Please remember: In sync with the ethos of the web, the list below is always in the making. Please let us know if you've made new discoveries as you make your excursions into cyberia, and please check out related web pages on this site as well.
Note as well that, while many web sites may be informative and useful, they are rarely a substitute for the more sustained scholarly discussion of a book or print journals. Get familiar with the library's International Film Index and the MLA Index for periodical literature, among others, as well as our textbooks' extensive bibliographies for further reading.
Useful Sites on Film and Film Reviews
Please check out the resource links for specific classes for more focused film links, etc.
- Check these impressive , including AVON (Academic Videos Online), for accessible streaming platforms
- (excellent)
- 1, 2, /
- (DAI 2024),
- (on E Muybridge)
- (useful)
- , beradinelli sees film
- Henry Sheehan—Film criticism
- Rotten Tomatoes
- (Landmarks in Classic Hollywood)
- , excellent 5-part podcast including sections on The Woman Who Will Not Die (Marilyn Monroe) and The King of Hollywood (Clark Gable)
- 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Stewart Library Film Resources
- ,, , (NPR),
- ,
- Corrigan/White, The Film Experience (including student samples, etc.)
- The 15 points of mise-en-scene
- Resources for Teaching Film (useful summaries, exercises, etc.)
- Resources for Teaching Documentary Film
- , ,
- Lumiere Brothers I, II
- Early Cinema
- , ,
- MUSICALS - ,
- , II,
- Bright Lights — popular-academic hybrid
- (on E Muybridge),
=> (Jordan Peele, 2022), (2022) - (2018)
- GreenCine Primers
- , ,
- (Museum of the Moving Image)
- (including Great Directors)
- Sound in Film, Tape recorder in film I–III
- Silent Ladies & Gents: Photogallery of Silent Movie Stars(wonderful stills and, at times, movies posters)
- (Film Society of Lincoln Center)
- Cinemaspace – UC-Berkeley film studies
- A Biologist Goes to the Cinema
- New York Times Movie Reviews
- Women and Film
- )
- (2018)
- Columbia U) - Yahoo Movies & Film directory
- (NYT)
- , Nerdwriter1
Genres, Themes, Directors
- Great Directors (useful)
- , , , , , , , , (1940), Tape recorder in film I–III, ; ;
- Wes Anderson, [to be built out one day];
(2023 91¶ÌÊÓƵ); ; - Billy Wilder, "" (Paris Review 2021)
- Jean Vigo, , Zero de Conduite, , ,
- French New Wave,, FNW II, FNW III, (documentary 2009), Jean Luc Godard: , ;
- Italian Neorealism,
- Bernardo Bertolucci,
- Damien Chazelle, (2022)
- The Western, , , III, (Nov 07)
- James Cameron, (NYT), (Tele), (NYT), (NYT) (NYT), , , , , ,
- Christian Carion, Joyeux Noël (2005, official site)
- Ingmar Bergman (, 30 July 2007)
- Kathryn Bigelow, , ,
- Orson Welles, , CK II, , , , (NYT-CP); David Fincher, (2020), ,
- Charlie Chaplin, CC I, , ;
- Francis Ford Coppola, (Salon 1999); , (NYT-CP)
(1979, full movie); (Complete Dossier, 2006);
, , (1991, full film); II; (); (2019); (2009); ; ; ;
(2001); (2019); (2019); (Part 1 +)
(Phuong Le, 2019 => ) - Alex Garland, , Anni 2, ,
- Gilliam, Terry, (NYT-CP),
- Guavara-Flanagan, Kristy, , ,
- Michael Haneke, , ,
- Todd Haynes, ; ; (2015) ; , (2002); (2021); (2023 91¶ÌÊÓƵ),
(2015) ; (2017); ;
<=> :
- PH/Claire Morgan, (1952)
- Hossein Amini, (2014) - Werner Herzog, (March 2020); (2022);; (2023 91¶ÌÊÓƵ)
- Alfred Hitchcock, , , , AH IV, AH V, (NYT-CP), , Johan Grimonprez,
=> ?, , - Dennis Hopper,
- Krystof Kieslowski I, II, III (Three Colours Trilogy)
- Abbas Kiarostami, (1997)
- Stanley Kubrick, , SK Warner Bros. Authorized Site, SK: The Master Film Maker and , SK and the Cold War;
- (doc about The Shining) - Dan Gilroy, (2019) <=> Terry Zwigoff, (2006)
- Akiri Kurosawa, (NPR), (NYT-CP)
- Fritz Lang, , ,
- Sidney Lumet, , ,
- Mira Nair, and (The Spool, Jan 21); , , ,
-
- - Christopher Nolan,
- Andre Niccol, (NYT-CP),
- Jordan Peele, , ,
- Jean Renoir, (NYT-CP), ; (NYT-CP)
- Polanski, Roman, (NYT-CP), Sam Wasson, (2020); (2002); (2019), (DFR, 2012); (2021)
- Guy Ritchie, (2019)
- Eric Rohmer, ,
- Bryan Singer, ,
- Steven Spielberg, , ""
- Preston Sturges,
- Alex Proyas, Dark City, I, Robot
- King Vidor, , The Crowd I, , III, ;
(2022) - (CLASSICAL) INDIAN FILM: Satyajit Ray, , , Mani Ratnam, , (2012)
- Eric Rohmer, (New Yorker 2021)
- German Expressionism, , , III, IV,
- Guillermo del Toro
- David Fincher, Benjamin Button I, lll—loosely related links: ,
- John Hillcoat,
- (NYT-CP)
- Zhao Liang, Filming China's Dark Side (NYT)
- John Frankenheimer, (1962, NYT)
- Richard Linklater, , RL II — Detour RL II, , , , ,
- &
- Martin Scorcese, (2023 91¶ÌÊÓƵ), 2, 3, 4,
; - Denis Villeneuve, (2021) => ""
(2024), ,
- Wim Wenders, Restauration/30-year re-release of (1987, in German)
- Celeste Cg,
- (2022), , , - (1997)
- Edward Berger, (2022, Slate),
- Lilly and Lana Wachowski, (2024)
Interview Sites
- The Guardian Unlimited Film
Viewing Guides
Please note that these viewing guides are suggestive only and meant to sharpen your attention to specific features of the film. We will address more theoretical and/or formal questions in our class discussions and through our readings.
