t and knowledge of the possibilities of the film medium.    Shot-by-shot analyses of short passages from each film ground theory in concrete examples.t and knowledge of the possibilities of the film medium.    Shot-by-shot analyses of short passages from each film ground theory in concrete examples.t and knowledge of the possibilities of the film medium.    Shot-by-shot analyses of short passages from each film ground theory in concrete examples.Fabe includes original and well-informed discussions of Soviet montage, realism and expressionism in film form, classical and modern sound theory, the classic Hollywood film, Italian neorealism, the French New Wave, auteur theory, modernism and postmodernism in film, political cinema, feminist film theory and practice, and narrative experiments in new digital media. Encompassing the earliest silent films as well as those that exploit the most recent technological innovations, this book gives us the particulars of how film--arguably the most influential of contemporary forms of representation--constitutes our pleasure, influences our thoughts, and informs our daily reality. Updated to include a discussion of 3-D and advanced special effects, this tenth anniversary edition is an essential film studies text for students and professors alike.


a discussion of 3-D and advanced special effects, this tenth anniversary edition is an essential film studies text for students and professors alike.Visionary Film: Critics hailed previous editions of Visionary Film as the most complete work written on the exciting, often puzzling, and always controversial genre of American avant-garde film. This book has remained the standard text on American avant-garde film since the publication of its first edition in 1974. Now P. Adams Sitney has once again revised and updated this classic work, restoring a chapter on the films of Gregory J. Markopoulos and bringing his discussion of the principal genres and major filmmakers up to the year 2000.


storing a chapter on the films of Gregory J. Markopoulos and bringing his discussion of the principal genres and major filmmakers up to the year 2000.Satyajit Ray on Cinema: Satyajit Ray, one of the greatest auteurs of twentieth century cinema, was a Bengali motion-picture director, writer, and illustrator who set a new standard for Indian cinema with his Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) (1955), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) (1956), and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) (1959). His work was admired for its humanism, versatility, attention to detail, and skilled use of music. He was also widely praised for his critical and intellectual writings, which mirror his filmmaking in their precision and wide-ranging grasp of history, culture, and aesthetics.    Spanning forty years of Ray's career, these essays, for the first time collected in one volume, present the filmmaker's reflections on the art and craft of the cinematic medium and include his thoughts on sentimentalism, mass culture, silent films, the influence of the French New Wave, and the experience of being a successful director.


e his thoughts on sentimentalism, mass culture, silent films, the influence of the French New Wave, and the experience of being a successful director.e his thoughts on sentimentalism, mass culture, silent films, the influence of the French New Wave, and the experience of being a successful director.e his thoughts on sentimentalism, mass culture, silent films, the influence of the French New Wave, and the experience of being a successful director.Ray speaks on the difficulty of adapting literary works to screen, the nature of the modern film festival, and the phenomenal contributions of Jean-Luc Godard and the Indian actor, director, producer, and singer Uttam Kumar. The collection also features an excerpt from Ray's diaries and reproduces his sketches of famous film personalities, such as Sergei Eisenstein, Charlie Chaplin, and Akira Kurosawa, in addition to film posters, photographs by and of the artist, film stills, and a filmography. Altogether, the volume relays the full extent of Ray's engagement with film and offers extensive access to the thought of one of the twentieth-century's leading Indian intellectuals.


Recent Acquisitions:
Reimagining History in Contemporary Spanish Media: This book offers a new perspective via visual culture of the reimagining of history for contemporary Spanish media audiences. It gives close readings of major recent texts in a number of media (theater, cinema, television, and streaming) which have yet to receive scholarly attention and are closely connected to each other. And it stresses the intermediality of the visual by calling attention to connections between those media and others such as painting. From Picasso to the Javis and from the classic serial to Netflix, this book shows how Spanish history is radically reimagined through recent visual culture.  Paul Julian Smith is Distinguished Professor in the Comparative Literature Program at the Graduate Center in City University of New York. A Fellow of the British Academy and the former Professor of Spanish in the University of Cambridge, he is the author of 24 books.


versity of New York. A Fellow of the British Academy and the former Professor of Spanish in the University of Cambridge, he is the author of 24 books.Border Cinema: Reimagining Identity through Aesthetics: The rise of digital media and globalization's intensification since the 1990s have significantly refigured global cinema's form and content. The coincidence of digitalization and globalization has produced what this book helps to define and describe as a flourishing border cinema whose aesthetics reflect, construct, intervene in, denature, and reconfigure geopolitical borders. This collection demonstrates how border cinema resists contemporary border fortification processes, showing how cinematic media have functioned technologically and aesthetically to engender contemporary shifts in national and individual identities while proposing alternative conceptions of these identities to those promulgated by the often restrictive current political rhetoric and ideologies that represent a backlash to globalization.


f these identities to those promulgated by the often restrictive current political rhetoric and ideologies that represent a backlash to globalization.Polly Platt: This book examines the career and creative labour of production designer Polly Platt. It focuses mainly on her contributions to 1970s Hollywood, but also considers her later work. Considering films such as The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, The Bad News Bears, and The Witches of Eastwick, it argues that Platt's construction of their visual palette and mise-en-scène was so creative and so comprehensive that it can be considered authorial. Chapters discuss Platt's life and its influence on her work, her attention to detail, her role in location decisions and costume design, and her use of colour. An epilogue discusses her later career as a producer and her mentorship to young filmmakers like Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson. This is the first full-length examination of the career of one of the women practitioners whose work was so important to 1970s cinema, and provides an alternative methodology to the auteur-driven framing that so regularly defines the era.


s whose work was so important to 1970s cinema, and provides an alternative methodology to the auteur-driven framing that so regularly defines the era.From Melies to New Media: From Méliès to New Media is an exploration of the presence and importance of film history in digital culture. The author demonstrates that new media forms are not only indebted to, but firmly embedded within the traditions and conventions of early film culture. This book presents a comparative examination of pre-cinema and new media: early film experiments with contemporary music videos; silent films and their digital restorations; German Expressionist film and post-noir cinema; French Gothic film and the contemporary digital remake; and more. Using a media archaeology approach, Wendy Haslem envisages the potential of new discoveries that foreground forgotten or marginalized contributions to film history.


archaeology approach, Wendy Haslem envisages the potential of new discoveries that foreground forgotten or marginalized contributions to film history.Subject to Reality: Women and Documentary Film: Revolutionary thinking around gender and race merged with new film technologies to usher in a wave of women's documentaries in the 1970s. Driven by the various promises of second-wave feminism, activist filmmakers believed authentic stories about women would bring more people into an imminent revolution. Yet their films soon faded into obscurity. Shilyh Warren reopens this understudied period and links it to a neglected era of women's filmmaking that took place from 1920 to 1940, another key period of thinking around documentary, race, and gender. Drawing women's cultural expression during these two explosive times into conversation, Warren reconsiders key debates about subjectivity, feminism, realism, and documentary and their lasting epistemological and material consequences for film and feminist studies.


ates about subjectivity, feminism, realism, and documentary and their lasting epistemological and material consequences for film and feminist studies.ates about subjectivity, feminism, realism, and documentary and their lasting epistemological and material consequences for film and feminist studies.ates about subjectivity, feminism, realism, and documentary and their lasting epistemological and material consequences for film and feminist studies.She also excavates the lost ethnographic history of women's documentary filmmaking in the earlier era and explores the political and aesthetic legacy of these films in more explicitly feminist periods like the Seventies. Filled with challenging insights and new close readings, Subject to Reality sheds light on a profound and unexamined history of feminist documentaries while revealing their influence on the filmmakers of today.


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Communication & Mass Media Complete: Includes the full text of over 450 journals in communications and media, as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 770 titles. Useful for a wide range of topics in the humanities and social sciences.

Art Full Text: Full-text articles from more than 300 periodicals dating back to 1995; indexing and abstracting of 600 periodicals dating back to 1984; and indexing and abstracting of more than 13,000 art dissertations. Covers art history and criticism, architecture and architectural history, archaeology, antiques, museum studies, graphic arts, industrial design, landscape architecture, interior design, styles and art movements, folk art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, decorative arts, costume design, film, television and video, advertising art, non-western art, textiles and more.


ng, photography, pottery, sculpture, decorative arts, costume design, film, television and video, advertising art, non-western art, textiles and more.Art Index Retrospective: A periodical literature database that cumulates citations from the printed version of the Art Index, volumes 1-32 (1929-1984).  The database cites articles from periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins published throughout the world in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. It also indexes reproductions of art works that appear in the indexed periodicals.  Art Full Text continues Art Index and begins coverage in 1984.

