A Centennial Salute to Cinema - From an exhibition produced by the Photographic History Collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
ABC News: Entertainment - Entertainment portal with news and resources on movies, TV, games, music, and celebrities.
Ain't It Cool News - News coverage of the film industry: scripts, casting, pre-production, production, post-production, test screenings, marketing, and the release of the films.
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) - The trade association responsible for negotiating virtually all the industry-wide guild and union contracts, including the American Federation of Musicians (AFM); American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA); Directors Guild of America (DGA); International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE); International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW); Laborers Local 724; Screen Actors Guild (SAG); Teamsters Local 399, and Writers Guild of America (WGA).
American Film Institute (AFI) - Independent, non-profit organization dedicated to: preserving the heritage of film and television, identifying and training new talent, and increasing recognition and understanding of the moving image as an art form.
American Film Institute (AFI) - A national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media.
Anamorphic DVD - Explanation of anamorphic 16:9 widescreen enhancement in DVDs.
Animation Industry Database (AIDB) - Resource for the professional animation, visual effects and gaming-related communities. Use the database and free downloadable directories to find animation, visual effects and related companies located throughout the world. Choose from almost 5,000 companies and schools in over 100 categories ranging from animation production to distribution, from advertising agencies to trade commissions. Use the AIDB as a buyer's guide, a way to find clients, get work and obtain the products and services you need.
Asian American Film - Iinformation on Asian American film and Asian American filmmakers: screenings, news, features, reviews, message boards, and an Asian American film database.
AssistantDirectors.com - Information for production companies and independent contractors, equipment vendors, industry news, and extensive links.
Barbicon: Film - London's multi-arts and conference venue. Barbican Screen, with two cinemas in the Centre, offers the very best independent, art-house and blockbuster film releases.
BBC: Film - Film reviews, DVDs, star interviews, articles by experts, and special features.
BigScreenBiz - Motion picture film industry business to business site for people who create, run, and show movies with services, discussion forums, auctions, news and information for exhibition, filmmakers, distribution, movie theaters, concession, and manufacturers.
Box Office Guru - Extensive box office information on domestic and international films, release schedules, weekend grosses, monthly data, all-time blockbusters and more.
Box Office Mojo - Provides accurate, comprehensive and timely box office data and analysis. In addition to reporting film grosses, the site's content includes stories, profiles, commentary, reviews, release schedules, reader forums, polls and more.
British Films Directory - Contains the listings for many new British feature films and a selection of shorts either in production or on release. Each entry has a brief synopsis, a photo and information on sales agent, production company, cast and crew.
And each year, British Council Film chooses a selection of films from the Films Directory to form the Britfilms Catalogue.
The catalogue is compiled as a printable PDF and intended as a reference tool particularly to assist Festival programmers and film buyers, as well as other filmmakers, students, statisticians and film historians.
British Film Institute (BFI) - UK's national body for film television and the moving image, comprising collections and archives, cinema exhibition and education. Also see:
BFI National Library - Access to a major national research collection of documentation and information on film and television.
Downloadable Resources - Free to download publications produced by the BFI to help you research all aspects of film and television.
Features - In-depth features and resources: filmmakers, actors and other personalities in the film industry; subjects and genres in film and television; and charts and polls on film and television.
Film & TV Database - Search through information on over 800,000 film and television titles, 1.2m people and over 200,000 organisations - as well as festivals, awards and other events - from all over the world, dating from the beginning of film production.
Researchers' Guide - A one-stop-shop of resources and information to guide your research and help answer your queries. Including a directory of key contacts, a guide to useful web sources, a searchable registry of moving image researchers active in the UK and more.
Britmovie - An archive of British film directors, actors, film reviews and links.
California Film Commission -
Your one-stop office for permitting, location assistance, and filming resources throughout California.
California has a network of over 50 Regional Film Offices across the state to provide localized support, detailed location information and facilitate the permit process.
The California Film Commission offers free on-line permitting for all state property including state parks and beaches, freeways, roads, and government buildings.
Canadian Feature Film Database - Compiles the principal credits of every Canadian feature film from 1913 to 2009. Establishes a list of Canadian feature films from published information up to 2009. Features over 4,300 films.
Addition of post-2009 films is planned for a future iteration of the database.
Canadian Film Encyclopedia (CFE) - CFE includes over 750 film title, biographical and subject entries, covering some of Canada's foremost historical and modern films and filmmakers. The film title entries include plot summaries, commentary and credits, and the biographical entries have a comprehensive list of film and video works indicating the person's key creative roles.
