Southeastern Louisiana University

Film Reviews Subject Guide

Encyclopedias

The Film Encyclopedia
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1993.45 .K34
Film Noir: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference to Movies, Terms, and Persons
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1995.9 .F54 S74
Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style
--4th Floor Book Stacks-- PN 1995.9 .F54
Magill's Survey of Cinema, English Language Films: First Series
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1995 .M32 (4 vol.)
Magill's Survey of Cinema, English Language Films: Second Series
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1995 .M32 (6 vol.)
Magill's Survey of Cinema, Foreign Language Films
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1995.9 .F67 M34 1985 (8 vol.)
Magill's Survey of Cinema, Silent Films
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1995 .M33 (3 vol.)
The Oxford History of World Cinema
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1993.5 .A1 O96

Dictionaries

Cinema: A Critical Dictionary: The Major Film-Makers
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1993.45 .C5 (2 vol.)
The Complete Film Dictionary
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1993.45 .K66
The Film Studies Dictionary
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1993.45 .B49
The International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1997.8 .I58
The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry
--Reference Stacks-- PN 993.5 .U6 S539
Oxford Companion to Film
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1993.45 .B3

Guides

International Motion Picture Almanac
--Reference Stacks and 4th Floor Stacks-- PN 1993.3 .I55
The Motion Picture Guide
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1995 .N346
The Movie List Book: A Reference Guide to Film Themes, Settings, and Series
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1997.8 .A76
Oxford Guide to Film Studies
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1995 .O93
Variety's Film Reviews
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1993 .V36 (24 vol.)
VideoHound's DVD Guide
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1998 .V54
VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1992.95 .V554

Directories

Bowker's Complete Video Directory
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1992.95 .V29

Biographies

Reel Portrayals: The Lives of 640 Historical Persons on Film, 1929 through 2001
--4th Floor Stacks-- PN 1995.9 .B55 S74

Indexes and Databases

Academic Search Premier-- Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of articles published in scholarly publications from many disciplines.

AHSearch-- Indexes articles in arts and humanities journals and in selected social science and science journals.

Art Abstracts-- Indexes, abstracts and provides some full-text articles from international art, advertising, archaeology, folk art, graphics art, video, film, architecture, and art history periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins.

Film Review Annual
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1995 .F463
Compiles full-text reviews of the current year's films.

Film Review Index
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1995 .M9 F513 (2 vol.)
Indexes film reviews from 1882-1985.

International Film Index, 1895-1990
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1998 .I52 1991 (2 vol.)
Indexes film reviews from 1895-1990 including feature films, art films, alternative cinema, and documentaries.

LEXIS®-NEXIS® Academic-- Provides full-text of: U.S. and international newspapers; business, industry and market news; accounting literature; company financial reports and profiles; legal news and reviews; state and federal case law; state, U.S., Canadian, Commonwealth and E.U. codes and regulations; patents; medical news and journals; state and country profiles; biographies and quotations; polls and surveys and a world almanac.

Literature Resource Center-- Provides full-text of biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of the work of more than 90,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
--Ready Reference-- AI 3 .R48

Internet Sites

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- Official website of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Provides information on Academy Awards and events.

American Film Institute Online -- Is the premier resource for American film and television.

Box Office Guru -- Provides links to a film database, release schedules, and top-grossing motion pictures, and worldwide box office grosses.

Cannes -- Official website of the Cannes Film Festival.

Hollywood.com -- Your entertainment source for the latest movie reviews.

Internet Movie Database -- Includes the latest motion picture and independent film reviews.

National Film Preservation Board -- Provides information on preservation research, the National Film Preservation Foundation, and the National Film Registry.

The Movie Times -- Includes information on celebrities, movie reviews, and box office sales.

Movie Reviews by Edwin Jahiel -- This page, maintained by Edwin Jahiel, Professor of French, Comparative Literature, and Cinema Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, provides access news reviews, recent reviews, retrospectives, and an alphabetical list of film reviews.

Oscar.com -- Includes the latest information on Academy Award nominees, Oscar night, and the Kodak Theatre.

Rotten Tomatoes -- Includes movie reviews, previews, and box office statistics.

Sundance -- Official website of the Sundance Institute and Film Festival, a forum for independent film makers.