Film Literature Index: Indexes all the content of 150 film and television journals from 30 countries and selectively indexes 200 additional periodicals. Includes 700,000 citations of articles, film reviews, and book reviews from 1976-2001. This free resource is not being updated.


dditional periodicals. Includes 700,000 citations of articles, film reviews, and book reviews from 1976-2001. This free resource is not being updated.Humanities Source: Over 1,500 full-text journals dating back to 1907.  Includes millions of records covering archaeology, art, communications, dance, film, folklore, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, classical studies, area studies and gender studies. Should be included in any humanities search.

Gale Literature: Gale Literature searches multiple databases at once, combining Gale Literature Resource Center (biographies, overviews, criticism, audio interviews, and reviews), Gale LitFinder (full text poems, plays, short stories, and speeches from all eras), and Gale eBooks (reference sources). It also includes the Gale Literary Index covering 165,000 authors and 215,000 works, and workflow tools to analyze information.


s (reference sources). It also includes the Gale Literary Index covering 165,000 authors and 215,000 works, and workflow tools to analyze information.Essay and General Literature Index: Contains citations to essays in collections of mostly scholarly works and miscellaneous works published since 1985 in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Approximately 340 volumes are indexed annually. While abstracts of essays are not included, users can follow links to the volumes containing the essays to see complete contents and additional information. An extremely useful resource for all disciplines because it indexes sources not covered elsewhere. Search simultaneously with Essay and General Literature Retrospective by selecting both resources from the “choose databases” link.


covered elsewhere. Search simultaneously with Essay and General Literature Retrospective by selecting both resources from the “choose databases” link.Essay and General Literature Retrospective: Indexes over 270,000 essays from anthologies and collections covering a wide range of humanities and social sciences disciplines published in English in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain between 1900 and 1984. Search simultaneously with Essay and General Literature Index by selecting both resources from the “choose databases” link.


ain between 1900 and 1984. Search simultaneously with Essay and General Literature Index by selecting both resources from the “choose databases” link.JSTOR: A digital library containing journals, books, images, and primary sources. The GC’s subscription includes JSTOR’s Arts and Sciences I-XII collections of scholarly journals across the social sciences and humanities. Coverage begins with the first issue of almost every journal and continues through varying periods within the last five years. Also included are more than 700 freely accessible collections of illustrations, letters, literary documents, newspapers, magazines, photographs, postcards, and yearbooks; open access alternative press publications from the latter half of the 20th century; and thousands of research reports. 3+ million images in Artstor are also now discoverable in JSTOR. Browse content by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.


t by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.Oxford Index (All Oxford Databases): Search all Oxford University Press databases to which the Graduate Center subscribes: Oxford Art Online, Oxford Bibliographies Online, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Handbooks Online, Oxford History of Western Music, Oxford Journals Online, Oxford Language Dictionaries Online, Oxford Music Online, Oxford Reference Online, and Oxford Scholarship Online. After performing a search, you must check the "Show only full text provided by CUNY Graduate Center" box.


rence Online, and Oxford Scholarship Online. After performing a search, you must check the "Show only full text provided by CUNY Graduate Center" box.Project Muse: The CUNY and Graduate Center subscriptions provide access to the full text of nearly 400 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences along with over 70,000 e-books and 4,600 open access books.  Select “Browse All Muse” and filter by Access type “Only content I have access to” to see subscribed and OA content. Or look for the green check mark and OA icons that appear next to accessible titles when searching across the platform. E-books are also available via the separate link to Project Muse E-Books .


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FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus:FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus:The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) produces a package of electronic databases that are available to access onsite at NYPL's research libraries (including the SIBL branch, next door to the Graduate Center on Madison Ave. at 34th St.). Collectively called FIAF Index to Film Periodicals Plus, it includes: International Index to Film Periodicals The main database, the International Index to Film Periodicals , offers in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals from 1972 to the present. The database includes almost 400,000 article references from more than 360 titles. International Index to Television Periodicals The database International Index to Television Periodicals includes approximately 50,000 article references from 1979 to 2000. Please note that this database is no longer updated and that television-related references from film journals continue to be indexed in the International Index to Film Periodicals .


is no longer updated and that television-related references from film journals continue to be indexed in the International Index to Film Periodicals .is no longer updated and that television-related references from film journals continue to be indexed in the International Index to Film Periodicals .is no longer updated and that television-related references from film journals continue to be indexed in the International Index to Film Periodicals .Treasures from the Film Archives The database Treasures from the Film Archives contains unique information about silent film holdings in international film archives. It provides filmographic and holdings information on over 53,000 silent shorts and features, fiction and non-fiction, from over 112 of the world's major film archives.


graphic and holdings information on over 53,000 silent shorts and features, fiction and non-fiction, from over 112 of the world's major film archives.FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus: Formerly known as Film/TV Documentation Collections, FIAF Index to Film Periodicals Plus is a bibliographical resource offering coverage of hundreds of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals right up to the present day. It is an essential reference work for any film researcher.

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FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database: This database is an essential reference work for any film researcher and contains a diverse range of specialist content: the International Index to Film Periodicals contains over 500,000 article citations from more than 345 periodicals. It offers in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals, many of which are seamlessly linked to a growing library of film journals.


-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals, many of which are seamlessly linked to a growing library of film journals.Film Index International: Produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute (bfi), Film Index International is based on the Summary of Film and Television (SIFT) database collated by the bfi over the past 70 years. Film Index International provides in-depth indexing of over 125,000 films - from the first silent movies to the latest blockbusters - and biographical information for more than 800,000 personalities. Its rich content also includes coverage of international film awards and prizes as well as searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists.


es. Its rich content also includes coverage of international film awards and prizes as well as searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists.AFI Catalog: Since 1968, the American Film Institute as cataloged every American motion picture either produced in the United States or sponsored and financed by American companies as an aid to the preservation of the American national film heritage. To date, the Catalog has comprehensive coverage of feature films from 1911-1974 (that are 40 minutes or longer in duration, or 4 reels or longer in length) with additional records covering selected major films from 1975 onwards, along with over 17,000 short films (those less than 40 minutes or 4 reels) from the first era of filmmaking, 1893–1910.


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WorldCat Discovery: WorldCat Discovery is a catalog and discovery system containing millions of records for print and electronic holdings in thousands of libraries around the world.


Recent Acquisitions:
Reimagining History in Contemporary Spanish Media: This book offers a new perspective via visual culture of the reimagining of history for contemporary Spanish media audiences. It gives close readings of major recent texts in a number of media (theater, cinema, television, and streaming) which have yet to receive scholarly attention and are closely connected to each other. And it stresses the intermediality of the visual by calling attention to connections between those media and others such as painting. From Picasso to the Javis and from the classic serial to Netflix, this book shows how Spanish history is radically reimagined through recent visual culture.  Paul Julian Smith is Distinguished Professor in the Comparative Literature Program at the Graduate Center in City University of New York. A Fellow of the British Academy and the former Professor of Spanish in the University of Cambridge, he is the author of 24 books.


versity of New York. A Fellow of the British Academy and the former Professor of Spanish in the University of Cambridge, he is the author of 24 books.Border Cinema: Reimagining Identity through Aesthetics: The rise of digital media and globalization's intensification since the 1990s have significantly refigured global cinema's form and content. The coincidence of digitalization and globalization has produced what this book helps to define and describe as a flourishing border cinema whose aesthetics reflect, construct, intervene in, denature, and reconfigure geopolitical borders. This collection demonstrates how border cinema resists contemporary border fortification processes, showing how cinematic media have functioned technologically and aesthetically to engender contemporary shifts in national and individual identities while proposing alternative conceptions of these identities to those promulgated by the often restrictive current political rhetoric and ideologies that represent a backlash to globalization.


f these identities to those promulgated by the often restrictive current political rhetoric and ideologies that represent a backlash to globalization.Polly Platt: This book examines the career and creative labour of production designer Polly Platt. It focuses mainly on her contributions to 1970s Hollywood, but also considers her later work. Considering films such as The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, The Bad News Bears, and The Witches of Eastwick, it argues that Platt's construction of their visual palette and mise-en-scène was so creative and so comprehensive that it can be considered authorial. Chapters discuss Platt's life and its influence on her work, her attention to detail, her role in location decisions and costume design, and her use of colour. An epilogue discusses her later career as a producer and her mentorship to young filmmakers like Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson. This is the first full-length examination of the career of one of the women practitioners whose work was so important to 1970s cinema, and provides an alternative methodology to the auteur-driven framing that so regularly defines the era.