CAV Distribution and Replication - Optical disc manufacturing. Offers all aspects of DVD and CD replication, duplication, and distribution. Retail partners include Walmart, Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's Electronics and Tower Records.
Celluloid Monkeys - Quality services and information for authors and screenwriters, including professional screenplay coverage, screenplay and book analysis, spec scripts, database of 3,500 produced screenplays. Information on contests, agents, producers, interviews, and search engine directory for entertainment-related sites and businesses around the world.
CineFiles - A database of reviews, press kits, festival and showcase program notes, newspaper articles, and other documents from the Pacific Film Archive Library's collection, University of California, Berkeley.
Cinema: How Are Hollywood Films Made? - This Annenberg/CPB funded exhibit provides an overview of Hollywood screenwriting, directing, producing, acting, and editing.
Cinima Minima - A news service for movie makers. Its daily news digest covers movie making, digital tools, editing, intellectual property rights, story, sound, acting, and distribution, including film festivals.
Cinema Sites - Extensive film resources directory: reviews, previews, production studios, fan pages, film and TV news and zines, media contact listings, guilds, associations, and organizations, festivals, scripts, trade shows, and more.
Cinema Treasures - Devoted to movie theater preservation and awareness. Utilizing the community-building capabilities of the Internet, Cinema Treasures unites movie theater owners and enthusiasts in a common cause—to save the last remaining movie palaces across the country.
Cinemacom - Dedicated to providing a lasting resource for the best in films and movie poster art. They sell DVDs of good films not commercially available on DVD to help support the site. A great location for doing film research - includes essays, displays 1,200+ movie posters and lists over 3,000 worthy films.
Cinemascout - On-line database featuring California locations available for filming.
CinemaSpot.com - Film information portal, including reviews, showtimes, video release dates, award-winners, trivia, history, quotes, celebrity gossip, industry resources and more.
Classic Film and Television -
An educational site by Mike Gost containing reviews and articles about films and television, and articles on their writers, directors and photographers.
Complex Corporation - Henry S. Rosenthal's Complex Corporation, founded in 1988, is the most prolific production company for independent filmmakers in Northern California. In the past 6 years alone, Rosenthal has offered his production/consultation services to over 4,000 features, shorts, documentaries, industrials, music videos, commercials, and educational films and videos. He has also taught classes and lectured in producing independent films at San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley Extension, the California College of Arts and Crafts, De Anza College, City College, Academy of Art College, Film Arts Foundation, and the San Francisco Art Institute. Rosenthal advocates independent filmmakers through his role as Chairman of the Board at the San Francisco Film Arts Foundation and through his consulting practice.
Creative Industry Handbooks - Full color professional reference guides for the film, video and broadcast industry.
Crime Films - Focuses on the most discussed forms of crime film - gangster films, classic film noir, neo-noir - plus 'the best of the rest' (heist films, police procedurals, cop buddy films, etc.). The site also takes in parodies, TV series, and video games.
Cult Sirens - The wonderful world of classic fantasy actresses, from Ursula Andress to Edwige Fenech, from Tanya Roberts to Laura Gemser.
DEFA Film Library at University of Massachusetts Amherst - The only archive and study center outside Europe devoted to the study of a broad spectrum of filmmaking by East German filmmakers or related to East Germany from 1946 to the present.
Digital Hollywood - Trade conferences and events for artists, professionals and top executives.
DocuSeek - A searchable database for documentary, social issue, and educational videos which allows users to search for videos by grade level, length, filmmaker, and other specific characteristics. Search results include complete title information, a detailed description, reviews and awards, plus links to the distributors.
Dr. Macro's High Quality Movie Scans - High quality images of famous screen stars, mostly from the 1940's and earlier: 8 x 10 glossy movie stills and publicity photos presented for your viewing and downloading pleasure - all free.
Drive-ins.com - Definitive resource for drive-in movie information, providing research, survey data, press archives and related resources to drive-in enthusiasts, owners and entrepreneurs around the world.
Eccentric Cinema - Entertaining reviews of cult films on DVD. Action, fantasy, horror, science fiction, exploitation and martial arts genres. Free audio and video downloads, including MP3s. From schlock to the sublime, explore the weird, wild world that awaits you at Eccentric Cinema.
