edited] by Lisa Daniel & Claire Jackson

Call Number:	791.43653 B475 2003

Contemporary French cinema : an introduction / Guy Austin.

Call Number:	791.430944 A935C

The BFI companion to the western / edited by Edward Buscombe ; foreword by Richard Schickel ; consultant editors, Christopher Brookeman ... [et al.].

Call Number:	791.436278 B574

American silent film / William K. Everson.

Call Number:	791.43 E93A

Slasher films : an international filmography, 1960 through 2001 / by Kent Byron Armstrong

Call Number:	791.436164 A736S

Film noir : an encyclopedic reference to the American style / edited by Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward ; co-editors, Carl Macek and Robert Porfirio

Call Number:	791.43655 F4871992

The cinema of Generation X : a critical study of films and directors / by Peter Hanson.

Call Number:	791.4375 H251C

Halliwell's film and video guide.

Call Number:	791.43 H191FV

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Page created August 10, 2004, last updated August 12, 2004 by J. Hill, Reference Librarian