s whose work was so important to 1970s cinema, and provides an alternative methodology to the auteur-driven framing that so regularly defines the era.From Melies to New Media: From Méliès to New Media is an exploration of the presence and importance of film history in digital culture. The author demonstrates that new media forms are not only indebted to, but firmly embedded within the traditions and conventions of early film culture. This book presents a comparative examination of pre-cinema and new media: early film experiments with contemporary music videos; silent films and their digital restorations; German Expressionist film and post-noir cinema; French Gothic film and the contemporary digital remake; and more. Using a media archaeology approach, Wendy Haslem envisages the potential of new discoveries that foreground forgotten or marginalized contributions to film history.


archaeology approach, Wendy Haslem envisages the potential of new discoveries that foreground forgotten or marginalized contributions to film history.Subject to Reality: Women and Documentary Film: Revolutionary thinking around gender and race merged with new film technologies to usher in a wave of women's documentaries in the 1970s. Driven by the various promises of second-wave feminism, activist filmmakers believed authentic stories about women would bring more people into an imminent revolution. Yet their films soon faded into obscurity. Shilyh Warren reopens this understudied period and links it to a neglected era of women's filmmaking that took place from 1920 to 1940, another key period of thinking around documentary, race, and gender. Drawing women's cultural expression during these two explosive times into conversation, Warren reconsiders key debates about subjectivity, feminism, realism, and documentary and their lasting epistemological and material consequences for film and feminist studies.


ates about subjectivity, feminism, realism, and documentary and their lasting epistemological and material consequences for film and feminist studies.ates about subjectivity, feminism, realism, and documentary and their lasting epistemological and material consequences for film and feminist studies.ates about subjectivity, feminism, realism, and documentary and their lasting epistemological and material consequences for film and feminist studies.She also excavates the lost ethnographic history of women's documentary filmmaking in the earlier era and explores the political and aesthetic legacy of these films in more explicitly feminist periods like the Seventies. Filled with challenging insights and new close readings, Subject to Reality sheds light on a profound and unexamined history of feminist documentaries while revealing their influence on the filmmakers of today.


Selected E-Books: Film Studies:


Selected E-Books: Film Studies:Selected E-Books: Film Studies:What Is Cinema? Volume I: André Bazin's What Is Cinema? (volumes I and II) have been classics of film studies for as long as they've been available and are considered the gold standard in the field of film criticism. Although Bazin made no films, his name has been one of the most important in French cinema since World War II. He was co-founder of the influential Cahiers du Cinéma, which under his leadership became one of the world's most distinguished publications. Championing the films of Jean Renoir (who contributed a short foreword to Volume I), Orson Welles, and Roberto Rossellini, he became the protégé of François Truffaut, who honors him touchingly in his forword to Volume II. This new edition includes graceful forewords to each volume by Bazin scholar and biographer Dudley Andrew, who reconsiders Bazin and his place in contemporary film study. The essays themselves are erudite but always accessible, intellectual, and stimulating.


ho reconsiders Bazin and his place in contemporary film study. The essays themselves are erudite but always accessible, intellectual, and stimulating.ho reconsiders Bazin and his place in contemporary film study. The essays themselves are erudite but always accessible, intellectual, and stimulating.ho reconsiders Bazin and his place in contemporary film study. The essays themselves are erudite but always accessible, intellectual, and stimulating.As Renoir puts it, the essays of Bazin "will survive even if the cinema does not."


es are erudite but always accessible, intellectual, and stimulating.As Renoir puts it, the essays of Bazin "will survive even if the cinema does not."What Is Cinema? Volume II: André Bazin's What Is Cinema? (volumes I and II) have been classics of film studies for as long as they've been available and are considered the gold standard in the field of film criticism. Although Bazin made no films, his name has been one of the most important in French cinema since World War II. He was co-founder of the influential Cahiers du Cinéma, which under his leadership became one of the world's most distinguished publications. Championing the films of Jean Renoir (who contributed a short foreword to Volume I), Orson Welles, and Roberto Rossellini, he became the protégé of François Truffaut, who honors him touchingly in his forword to Volume II. This new edition includes graceful forewords to each volume by Bazin scholar and biographer Dudley Andrew, who reconsiders Bazin and his place in contemporary film study. The essays themselves are erudite but always accessible, intellectual, and stimulating.


es are erudite but always accessible, intellectual, and stimulating.As Renoir puts it, the essays of Bazin "will survive even if the cinema does not."Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement: If there was a moment during the sixties, seventies, or eighties that changed the history of the women's film movement, B. Ruby Rich was there. Part journalistic chronicle, part memoir, and 100% pure cultural historical odyssey, Chick Flicks--with its definitive, the-way-it-was collection of essays--captures the birth and growth of feminist film as no other book has done.  For over three decades Rich has been one of the most important voices in feminist film criticism.


growth of feminist film as no other book has done.  For over three decades Rich has been one of the most important voices in feminist film criticism. growth of feminist film as no other book has done.  For over three decades Rich has been one of the most important voices in feminist film criticism. growth of feminist film as no other book has done.  For over three decades Rich has been one of the most important voices in feminist film criticism.Her presence at film festivals (such as Sundance, where she is a member of the selection committee), her film reviews in the Village Voice, Elle, Out, and the Advocate, and her commentaries on the public radio program "The World" have secured her a place as a central figure in the remarkable history of what she deems "cinefeminism." In the hope that a new generation of feminist film culture might be revitalized by reclaiming its own history, Rich introduces each essay with an autobiographical prologue that describes the intellectual, political, and personal moments from which the work arose. Travel, softball, sex, and voodoo all somehow fit into a book that includes classic Rich articles covering such topics as the antiporn movement, the films of Yvonne Rainer, a Julie Christie visit to Washington, and the historically evocative film Maedchen in Uniform. The result is a volume that traces the development not only of women's involvement in cinema but of one of its key players as well.


edchen in Uniform. The result is a volume that traces the development not only of women's involvement in cinema but of one of its key players as well.edchen in Uniform. The result is a volume that traces the development not only of women's involvement in cinema but of one of its key players as well.edchen in Uniform. The result is a volume that traces the development not only of women's involvement in cinema but of one of its key players as well.The first book-length work from Rich--whose stature and influence in the world of film criticism and theory continue to grow--Chick Flicks exposes unexplored routes and forgotten byways of a past that's recent enough to be remembered and far away enough to be memorable.


grow--Chick Flicks exposes unexplored routes and forgotten byways of a past that's recent enough to be remembered and far away enough to be memorable.Introduction to Documentary, Third Edition: The third edition of Bill Nichols's best-selling text provides an up-to-date introduction to the most important issues in documentary history and criticism. A new chapter, "I Want to Make a Documentary: Where Do I Start?" guides readers through the steps of planning and preproduction and includes an example of a project proposal for a film that went on to win awards at major festivals. Designed for students in any field that makes use of visual evidence and persuasive strategies, Introduction to Documentary identifies the genre's distinguishing qualities and teaches the viewer how to read documentary film.


ersuasive strategies, Introduction to Documentary identifies the genre's distinguishing qualities and teaches the viewer how to read documentary film.ersuasive strategies, Introduction to Documentary identifies the genre's distinguishing qualities and teaches the viewer how to read documentary film.ersuasive strategies, Introduction to Documentary identifies the genre's distinguishing qualities and teaches the viewer how to read documentary film.Each chapter takes up a discrete question, from "How did documentary filmmaking get started?" to "Why are ethical issues central to documentary filmmaking?" Here Nichols has fully rewritten each chapter for greater clarity and ease of use, including revised discussions of earlier films and new commentary on dozens of recent films from The Cove to The Act of Killing and from Gasland to Restrepo.


ng revised discussions of earlier films and new commentary on dozens of recent films from The Cove to The Act of Killing and from Gasland to Restrepo.Post-Theory: With Post-Theory, David Bordwell and Noël Carroll challenge the prevailing practices of film scholarship. Since the 1970s, film scholars have been searching for a unified theory that will explain all sorts of films, their production, and their reception; the field has been dominated by structuralist Marxism, varieties of cultural theory, and the psychoanalytic ideas of Freud and Lacan. Bordwell and Carroll ask, why not employ many theories tailored to specific goals, rather than searching for a unified theory?      Post-Theory offers fresh directions for understanding film, presenting new essays by twenty-seven scholars on topics as diverse as film scores, audience response, and the national film industries of Russia, Scandinavia, the U.S., and Japan.