Eddie Muller: Noir City - Eddie Muller's recent works, both fiction and non-fiction, have earned him a couple of catchy nicknames: "The Mayor of Dark City" and "The Czar of Noir" - as well as two Edgar Award nominations from the Mystery Writers of America. He is also the programmer and host of the popular Festival of Film Noir at Hollywood's legendary Egyptian Theater, as well as the recently inaugurated San Francisco Film Noir Festival.
eveo - Personal, engaging, short videos from independent filmmakers all over the world.
Film.com - Film news, reviews, and interviews, trialers or search for online audio and video.
Film Genre - From Wikipedia: In film theory, genre refers to the primary method of film categorization. A "genre" generally refers to films that share similarities in the narrative elements from which they are constructed. Three main types are often used to categorize film genres; setting, mood, and format:
Setting
Crime - Places its character within realm of criminal activity, or within organizations attempting to prevent said activity (or sometimes both).
Thriller - Intended to provoke excitement and/or nervous tension into audience.
Format
Animation - The rapid display of a sequence of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement.
Biography - Also known as "biopic", a format that tells the story of an historic figure or an inspirational story about real people. This genre is arguably the most controversial, because the majority of biopics show fictionalized events.
Musical - Songs are sung by the characters and interwoven into the narrative.
Short Subject - May strive to contain many of the elements of a "full-length" feature, in a shorter time-frame.
Film Industry Links - Unions and professional organizations, film festivals, institutes and archives, studios and networks, film departments, theatre departments, writers, and related links.
Film Journal International - A trade publication covering the motion picture industry, including theatrical exhibition, production, distribution, and allied activities. Though not specifically geared to the consumer (with an emphasis on the business of showing films - projectors, sound systems and popcorn machines, for example) the publication nonetheless offers much value for film lovers: articles on major and independent films and companies, advance reviews of virtually every movie that will hit the big screen, film business news and analysis, and charts of upcoming films. The site includes reviews, guides, features, and industry news. Blog, Features, Film Makers, Film Co. News, Reel News, Reviews, and the following film guides:
Blue Sheets - A listing of forthcoming features, covering new projects announced in the past several months, plus films that have undergone major personnel or title changes. Data includes distributor or production company (listed in parentheses), cast, production credits and synopsis. Release dates, when known, are listed after the RD. Projects still in development are signified by ID.
Distribution Guide - Ready reference information on the who, what, where and how of theatrical sales. It lists in comprehensive detail the names, addresses, personnel, telephone numbers and product of domestic and international distributors, both major and independent, along with similar information on regional exchanges and exchanges and subdistributors, together with national companies they handle.
Equipment Guide - Provides ready reference information on the theatrical equipment and concessions industry. It lists in comprehensive detail the company names, addresses, telephone numbers, personnel, affiliations and product of equipment and concession manufacturers and service companies, along with similar information on U.S. and foreign dealers and suppliers, arranged in alphabetical order according to state or country.
Exhibition Guide - An alphabetical listing designed to provide ready reference information on the leading theatrical motion picture circuits. It lists in comprehensive detail such data as company names, addresses and phone numbers, total screens and new screens projected, division office locations, top personnel, recent circuit acquisitions, and a state-by-state breakdown of screens.
Film Reference - Actors, directors, film criticism, writers, production artists, movie reviews.
Film Reference Library (FRL) - Maintains the world's largest resource of English-language Canadian film and film-related materials as well as a wide range of local, national and international film resources. Toronto, Canada.
Film Society of Lincoln Center - Founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international cinema, to recognize and support new filmmakers, and to enhance awareness, accessibility and understanding of the art among a broad and diverse film going audience. Presents a 363-day season that includes premieres of new films from an international roster of established and emerging directors; major retrospectives; in-depth symposia and high profile events.
Film Sound History - A timeline of film sound history from the pre-1920's thru the 1990s.
Film Underground - Provides practical and relevant articles on moviemaking, with an emphasis on the creative aspects of story-telling.
Film-Philosophy Internet Salon - Journal and discussion forum promoting a philosophical review of cinema plus a regular selection of new writings and other links from around the web.
Film-Releases.com - News and information about upcoming domestic and international movie releases.
Filmbug - Thousands of pages about actors, directors, screenwriters and other celebrities with biographies, forums, images and movie facts.
FilmMaker - A leading trade magazine covering the world of independent film. Web site includes features articles, resources for filmmakers, and extensive links.