Select/Specific Film Comments, Theorists, etc.
- Susan Sonntag, (on the film-making and other myths of Leni Riefenstahl, NYTBR Feb 1975)
- The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 (Hays Code)
- Umberto Eco, "";
- Agnes Varda, (2000)
- Wachowski/Gilliam,
- Werner Herzog Profile and Rescue Team
- Siegfried Kracauer,
- (The New Yorker)
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit—a 50-year retrospective (The New Yorker)
- Hollywood Heresy: Marketing The DaVinci Code to Christians (The New Yorker)
- Robin Hardy, (1973)
- , II, Pauline Kael I, , II, III
- (including Ogden Peery's Egyptian Theater)
- (2019)
- Sam Mendes,
- Killers of the Flower Moon (2023 91¶ÌÊÓƵ), ;(podcast)
- (2024)
- Wong Kar Wai,
SOUND SNIPPETS
- (1938)
- (2024)
- (NPR, 3/24)
- East Germany on the screen
- (NYT)
- (on Vampire films, NYT)
- Alexander Sokurov, Russian Ark I, II,
- Andrei Tarkovsky, (NYT-CP), (Geoffrey Dyer, Zona)
- Andrzej Wajda, , , , , <=> ,
- Widely-read film critics/blogs, , , , Jim Emerson, , , ,
- (and Quention Tarrantino)
- (2019)- David Thompson, (2012)
- Nerdwriter1, (2013)
- Thom Andersen and Noel Burch, (2014)
- David Thomson, (2017)
- Ramin Bahrani, (5/18); Viet Thanh Nguyen, "American Hustle," on
- (2024)
Utah, Ogden(ites) and Film (to be developed on Star Date 30332)
- , (1959)
- , I,
Writing About Film, etc.
Check out the following useful websites, as well as the Resources for Teaching Film above, and don't forget the tips in our textbook.
- (including links)
- Film Editing Terms
- , (podcast)
- A Glossary of Film Terms
- Bordwell/Thompson, Film Art
- Corrigan/White, The Film Experience
Film Festivals
- Cannes
- Sundance
- Toronto
- Tribeca
Miscellaneous – of Interest
A random list of films (which is, much like this entire page, hopelessly out of date:)
- Czechoslovakia — Kolya (1996)
- Denmark/Europe, Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003)
- France/Belgium — Lumumba (2000), (Jean Vigo, 1934), I've Loved You So Long (Phillipe Claudel, 2009)
- Germany — Enlightenment Guaranteed (2002), King of Thieves (Netherlands/Germany, 2004), Cherry Blossoms (2008), The Edukators (2005, Downfall (2004), A Woman in Berlin (2008), The Reader (Stephen Daldry, 2008), Die Welle (The Wave, director..) (2008)
- Iran — Children of Heaven (1997), Ten (2004), The Kite Runner (Marc Forster, 2007), Taste of Cherry (1997), (2017)
- Japan, (1989)
- Korea — Spring, Summer . . . (2003), Natural City (2004); (2024), 2;
- ( Mark Raso, 2017) => A.G. Sulzberger, "; .
- (2019, including fact check)
- Spain — (Victor Erice, 1973)
- Turkey — Distant (2003)
- Russia — The Italian (2007), (Dziga Vertov, 1929)
- Documentary — (2008), (2010)
- U.S., (NYT, Don Siegel, 1971), Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938), (Kevin Willmott, 2005), The Player (Robert Altman, 1994), Jaws and Tintin's Adventures (Steven Spielberg), Falling Down (Joel Schumacher, 1993), The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011), Hugo (Martin Scorsese, 2011), Who's That Knocking at My Door (Martin Scorsese, 1967)
- (2015) <=> M Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost (2000)
(Con 4/24) - Vietnam — , (instrument);
Food Films
- , dir. Markus Schmidt and Camillo Meinhardt, QK86.A1 D584 2008
- (CBC, 1998), SB123.57 .F529 1998 (VHS, 2 x 22 min)
- , dir. Jean-Paul Jaud (2009) TP 370. F663 2009
- ., dir. Robert Kenner, HD9005 .F66 2009
- Fast Food Nation, dir. Richard Linklater
- (NYT, April 2010)
- , dir. Scott Hamilton Kennedy (2008), SB 457.3 G 37 2008
- , 1997, E99.H7 H67 1997 (VHS, 18 min)
last updated, 12 September 2024
- (CBC, 2000), S494.5 .B563 G4 2000 (VHS, 14 min, similar to Field of Genes)
- , TX 335 .H68 1994 (VHS, useful, 15 min)
- , TX 551. H 64 1993
- , dir. Morgan Spurlock (2004), TX 945.5 M33 S87 2004
- , TP 376 . S9 1979 (VHS, 54 min, mostly about sugar operations in Brazil)
- on You Tube: Genetic Chile, The World According to Monsanto, Genetically Modified Food: Panacea or Poison; numerous videos with Michael Pollan