y-seven scholars on topics as diverse as film scores, audience response, and the national film industries of Russia, Scandinavia, the U.S., and Japan.y-seven scholars on topics as diverse as film scores, audience response, and the national film industries of Russia, Scandinavia, the U.S., and Japan.y-seven scholars on topics as diverse as film scores, audience response, and the national film industries of Russia, Scandinavia, the U.S., and Japan.They use historical, philosophical, psychological, and feminist methods to tackle such basic issues as: What goes on when viewers perceive a film? How do filmmakers exploit conventions? How do movies create illusions?  How does a film arouse emotion? Bordwell and Carroll have given space not only to distinguished film scholars but to non-film specialists as well, ensuring a wide variety of opinions and ideas on virtually every topic on the current agenda of film studies. Full of stimulating essays published here for the first time, Post-Theory promises to redefine the study of cinema.


he current agenda of film studies. Full of stimulating essays published here for the first time, Post-Theory promises to redefine the study of cinema.Mex-Ciné: Mex-Cinéoffers an accessibly written, multidisciplinary investigation of contemporary Mexican cinema that combines industrial, technical, and sociopolitical analysis with analyses of modes of reception through cognitive theory. Mex-Cinéaims to make visible the twenty-first century Mexican film industry, its blueprints, and the cognitive and emotive faculties involved in making and consuming its corpus. A sustained, free-flowing book-length meditation, Mex-Ciné enriches our understanding of the way contemporary Mexican directors use specific technical devices, structures, and characterizations in making films in ways that guide the perceptual, emotive, and cognitive faculties of their ideal audiences, while providing the historical contexts in which these films are made and consumed.


eptual, emotive, and cognitive faculties of their ideal audiences, while providing the historical contexts in which these films are made and consumed.On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters: The collected writings of artist and filmmaker Hollis Frampton, including all the essays from the long-unavailable Circles of Confusion along with rare additional material.  As Hollis Frampton's photographs and celebrated experimental films were testing the boundaries of "the camera arts" in the 1960s and 1970s, his provocative and highly literate writings were attempting to establish an intellectually resonant form of discourse for these critically underexplored fields. It was a time when artists working in diverse disciplines were beginning to pick up cameras and produce films and videotapes, well before these practices were understood or embraced by institutions of contemporary art. This collection of Frampton's writings presents his critical essays (many written for Artforum and October) along with additional material, including lectures, correspondence, interviews, and production notes and scripts.


ny written for Artforum and October) along with additional material, including lectures, correspondence, interviews, and production notes and scripts.ny written for Artforum and October) along with additional material, including lectures, correspondence, interviews, and production notes and scripts.ny written for Artforum and October) along with additional material, including lectures, correspondence, interviews, and production notes and scripts.It replaces--and supersedes--the long-unavailable Circles of Confusion, published in 1983. Frampton ranged widely over the visual arts in his writing, and the texts in this collection display his unique approaches to photography, film, and video, as well as the plastic and literary arts. They include critically acclaimed essays on Edward Weston and Eadweard Muybridge as well as appraisals of contemporary photographers; the influential essay, "For a Metahistory of Film," along with scripts, textual material, and scores for his films; writings on video that constitute a prehistory of the digital arts; a dialogue with Carl Andre (his friend and former Phillips Andover classmate) from the early 1960s; and two inventive, almost unclassifiable pieces that are reminiscent of Borges, Joyce, and Beckett.


Phillips Andover classmate) from the early 1960s; and two inventive, almost unclassifiable pieces that are reminiscent of Borges, Joyce, and Beckett.Cinema and Spectatorship: Cinema and Spectatorship is the first book to focus entirely on the history and role of the spectator in contemporary film studies. While 1970s film theory insisted on a distinction betweeen the cinematic subject and film-goers, Judith Mayne suggests that a very real friction between "subjects" and "viewers" is in fact central to the study of spectatorship.  In the book's first section Mayne examines three theoretical models of spectatorship: the perceptual, the institutional and the historical, while the second section focuses on case studies which crystallize many of the issues already discussed, concentrating on textual analysis, the `disrupting genre', `star-gazing' and finally the audience itself.


allize many of the issues already discussed, concentrating on textual analysis, the `disrupting genre', `star-gazing' and finally the audience itself.allize many of the issues already discussed, concentrating on textual analysis, the `disrupting genre', `star-gazing' and finally the audience itself.allize many of the issues already discussed, concentrating on textual analysis, the `disrupting genre', `star-gazing' and finally the audience itself.Case studies incude the place of the spectator in the textual analysis of individual films such as The Picture of Dorian Gray; the construction of Bette Davis' star persona; fantasies of race and film viewing in Field of Dreams and Ghost; and gay and lesbian audiences as "critical" audiences. The book provides a very thorough and accessible overview of this complex, fragmented and often controversial area of film theory.


ritical" audiences. The book provides a very thorough and accessible overview of this complex, fragmented and often controversial area of film theory.Closely Watched Films: An Introduction to the Art of Narrative Film Technique: How do films work? How do they tell a story? How do they move us and make us think? Through detailed examinations of passages from classic films, Marilyn Fabe supplies the analytic tools and background in film history and theory to enable us to see more in every film we watch. Ranging from D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation to James Cameron's Avatar, and ending with an epilogue on digital media, Closely Watched Films focuses on exemplary works of fourteen film directors whose careers together span the history of the narrative film. Lively and down-to-earth, this concise introduction provides a broad, complete, and yet specific picture of visual narrative techniques that will increase readers' excitement about and knowledge of the possibilities of the film medium.    Shot-by-shot analyses of short passages from each film ground theory in concrete examples.


t and knowledge of the possibilities of the film medium.    Shot-by-shot analyses of short passages from each film ground theory in concrete examples.t and knowledge of the possibilities of the film medium.    Shot-by-shot analyses of short passages from each film ground theory in concrete examples.t and knowledge of the possibilities of the film medium.    Shot-by-shot analyses of short passages from each film ground theory in concrete examples.Fabe includes original and well-informed discussions of Soviet montage, realism and expressionism in film form, classical and modern sound theory, the classic Hollywood film, Italian neorealism, the French New Wave, auteur theory, modernism and postmodernism in film, political cinema, feminist film theory and practice, and narrative experiments in new digital media. Encompassing the earliest silent films as well as those that exploit the most recent technological innovations, this book gives us the particulars of how film--arguably the most influential of contemporary forms of representation--constitutes our pleasure, influences our thoughts, and informs our daily reality. Updated to include a discussion of 3-D and advanced special effects, this tenth anniversary edition is an essential film studies text for students and professors alike.


a discussion of 3-D and advanced special effects, this tenth anniversary edition is an essential film studies text for students and professors alike.Visionary Film: Critics hailed previous editions of Visionary Film as the most complete work written on the exciting, often puzzling, and always controversial genre of American avant-garde film. This book has remained the standard text on American avant-garde film since the publication of its first edition in 1974. Now P. Adams Sitney has once again revised and updated this classic work, restoring a chapter on the films of Gregory J. Markopoulos and bringing his discussion of the principal genres and major filmmakers up to the year 2000.


storing a chapter on the films of Gregory J. Markopoulos and bringing his discussion of the principal genres and major filmmakers up to the year 2000.Satyajit Ray on Cinema: Satyajit Ray, one of the greatest auteurs of twentieth century cinema, was a Bengali motion-picture director, writer, and illustrator who set a new standard for Indian cinema with his Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) (1955), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) (1956), and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) (1959). His work was admired for its humanism, versatility, attention to detail, and skilled use of music. He was also widely praised for his critical and intellectual writings, which mirror his filmmaking in their precision and wide-ranging grasp of history, culture, and aesthetics.    Spanning forty years of Ray's career, these essays, for the first time collected in one volume, present the filmmaker's reflections on the art and craft of the cinematic medium and include his thoughts on sentimentalism, mass culture, silent films, the influence of the French New Wave, and the experience of being a successful director.


e his thoughts on sentimentalism, mass culture, silent films, the influence of the French New Wave, and the experience of being a successful director.e his thoughts on sentimentalism, mass culture, silent films, the influence of the French New Wave, and the experience of being a successful director.e his thoughts on sentimentalism, mass culture, silent films, the influence of the French New Wave, and the experience of being a successful director.Ray speaks on the difficulty of adapting literary works to screen, the nature of the modern film festival, and the phenomenal contributions of Jean-Luc Godard and the Indian actor, director, producer, and singer Uttam Kumar. The collection also features an excerpt from Ray's diaries and reproduces his sketches of famous film personalities, such as Sergei Eisenstein, Charlie Chaplin, and Akira Kurosawa, in addition to film posters, photographs by and of the artist, film stills, and a filmography. Altogether, the volume relays the full extent of Ray's engagement with film and offers extensive access to the thought of one of the twentieth-century's leading Indian intellectuals.