Films de France - Dedicated to France's rich legacy of film.
Films of Fritz Lang - Overview and links to further resources by Mike Grost.
FilmSchools.com - Find and compare film schools, film degree programs, and workshops in the United States and abroad. Also see film career guides to help start or advance your career as a director, producer, editor, or writer.
Filmsite.org (aka "Greatest Films) - An award-winning, unique resource since 1996 for classic film buffs and all who are interested in films. Includes interpretive and detailed plot synopses, review commentary, an unparalleled wealth of film reference material, and historical background and descriptions for hundreds of classic Hollywood/American and other English-language films in the last century.
FilmSound.org - Dedicated to the art and analyses of film sound design and film sound theory. Also see Film Sound History page, a bibliography of film sound history refernces and online articles.
FilmStew.com - Business-to-business portal consolidating products, services, and talent resources required by the international film and television production industry. Also, news, reviews, photos, feature articles, box office returns and more.
Focus - The specialty films unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Vivendi Universal Entertainment.
Focus on Animation - Maintained by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
Footage.net - Stock footage resource for news, creative, archival, and RF.
Fritz Lang: Master of Darkness - The bfi presents a range of events and activities devoted to Fritz Lang, including a comprehensive retrospective of thematically grouped titles at the National Film Theatre, releases from bfi Collections, books from bfi Publishing, new writing in Sight and Sound, and educational events and activities.
George Eastmann House - An independent nonprofit museum and educational institution that tells the story of photography and motion pictures. Collects and preserves objects that are of significance to photography, motion pictures, and the life of George Eastman.
Glass Bead Collective -
Based in New York City. Brings together individuals from diverse academic and professional backgrounds including video art, film, theater, architecture, photography, music, mathematics, fine arts and philosophy to create works which re-contextualize culture and the world in which we find ourselves today.
Go For Locations - Provides services to location managers and to the greater film industry.
Greatest Films - Interpretive, descriptive review commentary and historical background, a wealth of film reference material (including a complete Academy Awards History and Film History by Decade), and hundreds of colorful, vintage film poster reproductions for some of the best Hollywood and American classic films in the last century.
Guerrilla Filmmaking 101 - A series of how-to articles for the filmmaker without studio backing from filmmakers that have done it.
Harold Lloyd.com - From the Harold Lloyd Trust and Harold Lloyd Entertainment, Inc.
Harvard Film Archive - Provides the faculty and students of Harvard University and the greater scholarly community with academic research services and a public film program that offers audiences the opportunity to view international and independent films and to interact with filmmakers and artists.
Hollywood.com - A leading movie-related site on the Internet, featuring over one million pages of in-depth movie information, including movie descriptions and reviews, showtime listings, entertainment news, and an extensive multimedia library.
Hollywood Network - Extensive network of industry information, resources, and services, including registration of actors, writers, screenwriters, musicians and composers, and producers.
IFP - Dedicated to providing resources, information and avenues of communication for its members: independent filmmakers, industry professionals and independent film enthusiasts.
IMAX - One of the world's leading entertainment technology companies, with particular emphasis on film and digital imaging technologies including 3D, post-production and digital projection. The IMAX Theatre Network consists of more than 220 IMAX affiliated theatres in 30 countries.
Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA) - IFTA's membership includes 160 companies from 22 countries, spanning production, distribution and financing of independent film and television programming. Collectively, its members produce more than 400 independent films and countless hours of television programming each year and generate more than $4 billion in distribution revenues annually.
Independent Lens: Community Cinema - A free monthly screening series, Community Cinema features films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. In over 50 cities nationwide, screenings are followed by lively panel discussions that bring together citizens, organizations and public television stations to encourage dialogue and action around important and timely social issues. Last season, over 30,000 people attended 400 events nationwide.
Independent Television Service (ITVS) - Funds, presents, and promotes award-winning documentaries and dramas on public television and cable, innovative new media projects on the Web, and the Emmy Award-winning weekly series Independent Lens Thursday nights at 10:00 PM on PBS.
IndieClub.com - Networking site for those interested in the acting, directing, producing, writing, lighting or other skills associated with making film or video.
IndieFlix - Provides a forum for filmmakers and their audience to interact.
IndieNetwork.com - Independent film making news, chat, and information.
Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - Exceptional catalog of information on 200,000+ movie and TV titles, 400,000+ actors and actresses, nearly 40,000 directors and hundreds of thousands of other people who help make magic on the big and small screens.