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ACLS E-Books: Film and Media Studies:
ACLS E-Books: Flim and Media Studies: ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) is a digital collection of over 5,400 seminal books in the humanities and related social sciences. These titles are presented in collaboration with more than 120 publishers and Michigan Publishing. Books in the HEB collection have been recommended and reviewed by scholars and constituent learned societies of the American Council of Learned Societies.


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Oxford Bibliographies: Bibliographies in American literature, Anthropology, Atlantic history, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, Education, International Relations, Islamic studies, Latin American studies, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, the Renaissance and Reformation, and Victorian Literature. Bibliographies are drawn from books, journals, and internet resources.


Science, Psychology, the Renaissance and Reformation, and Victorian Literature. Bibliographies are drawn from books, journals, and internet resources.Oxford Dictionary of Film Studies: A Dictionary of Film Studies covers all aspects of its discipline as it is currently taught at undergraduate level. Offering exhaustive and authoritative coverage, this A-Z is written by experts in the field, and covers terms, concepts, debates, and movements in film theory and criticism;national, international, and transnational cinemas; film history, movements, and genres; film industry organizations and practices; and key technical terms and concepts.Since its first publication in 2012, the dictionary has been updated to incorporate over 40 new entries, including computer games and film, disability, ecocinema, identity, portmanteau film, Practice as Research, and film in Vietnam. Moreover, numerous revisions have been made to existing entriesto account for developments in the discipline, and changes to film institutions more generally.Indices of films and filmmakers mentioned in the text are included for easy access to relevant entries.


nd changes to film institutions more generally.Indices of films and filmmakers mentioned in the text are included for easy access to relevant entries.nd changes to film institutions more generally.Indices of films and filmmakers mentioned in the text are included for easy access to relevant entries.nd changes to film institutions more generally.Indices of films and filmmakers mentioned in the text are included for easy access to relevant entries.The dictionary also has 13 feature articles on popular topics and terms, revised and informative bibliographies for most entries, and more than 100 web links to supplement the text.


ure articles on popular topics and terms, revised and informative bibliographies for most entries, and more than 100 web links to supplement the text.Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory: The Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory clearly and accessibly explains the major theoretical approaches now deployed in the study of the moving image, as well as defining key theoretical terms.  This dictionary provides readers with the conceptual apparatus to understand the often daunting language and terminology of screen studies. Entries include: *audience * Homi K. Bhabha * black cinema * the body * children and media * commodification * cop shows * deep focus * Umberto Eco * the gaze * Donna Haraway * bell hooks * infotainment * master narrative * medical dramas * morpheme * myth * panopticon * pastiche * pleasure * real time * social realism * sponsorship * sport on television * subliminal * third cinema * virtual reality  Consultant Editors:  David Black, USA, William Urricchio, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, Gill Branston, Cardiff University,  UK ,Elayne Rapping, USA


ant Editors:  David Black, USA, William Urricchio, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, Gill Branston, Cardiff University,  UK ,Elayne Rapping, USAThe Encyclopedia of Film Composers: For more than a century, original music has been composed for the cinema. From the early days when live music accompanied silent films to the present in which a composer can draw upon a full orchestra or a lone synthesizer to embody a composition, music has been an integral element of most films. By the late 1930s, movie studios had established music departments, and some of the greatest names in film music emerged during Hollywood's Golden Age, including Alfred Newman, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Bernard Herrmann. Over the decades, other creators of screen music offered additional memorable scores, and some composers--such as Henry Mancini, Randy Newman, and John Williams--have become household names.   The Encyclopedia of Film Composers features entries on more than 250 movie composers from around the world.


n Williams--have become household names.   The Encyclopedia of Film Composers features entries on more than 250 movie composers from around the world.n Williams--have become household names.   The Encyclopedia of Film Composers features entries on more than 250 movie composers from around the world.n Williams--have become household names.   The Encyclopedia of Film Composers features entries on more than 250 movie composers from around the world.It not only provides facts about these artists but also explains what makes each composer notable and discusses his or her music in detail. Each entry includes  Biographical materialImportant datesCareer highlightsAnalysis of the composer's musical styleComplete list of movie credits This book brings recognition to the many men and women who have written music for movies over the past one hundred years. In addition to composers from the United States and Great Britain, artists from dozens of other countries are also represented. A rich resource of movie music history, The Encyclopedia of Film Composers will be of interest to fans of cinema in general as well as those who want to learn more about the many talented individuals who have created memorable scores.


f interest to fans of cinema in general as well as those who want to learn more about the many talented individuals who have created memorable scores.Encyclopedia of Sports Films: Whether chronicling an athlete's rise, fall, and redemption or following a team's improbable triumph on the field, sports have been a favorite theme of filmmakers almost since movies were first produced. And whether focusing on soccer (Bend It Like Beckham), boxing (Rocky and its sequels), hockey (Slap Shot), baseball (Bull Durham), football (The Longest Yard), basketball (Hoosiers), cycling (Breaking Away), or tennis (Wimbledon), such films capture the competition and thrill of sport. All major films with a primary focus on athletic endeavor are contained in Encyclopedia of Sports Films. In this volume, more than 200 fictional feature-length movies released between 1925 and 2010 are described, including comedies, dramas, and biopics. While the focus is on Hollywood productions, independent films and foreign releases are also represented.


ed, including comedies, dramas, and biopics. While the focus is on Hollywood productions, independent films and foreign releases are also represented.ed, including comedies, dramas, and biopics. While the focus is on Hollywood productions, independent films and foreign releases are also represented.ed, including comedies, dramas, and biopics. While the focus is on Hollywood productions, independent films and foreign releases are also represented.Though boxing and baseball films have tended to dominate the genre, many other sports are also included here, including skiing, curling, and cricket.  Arranged alphabetically by title, each main entry contains a synopsis of the film, principal production information, and a critical analysis. In addition to the main entries, credits and brief descriptions for more than 200 films are also provided. DVD and VHS distributors are included, if available. Appendixes include made-for-television movies, documentaries, and films based on or inspired by true events and persons. For teachers who wish to incorporate films into their lesson plans, as well as librarians ordering titles for their patrons, Encyclopedia of Sports Films will be a valuable resource.


rate films into their lesson plans, as well as librarians ordering titles for their patrons, Encyclopedia of Sports Films will be a valuable resource.The Oxford History of World Cinema: The Oxford History of World Cinema is the most authoritative, up-to-date history of the Cinema ever undertaken. It traces the history of the twentieth-century's most enduringly popular entertainment form, covering all aspects of its development, stars, studios, and cultural impact. The book celebrates and chronicles over one hundred years of diverse achievement from westerns to the New Wave, from animation to the Avant-Garde, and from Hollywood to Hong Kong,with an international team of distinguished film historians telling the story of the major inventions and developments in the cinema business, its institutions, genres, and personnel. Other chapters outline the evolution of national cinemas round the world - the varied and distinctive filmic traditions thathave developed alongside Hollywood.


pters outline the evolution of national cinemas round the world - the varied and distinctive filmic traditions thathave developed alongside Hollywood.pters outline the evolution of national cinemas round the world - the varied and distinctive filmic traditions thathave developed alongside Hollywood.pters outline the evolution of national cinemas round the world - the varied and distinctive filmic traditions thathave developed alongside Hollywood.Also included are over 140 special inset features on the film-makers and personalities - Garbo and Godard, Keaton and Kurosawa, Bugs Bunny and Bergman - who have had an enduring impact in popular memory and cinematic lore.With over 300 illustrations, a full bibliography, and an extensive index, The Oxford History of World Cinema is an invaluable and entertaining guide and resource for the student and general reader.


y, and an extensive index, The Oxford History of World Cinema is an invaluable and entertaining guide and resource for the student and general reader.The Routledge Companion to Film History: The Routledge Companion to Film History is an indispensable guide for anyone studying film history for the first time. The approach taken presents a substantial and readable overview of the field and provides students with a tool of reference that will be valuable throughout their studies.  The volume is divided into two parts. The first is a set of eleven essays that approaches film history around the following themes:  History of the moving image Film as art and popular culture Production process Evolution of sound Alternative modes: experimental, documentary, animation Cultural difference Film's relationship to history   The second is a critical dictionary that explains concepts, summarizes debates in film studies, defines technical terms, describes major periods and movements, and discusses historical situations and the film industry.


es debates in film studies, defines technical terms, describes major periods and movements, and discusses historical situations and the film industry.es debates in film studies, defines technical terms, describes major periods and movements, and discusses historical situations and the film industry.es debates in film studies, defines technical terms, describes major periods and movements, and discusses historical situations and the film industry.The volume as a whole is designed as an active system of cross-references: readers of the essays are referred to dictionary entries (and vice versa) and both provide short bibliographies that encourage readers to investigate topics.


of the essays are referred to dictionary entries (and vice versa) and both provide short bibliographies that encourage readers to investigate topics.Women and Film: "Written with unequivocal enthusiasm for film, feminism and theory, "Women and Film" is a welcome and useful guide to a complex area."--"The Arts"


Cambridge Film Handbooks:
11 titles in the Cambridge Film Handbooks series, available in ebook format.


Scarecrow Press Historical Dictionaries:


Scarecrow Press Historical Dictionaries:Scarecrow Press Historical Dictionaries:Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema: As early as 1909, African Americans were utilizing the new medium of cinema to catalogue the world around them, using the film camera as a device to capture their lives and their history. The daunting subject of race and ethnicity permeated life in America at the turn of the twentieth century and due to the effect of certain early films, specific television images, and an often-biased news media, it still plagues us today. As new technologies bring the power of the moving image to the masses, African Americans will shoot and edit on laptop computers and share their stories with a global audience via the World Wide Web. These independently produced visions will add to the diverse cache of African American images being displayed on an ever-expanding silver screen. This wide range of stories, topics, views, and genres will finally give the world a glimpse of African American life that has long been ignored and has yet to be seen.


f stories, topics, views, and genres will finally give the world a glimpse of African American life that has long been ignored and has yet to be seen.f stories, topics, views, and genres will finally give the world a glimpse of African American life that has long been ignored and has yet to be seen.f stories, topics, views, and genres will finally give the world a glimpse of African American life that has long been ignored and has yet to be seen.This second edition of Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1400 cross-referenced entries on actors, actresses, movies, producers, organizations, awards, and terminology, this book provides a better understanding of the role African Americans played in film history. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about African American cinema.


ayed in film history. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about African American cinema.Historical Dictionary of American Cinema: One of the most powerful forces in world culture, American cinema has a long and complex history that stretches through more than a century. This history not only includes a legacy of hundreds of important films but also the evolution of the film industry itself, which is in many ways a microcosm of the history of American society as a whole. The Historical Dictionary of American Cinema provides broad coverage of the people, films, companies, techniques, themes, and genres that have made American cinema such a vital part of world cinema. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the history of American Cinema.


onary entries. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the history of American Cinema.Historical Dictionary of British Cinema: British cinema has been around from the very birth of motion pictures, from black-and-white to color, from talkies to sound, and now 3D, it has been making a major contribution to world cinema. Many of its actors and directors have stayed at home but others ventured abroad, like Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock. Today it is still going strong, the only real competition to Hollywood, turning out films which appeal not only to Brits, just think of Bridget Jones, while busily adding to franchises like James Bond and Harry Potter.  So this Historical Dictionary of British Cinema has a lot of ground to cover. This it does with over 300 dictionary entries informing us about significant actors, producers and directors, outstanding films and serials, organizations and studios, different films genres from comedy to horror, and memorable films, among other things. Two appendixes provide lists of award-winners.


ons and studios, different films genres from comedy to horror, and memorable films, among other things. Two appendixes provide lists of award-winners.ons and studios, different films genres from comedy to horror, and memorable films, among other things. Two appendixes provide lists of award-winners.ons and studios, different films genres from comedy to horror, and memorable films, among other things. Two appendixes provide lists of award-winners.Meanwhile, the chronology covers over a century of history. These parts provide the details, countless details, while the introduction offers the big story. And the extensive bibliography points toward other sources of information.


he details, countless details, while the introduction offers the big story. And the extensive bibliography points toward other sources of information.Historical Dictionary of Film Noir: Film noir_literally 'black cinema'_is the label customarily given to a group of black and white American films, mostly crime thrillers, made between 1940 and 1959. Today there is considerable dispute about what are the shared features that classify a noir film, and therefore which films should be included in this category. These problems are partly caused because film noir is a retrospective label that was not used in the 1940s or 1950s by the film industry as a production category and therefore its existence and features cannot be established through reference to trade documents. The Historical Dictionary of Film Noir is a comprehensive guide that ranges from 1940 to present day neo-noir.


d through reference to trade documents. The Historical Dictionary of Film Noir is a comprehensive guide that ranges from 1940 to present day neo-noir.d through reference to trade documents. The Historical Dictionary of Film Noir is a comprehensive guide that ranges from 1940 to present day neo-noir.d through reference to trade documents. The Historical Dictionary of Film Noir is a comprehensive guide that ranges from 1940 to present day neo-noir.It consists of a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, a filmography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on every aspect of film noir and neo-noir, including key films, personnel (actors, cinematographers, composers, directors, producers, set designers, and writers), themes, issues, influences, visual style, cycles of films (e.g. amnesiac noirs), the representation of the city and gender, other forms (comics/graphic novels, television, and videogames), and noir's presence in world cinema. It is an essential reference work for all those interested in this important cultural phenomenon.


nd videogames), and noir's presence in world cinema. It is an essential reference work for all those interested in this important cultural phenomenon.Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema: The Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema covers the production and exhibition of cinema in the Middle East and in communities whose heritage is from the region and whose films commonly reflect this background. It covers the cinemas of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. In addition, it includes the non-Arab states of Turkey and Iran, as well as the Jewish state of Israel. To a substantial degree, cinema has served to define the character of the peoples and nations of the Middle East. With that in mind, the content and arrangement of entries in this volume works to introduce and emphasize both the national and transnational character of Middle Eastern cinema, which includes not only its indigenous but its colonial aspects as well, both external and internal to the geographical regions themselves.


rn cinema, which includes not only its indigenous but its colonial aspects as well, both external and internal to the geographical regions themselves.rn cinema, which includes not only its indigenous but its colonial aspects as well, both external and internal to the geographical regions themselves.rn cinema, which includes not only its indigenous but its colonial aspects as well, both external and internal to the geographical regions themselves.This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on individual films, filmmakers, and actors. It also covers the range of cinematic modes, from documentary to fiction, representational to animation, generic to experimental, mainstream to avant-garde, and entertainment to propaganda.


odes, from documentary to fiction, representational to animation, generic to experimental, mainstream to avant-garde, and entertainment to propaganda.Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Cinema: The history of science fiction film now spans more than 100 years, during which time more than 1,000 science fiction films of various kinds have been made. Beginning with the work of pioneering French filmmaker Georges Méliès at the dawn of the 20th century and moving through such silent films as Fritz Lang's classic Metropolis, science fiction film has had a long and eventful history that has taken it in many directions but that has moved the genre inexorably forward into a prominent place at the center of the film industry in the works of big-budget hitmakers like George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Michael Bay. The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Cinema provides broad coverage of the people, films, companies, techniques, themes, and subgenres that have made science fiction cinema such a vital part of world cinema.


d coverage of the people, films, companies, techniques, themes, and subgenres that have made science fiction cinema such a vital part of world cinema.d coverage of the people, films, companies, techniques, themes, and subgenres that have made science fiction cinema such a vital part of world cinema.d coverage of the people, films, companies, techniques, themes, and subgenres that have made science fiction cinema such a vital part of world cinema.This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries. This volume is designed to be accessible and enlightening to fans of the genre who simply want to know more about the films they so enjoy.


ry entries. This volume is designed to be accessible and enlightening to fans of the genre who simply want to know more about the films they so enjoy.Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema: The Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema covers the long history of cinema in Portuguese-speaking Brazil and the nine Spanish-speaking countries. These films include Los tres berretines, Prisioneros de la tierra, La balandra Isabel lleg esta tarde, La hora de los hornos, El chacal de Nahueltoro, La teta asustada, Abrir puertas y ventanas, El secreto de sus ojos, and NO. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on directors, producers, performers, films, film studios and genres. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the South American Cinema.


studios and genres. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the South American Cinema.Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema: Spanish cinema is emerging as one of the most exciting, fascinating, and special cinemas in the world. Not only are others viewing Spanish films, but they are adopting Spanish producers and Spanish actors as their own. While Spanish cinema has been maturing for a long time and has been producing excellent directors, actors, and films for decades--including during the dark times of the Franco regime--only now is it winning numerous fans not only at home but also abroad. And with directors like Pedro Almodóvar, actors and actresses like Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, and films such as Abre los ojos and Alatriste to build upon, the outlook for Spanish Cinema appears brighter than ever.


vier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, and films such as Abre los ojos and Alatriste to build upon, the outlook for Spanish Cinema appears brighter than ever.vier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, and films such as Abre los ojos and Alatriste to build upon, the outlook for Spanish Cinema appears brighter than ever.vier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, and films such as Abre los ojos and Alatriste to build upon, the outlook for Spanish Cinema appears brighter than ever.The Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema provides a better understanding of the role Spanish cinema has played in film history through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on producers, directors, film companies, actors, and films.