IMDb: Photo Galleries - IMDb has over 20,000 photos of your favorite stars, singers, and directors - shots from premieres, award ceremonies, movie stills. Plus there are headshots to the main listings of over 1000 celebrities with thousands more to be added.
Interview: Alfred Hitcock and François Truffaut - In the fall of 1962, François Truffaut carried out extensive interviews with Alfred Hitchcock at his offices at Universal Studios. The interviews were recorded to audio tape and the content eventually edited down into the "Hitchcock/Truffaut" book. Nearly 12 hours of the interviews were broadcast on French radio as a 25 part series. Each episode runs for just over 25 minutes.
Inside the Actors Studio - James Lipton has interviewed more than 80 of contemporary film and theater's most noteworthy contributors.
Jeeem's CinePad - A film critic's personal site, for serious movie lovers who want to get more out of movies.
John Cohen Works - Although he is best known as a musician, Cohen's photographs and films have been recognized by museums, galleries and at film festivals worldwide. From the late 1950s on, he was involved with the emerging Art world in New York City, and photographed Robert Frank's production of the film Pull My Daisy about the beat generation- including Jack Kerouac and Alan Ginsberg. He also documented the emergence of Pop Art, and the Cedar Bar, homeplace of the Abstract Expressionist painters. He was part of the music scene from which Bob Dylan emerged in Greenwich Village during the 1960's. After 1960, the major focuses of his work include Old Time Music (from the Appalachians) and Peruvian projects. He has filmed, photographed and recorded Andean music in Peru, and made an early study and collection of contemporary Andean textiles.
John Sayles.com - Articles, interviews, reviews, and other information about flm director John Sayles and his work.
Kinema Club - Devoted to the study of Japanese moving image media.
LA 411 - Provides the entertainment industry with trustworthy production resources for film, TV, commercials, video and music video production.
LAFCO - A collective of multi-talented individuals producing cutting edge work in film and music. The LAFCO Bus is a fully self sufficient, solar powered, hi-tech video and music production studio on wheels.
Lee Strasberg - Official site of the legendary actor and director.
Letterbox/Widescreen Advocacy Page - A comprehensive guide to the widescreen experience with evaluations of the widescreen release patterns of the studios, widescreen/letterbox links, widescreen-supporting video stores, and, of course, a directory of widescreen releases.
Los Angeles Film School - An entertainment media school located in the heart of Hollywood offering degrees in Film, Computer Animation and Game Production, with hands-on training taught by industry professionals.
Louise Brooks Society - Dedicated to the life & times of the silent film star Louise Brooks (1906 - 1985). These pages contain an on-line archive of articles, interviews and ephemera (including vintage material), a portrait gallery, filmography, commentary, bibliographies, links, and contributions from fans around the world.
LUMIERE - Database on admissions of films released in European cinemas since 1996.
Mandy's Film and TV Directory - An internet reference book of professional service-providers in the film and television industry.
Media Resources Center (MRC) (University of California, Berkeley) - The MRC permanent collection comprises materials in a wide range of subject fields, with emphasis on titles which have broad interdisciplinary interest. The collection includes dramatic performances; literary adaptations; speeches; lectures and events; primary source recordings, such as historic TV commercials and newsreels; and documentaries, including one of the strongest collections of works by independent film and video makers in the U.S. MRC is in the process of developing a digital library of audiorecordings of UCB lectures and events, as well as an archive of significant historical recordings. MRC is also experimenting with adding digital video clips to its catalog of holdings. Both audio and video recordings are available to UCB and other users who have the appropriate players and plug-ins on their computers.
Media Resources Center (MRC) - The UC Berkeley Library's primary collection of materials in electronic non-print (audio and visual) formats. These formats include: videocassettes, DVDs (Digital Versatile Discs), and laser discs; compact audio discs; audiocassettes; slides; and interactive multimedia materials.
Metacafe - As a leading independent online video site, Metacafe makes it easy to find videos from your favorite content creators - and we help you discover new ones.
Midnight Eye - Japanese cinema: interviews, features, film reviews and book reviews.
Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) - Serves as leader and advocate for major producers and distributors of entertainment programming for television, cable, home video and future delivery systems not yet imagined. Also, visit the MPAA Film Ratings page for movie rating information.