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MUBI:
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Online Streaming Video Sources:
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Crackle: Crackle is a free to use video entertainment network featuring full-length movies, TV shows, and original programming. It is available on a wide variety of platforms including connected TVs, mobile devices, set-top boxes, video game consoles and online at Crackle.com.


It is available on a wide variety of platforms including connected TVs, mobile devices, set-top boxes, video game consoles and online at Crackle.com.Criterion Channel: Personal subscription required at $10.99/mo. Classics and discoveries from around the world, thematically programmed with special features, on a streaming service brought to you by the Criterion Collection. Constantly refreshed selections of Hollywood, international, art-house, and independent movies, plus access to Criterion’s entire streaming library of more than 1,000 important classic and contemporary films.


l, art-house, and independent movies, plus access to Criterion’s entire streaming library of more than 1,000 important classic and contemporary films.Electronic Arts Intermix Educational Streaming Videos: Electronic Arts Intermix's (EAI) Educational Streaming service provides full-length, streaming videos by artists. The artists represented range from influential figures in video art — such as Nam June Paik , Carolee Schneeman , Martha Rosler and Joan Jonas — to emerging multidisciplinary artists, including Paper Rad , Cory Arcangel and Takeshi Murata . The collection speaks to the rich history of single-channel video art, from artists' earliest analog video experiments of the 1960s to new digital media practices. The list of artists with streaming videos is here , and the whole EAI collection is described in the broader artists catalog which includes items that are not available remotely. Unfortunately, these films are not searchable in OneSearch.


ribed in the broader artists catalog which includes items that are not available remotely. Unfortunately, these films are not searchable in OneSearch.European Film Gateway: The European Film Gateway is a web portal offering access to film and film-related treasures collected and preserved by over 30 European film archives. It is a search engine which offers you centralised access to digital collections dispersed on different national websites.

Film Archives Online: Streaming Films: Film Archives Online provides free and easy access to moving image collections of film archives from all over Europe. Select films are available for online viewing.

The Living Room Candidate: Historical Presidential Campaign Commercials: The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2012 is an online exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image, presenting more than 300 television commercials from every election year since 1952, when the first campaign TV ads aired. The site includes a searchable database and features commentary, historical background, election results, and navigation organized by year, type of ad, and issue.


ludes a searchable database and features commentary, historical background, election results, and navigation organized by year, type of ad, and issue.MUBI: MUBI is a streaming service for film lovers. Students and faculty can sign up for a discounted account (use your CUNY email address). MUBI offers a rotating selection of streaming films, and a newly expanded library of on-demand films.

Netflix Documentaries: Some Netflix Original educational documentaries are available for one-time educational screenings. For details see: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/57695

OVID.tv: Monthly subscription required ($6.99/mo). OVID.tv is an initiative of Docuseek, LLC, which operates Docuseek, a streaming service for colleges and universities which was established in 2012, streaming a library of over 1600 titles.


LC, which operates Docuseek, a streaming service for colleges and universities which was established in 2012, streaming a library of over 1600 titles.Peacock: Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming service, includes TV shows, movies, news, sports, and original programming. Peacock's free tier, with about two-thirds of the catalog, is available to watch right away with advertising after you register an email and password. The paid ("premium") tier opens the full collection, and you can remove ads for an additional fee. Peacock offers a standard seven-day free trial for its premium tiers

Pluto TV: Free On-Demand Movies: Free streaming content, including thousands of on-demand movies and TV shows.

Popcornflix: Over 1,500 free movies including documentaries and foreign films.

Prelinger Archives: Prelinger Archives was founded in 1983 by Rick Prelinger in New York City. Over the next twenty years, it grew into a collection of over 60,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films. In 2002, the film collection was acquired by the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.


l, and amateur) films. In 2002, the film collection was acquired by the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.Projectr via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! Projectr is a platform for streaming independent films.  In partnership with public libraries and educational institutions across North America, Projectr presents an ever-expanding collection of acclaimed movies, archival restorations, award-winning documentaries and artist-made works from around the world.

Reelgood: An online service that locates films across streaming services. Browse free movies and build watchlists across services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and more.

Selections from the National Film Registry: Selections from the National Film Registry, freely available as both 5 mb MP4 and ProRes 422 MOV downloads. Selections from the National Film Registry is a project of the Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center.

Ubuweb: Free access to thousands of avant-garde films and videos for your viewing pleasure.


ry of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center.

Ubuweb: Free access to thousands of avant-garde films and videos for your viewing pleasure.Vudu: Offers thousands of free movies, in up to 1080p, with limited ads.

Yidio: An online database that locates the availability of films across streaming services. Enter a film title and compare pricing and availability across services like Netflix, Hulu, Crackle, Amazon Prime, Google play, iTunes, and YouTube VOD.


Films available at CUNY libraries:
Criterion DVDs at the GC: Use these advanced search settings to locate audiovisual resources from the Criterion Collection at the Graduate Center. May be restricted to onsite access.


Film Catalogs:
AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Includes entries on nearly 60,000 American feature-length films and 17,000 short films produced from 1893-2011. It also includes AFI AWARDS honorees from 2000 through 2014. Detailed information on cast, crew, plot summaries, subjects, genres and historical notes are included for each film.

Amateur Movie Database: The Amateur Movie Database was developed to learn more about the world of amateur cinema. It assembles information about amateur films, filmmakers and clubs to help: researchers find out more about amateur movies; archivists to identify and contextualize amateur films; all interested parties to learn more about this alternative world of filmmaking. Films included in the database are winners of amateur movie contests or works that have been identified as significant by archives and historians.


Film and Television Archives in New York City:
Anthology Film Archives: Anthology holds invaluable collections of avant-garde films and videos, housing, protecting, and preserving works on 35mm, 16mm, and Regular- and Super-8mm film, and on various video formats, as well as film stills and audio recordings.

MoMA Film Study Center: The Celeste Bartos International Film Study Center offers screening facilities for viewing films from the Museum’s collection; a large selection of screenplays and dialogue continuities; extensive files of reviews, articles, and program notes; reference books; special collections; film indexes; and current periodicals.


ue continuities; extensive files of reviews, articles, and program notes; reference books; special collections; film indexes; and current periodicals.Moving Image and Recorded Sound Archive (NYPL Schomburg): The Moving Image and Recorded Sound (MIRS) Division documents the experiences of peoples of African descent, as they have been captured via audiovisual technology. The MIRS Division collections encompass a variety of formats including motion picture film (released prints and outtakes), video recordings, and music, and spoken arts recordings in several formats.

Museum of the Moving Image: Museum of the Moving Image houses artifacts from every stage of producing, promoting, and exhibiting motion pictures, television, and digital media—more than 130,000 objects in all. Holdings include licensed merchandise, technical apparatus, still photographs, production design materials, costumes, fan magazines, publicity materials, and video and computer games.


dise, technical apparatus, still photographs, production design materials, costumes, fan magazines, publicity materials, and video and computer games.NYPL Reserve Film and Video Collection: The Reserve Film and Video Collection includes more than 6,000 16mm films, 5,000 VHS videocassettes, and 2,000 DVDs. The New York Public Library began acquiring films in 1952, and established a film department at the Donnell Library in 1958. The library began adding videos to the collection in the 1970s. Since the collection's inception, its primary focus has been independently produced works. Careful selection practices have resulted in a collection that is impressive for its scope and depth and its overall high quality. The collection's holdings provide a very broad spectrum of both subject matter and filmmaking styles and genres. It is unique among American public libraries, and is comparable to archives held within major American museums and universities.


ng styles and genres. It is unique among American public libraries, and is comparable to archives held within major American museums and universities.ng styles and genres. It is unique among American public libraries, and is comparable to archives held within major American museums and universities.ng styles and genres. It is unique among American public libraries, and is comparable to archives held within major American museums and universities.Particular strengths of the collection are its political, social, and cultural documentaries; experimental films; video art; animation; short fictional works; and films and videos created by and for children and young adults.


Film and Television Archives in the Northeast U.S.:
Goethe Institut: Contains a comprehensive survey of German film history, from expressionist films to the most recent features of contemporary German cinema.

From the archive: "In the online catalogue, you will find a short synopsis as well as information on the stylistic and historical context of the films. These texts are written by renowned film critics and can be used for program announcements free of charge. All texts are available in German, English and Spanish."


Film History:
Amateur Movie Database: The Amateur Movie Database was developed to learn more about the world of amateur cinema. It assembles information about amateur films, filmmakers and clubs to help: researchers find out more about amateur movies; archivists to identify and contextualize amateur films; all interested parties to learn more about this alternative world of filmmaking. Films included in the database are winners of amateur movie contests or works that have been identified as significant by archives and historians.

Black Film Archive: Updated weekly, the Black Film Archive showcases Black films made from 1915 to 1979 that are currently streaming.

Cine Silent Mexicano: In Spanish. Collection of archival resources, bibliographies, photographs and links related to Mexican silent film, with a special emphasis on those made in Toluca.


llection of archival resources, bibliographies, photographs and links related to Mexican silent film, with a special emphasis on those made in Toluca.Early African American Film: Reconstructing the History of Silent Race Films, 1909–1930: Contains information on films, actors, production companies, and other aspects of early silent-era African American race films. Includes a database, data tutorials, links to external sources, and a full bibliography.

LUCERNA: The Magic Lantern Web Resource: "LUCERNA is an online resource on the magic lantern, an early slide projector invented in the 17th century. LUCERNA includes details of slide sets, slide images, readings and other texts related to slide sets, lantern hardware, people and organisations involved in lantern history, and much more."

Media Ecology Project: "The Media Ecology Project (MEP) is a digital lab at Dartmouth College directed by Prof. Mark Williams that enables researcher access to archival moving image collections and contribution of critical analysis back to the archival and research communities."


t enables researcher access to archival moving image collections and contribution of critical analysis back to the archival and research communities."Media History Digital Library: The Media History Digital Library is a non-profit initiative, led by Eric Hoyt at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, dedicated to digitizing historic books and magazines about film, broadcasting, and recorded sound for broad public access.

Timeline of Historical Film Colors: "This database was created in 2012 and has been developed and curated by Barbara Flueckiger, professor at the Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich to provide comprehensive information about historical film color processes invented since the end of the 19th century including specific still photography color technologies that were their conceptual predecessors."

Women Film Pioneers Project: Jane Gaines, Radha Vatsal, and Monica Dall’Asta, eds. Women Film Pioneers Project. New York, NY: Columbia University Libraries.


Experimental:
Little Movies by Lev Manovich (1994): "'Little Movies' is a lyrical and theoretical project about the aesthetics of digital cinema, and a eulogy to its earliest form--QuickTime. The project began in 1994 when the World Wide Web was just beginning to gain mass exposure. Manovich's intention was to create cinema for the Web, employing the network limitations as a new aesthetic."

Volumetric Cinema, Kevin Ferguson (2015): "'Volumetric Cinema' demonstrates the possibilities for 'looking at film sideways,' taking the film scene as an object not just of two spatial dimensions rushing past in time, but as a spatiotemporal cube that can be manipulated, offering new methods of investigation into our understanding of moving image techniques such as editing, camera movement, and blocking."


The Elusive Dissertation:
There is no single source for a comprehensive dissertation search. WorldCat and ProQuest Digital Dissertations and Theses Full Text include most American dissertations. Dissertations @ The Center for Research Libraries lends non-American dissertations to member borrowers. Library catalogs and specialized repositories contain other titles. Request any dissertation through Interlibrary Loan . Though not every title is available through ILL, it is worth a try.


Dissertations at the Graduate Center:
Graduate Center dissertations from 1988 to the present are available for browsing in the Dissertation Reading Room on the first floor of the library. If you do not know the year of a dissertation, check the author or title in the CUNY Catalog or in Digital Dissertations . For more information about submitting your own thesis or dissertation, see the Dissertations & Theses guide.


Dissertation Databases & Repositories:
For more information on depositing dissertations and theses, see the Dissertations & Theses guide.

CUNY Dissertations in Academic Works, 2014-present: As of 2014, all Graduate Center dissertations and master's theses appear in the Graduate Center's institutional repository, Academic Works. Many dissertations/theses are open access in Academic Works, but some are embargoed and will not become available until a future date. Pre-2014 dissertations currently are in the process of being added to Academic Works. Unless requested otherwise by the author, these pre-2014 works are accessible only to the CUNY community.


he process of being added to Academic Works. Unless requested otherwise by the author, these pre-2014 works are accessible only to the CUNY community.Dissertations & Theses Global: Indexes two-million dissertations from over one-thousand institutions, with citations from 1861-1980 and abstracts from 1980 to present. Includes the full text of most post-1996 CUNY dissertations and many post-1996 dissertations from other institutions, as well as thousands of earlier ones. To limit your search to CUNY dissertations, include 0046 in your search statement, selecting the school name/code search field. Non-U.S.dissertations can be searched in the Center for Research Libraries' catalog.

Dissertations & Theses @ City University of New York Graduate Center: CUNY dissertations dating back to 1965. Full text available except for embargoed works.

Networked Digital LIbrary of Theses and Dissertations: NDLTD finds additional electronic works produced outside North America.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations: Metadata from over 600 institutions, indexes over 1.5 million theses and dissertations.


outside North America.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations: Metadata from over 600 institutions, indexes over 1.5 million theses and dissertations.Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online Catalog: The Center for Research Libraries provides a shared collection of five million books, journals, documents and newspapers to supplement member libraries’ holdings in the humanities, science, and social sciences. With a strategic emphasis on expanding electronic access to international primary source collections, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:


ons, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:The largest circulating collection of newspapers in North America – more than 16,000 newspaper titles from all world regions and from every U.S. state – mainstream dailies, underground and alternative press titles, rare publications from international conflict zones, U.S. ethnic titles, early African-American newspapers, and radio broadcast reports and transcripts Foreign journals rarely held in U.S. libraries, with a focus on science and technology Access to rich holdings in science, technology, and engineering print serials through a partnership with the Linda Hall Library More than 800,000 non U.S. dissertations Area Studies: major collections of news, government documents, and archives from Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Southeast and South Asia Millions of pages of primary source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.


ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.and international legal and government resources


Citation Guides:
APA Style Guide: From Purdue OWL (online writing lab). Full APA guide not available online but this site answers basic questions.

Chicago Manual of Style Online: Full text of the 17th and 18th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style, including quick guide, questions and answers, and additional tools.

MLA Style FAQ: MLA does not make its complete style guide available to institutions, but this brief guide is useful.

MLA Style Guide: From Purdue OWL. Full MLA guide not available online but this site answers basic questions.


Citation Managers:
Citation managers allow you to save and organize references and citations you gather during research. You can import citations from databases such as Academic Search Complete or JSTOR or manually enter citations. You can attach PDFs and images to the citations as well. The citation managers also generate bibliographies and footnotes. There are two main citation managers supported by the Graduate Center: RefWorks, and Zotero. Links and descriptions are below. If you want to have an introduction to any or all of the citation managers, make an appointment with your librarian .

Zotero: Saves and helps you to organize citations to articles, books, webpages, and more. Works with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.

Zotero Help: Short video tutorials and a user guide


ri. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.

Zotero Help: Short video tutorials and a user guideRefworks: Online citation management licensed for all CUNY campuses. Generate footnotes and bibliography in any writing style; organize citations and notes in your private library. 25 MB limit on individual file size; 5 GB individual account limit. Group Code: RWGradC There is a new interface available for RefWorks; see the library guide Citation Managers & Style Guides for more information.


Some Easy to Access Data Sets:
American Community Survey Data Census Google Data Search HathiTrust Digital Library NHGIS NYC Open Data


Subject Specific Resources:
CoreData by NYU Furman Center: Housing planning and demographic data

MAS NYC: Projects’ maps 421-a locations

NYCityMap: City agencies geographic data portal

NY State Open Book Search: Search Millions of State and Local Government Financial Records

OASIS NYC: Environmental/parks/open space data and much more

ZOLA (Zoning and Land Use Application): Zoning designations boundaries and land use data