Motion Graphics - Students in Parsons' Design and Technology bachelor's degree program use computer vision, pattern recognition, and computational algorithms to produce innovative and contemporary end results. Much of their work is dynamic, controlled by sensors and triggers, and driven by data. Students employ software packages like After Effects, Maya, Vizrt, OpenFrameworks, Kinect, and Processing, along with new forms of interface, large-scale multi-touch screens, and physical motion and body sensing. All of these tools and technologies are relevant to the industry that college students are entering after graduation.
Movie Cliches List - A listing of the most annoying and common logic flaws and stereotypes found in movies.
Movie-Mistakes.com - Continuity mistakes, goofs, and other errors in films, together with the occasional bit of trivia.
MovieFlix - A leading broadband movie provider on the Web that develops and maintains a library of full-length movies, short films, independent films, and television shows available over the Internet via streaming video technology.
Moviefone.com - Interactive movie listing guide and ticketing service. Showtimes and tickets, reviews, stars and news.
MovieLens - A research site run by the GroupLens Research group at the University of Minnesota. MovieLens uses "collaborative filtering" technology to make recommendations of movies/videos that you might enjoy. The predictions you get are personalized to your tastes, which are learned by asking you to rate movies that you have seen before.
Moviepooper - Spoilers. Provides the endings to classic, near-classic, recent and new movies.
Movies.com - Major movie portal with extensive information on what's currently in the theaters, showtimes and schedules, trailers, reviews, DVD and video, news, calendar, and box office.
Movies, Race and Ethnicity - Videotapes in the Media Resources Center, University of California, Berkeley. The videographies provide a broad sampling of ethnic and racial representations in the movies over the last century.
MovieWeb - Internet technology, commerce and content company. Site contains excellent film, DVD, video, and home theater information and resources.
Moving Image Gateway - A service collecting together websites relating to moving images and sound and their use in higher and further education. The sites are classified by academic discipline, some forty subjects within the four main categories of Arts & Humanities, Bio-Medical, Social Sciences and Science & Technology. Each site is evaluated and described by the British University Film and Video Council (BUFVC) Information Service. Sites with video or audio streaming are highlighted.
New Line Cinema - The oldest and most successful fully integrated independent film company in the world. In addition to the production and distribution of theatrical motion pictures, it has divisions devoted to home entertainment, television, music, theater, licensing, merchandising and international marketing and distribution. New Line has been a pioneer in franchise filmmaking and its Lord of the Rings trilogy is the most successful film franchise in history.
Newmarket Films - Newmarket Films has released an eclectic slate of films that have ranged from box office successes and critical darlings. Among these films are: Patricia Cardoso's Real Women Have Curves; Susanne Bier's Open Hearts; Lukas Moodysson's Lilya 4-Ever and Jonas Åkerlund's Spun.
New York Film Academy (NYFA) - At NYFA students make a series of short films that take them through the entire filmmaking process. Each student writes, produces, directs, and edits each film, then screens it and engages in constructive discussion and critique. Programs run from four to eight weeks.
Nikkatsu Corporation - A Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company". The company has made, and continues to make films in numerous genres. However, for most of the 1970s and 1980s, they strictly produced what they termed roman porn (short for romance) films in order to make ends meet (see History section). Unlike "pinku eiga", Nikkatsu's films were produced with relatively high budgets and production values, as well as featuring mainstream actresses, many of whom also starred in network television and nationally released film dramas.
Also visit the Nikkatsu Action Lounge.
Nostalghia.com - Dedicated to researching, preserving, and disseminating information related to the film-making career of Andrei Tarkovsky.
Open Law DVD - An open public forum developing arguments to challenge publishers' assertions of absolute control over digital media. The forum was established to help the defense of the web publishers who posted DeCSS code, a step toward enabling the viewing of DVDs on all platforms. We have since broadened focus to general discussion of challenges to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's imposition of "access controls" and enforcement of "copy controls" that may too easily become limitations on the use of copyrighted material.
Passionbomb Community - A forum for revolutionary anti-authoritarian culture providing alternative resources for cultural saboteurs including artists, writers, musicians, activists, and pranksters in the bay area (Oakland, San Francisco, Bekeley, etc) and beyond. A multimedia hub for streaming films and videos, zines, independent/underground music and digital technology with subversive content.
Pinewood Shepperton - One of Europe's leading film and television studios. Provides 36 stages and backlots, along with digital television studio facilities, audio post production and full production support services set in 200 acres of magnificent grounds for location shooting.
ProductionHUB - Vertical portal and interactive on-line community devoted solely to film, video and digital media production professionals.
Real Independent Movement, The - The material on this site is provided by Ray Carney, an authority on American independent film, and a frequent speaker on indie film at festivals and special events around the world.
Sacred Lands Film Project - Documentary filmmakers tell the stories of Native American and other native peoples struggles to protect landscapes of spiritual significance.
Satyajit Ray Film and Study Collection - Humanities and Arts Divisions of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Educational organization dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of Satyajit Ray's cinematic, literary and artistic oeuvre.
School of Sound - A unique symposium exploring the art of sound with the moving image.
Scottish Screen - Promotes every aspect of film, television and new media in Scotland
Screen Africa - Film and TV news from Johannesburg, South Africa.
screenonline - Brings to life Britain's big and small screen histories from the 1890s to the present. Popular classics, little-known gems and many hard-to-find films and television programmes are represented by thousands of video extracts, thousands of still images, publicity materials and specially-written analyses by expert writers, supported by comprehensive filmographic information. screenonline is a vital resource for anyone with either an academic or casual interest in British film or television. Access to video and audio material is limited to users in registered UK schools, colleges and libraries.
ScreenOnline - Guide to British film and TV history, with analysis, information and multimedia.
ScreenSite - Designed for educators and students, this site emphasizes the teaching and research of film and television.
Secrets of Silicon Valley - A shocking exposé of the hidden downsides of the Internet revolution and a funny and moving meditation on America's love affair with technology. Told without narration, the film chronicles a tumultuous year in the lives of two young activists grappling with rapid social change and the meaning of globalization on their own doorsteps. Produced and directed by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman.
SightSound.com - SightSound is comprised of five divisions that implement a complete system for the delivery of movies and music, including encoding and compression, encryption and digital rights management, network operations, interactive design and distribution solutions, which all contribute to company's capacity to download 380,000 encrypted movies a day.
Silent Era, The - A collection of news and resources pertaining to silent era films.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) - A professional organization composed of college and university educators, filmmakers, historians, critics, scholars, and others concerned with the study of the moving image. Activities of the Society include the publication of Cinema Journal.
Spongi - The Spongi collection of independant film studies include: humor films, short films, performance films, video snapshots, independant art films, independant animation films, newsworthy film, current event video studies, sports films, political films, religous satire video, flash movies.
Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive - The largest collection of Jewish documentary film footage in the world. The vaults contain material shot in Israel before and after the establishment of the State in 1948, motion picture records of many Jewish communities in the Diaspora and two special collections relating to the Holocaust.
STUDIOCANAL - World's 3rd largest film rights library.
Sundance Institute - Founded by Robert Redford and dedicated to the development of artists of independent vision and the exhibition of their new work.
Teaching Intermedia Literacy Tools (TILT) - Works within school programs and community organizations to teach the fundamentals of moviemaking, giving people a hands-on understanding of the tools and the language of media.
Canada's Top Ten - Celebrates and screens the best Canadian features and shorts of the year.
Film Circuit - A network of more than 160 cities across Canada, providing acclaimed Canadian and international films to formerly under-serviced areas.
Film Reference Library - Holds the world's most extensive English language collection of Canadian film-related material, including collections from Canada's most esteemed contemporary filmmakers.
Reel Talk - A monthly preview subscription series of Academy Award-calibre films and the best in international cinema, followed by engaging discussion.
TIFF Cinematheque - A year-round screening programme of the classics of world cinema and contemporary art house films.
TIFF Industry - Supports film industry professionals during the Festival and year-round through the Sales & Industry Office and industry programming initiatives.
TIFF Kids International Film Festival - Presents outstanding Canadian and international films and popular workshops geared for families and school groups.
Toronto International Film Festival - Launching pad for the best of international, Hollywood and Canadian cinema, and recognized as the most important film festival after Cannes.
Tribeca Film Institute - Supports media artists & advocates on their behalf, connects audiences with independent films and contributes to the media arts field, via innovative programs and direct cash support.
UCLA Film and Television Archive - Internationally renowned for its pioneering efforts to preserve and showcase not only classic but current and innovative film and television. A unique resource for media study, the Archive constitutes one of the largest collections of media materials in the United States - second only to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. - and the largest of any university in the world. Its vaults hold more than 220,000 motion picture and television titles and 27 million feet of newsreel footage.
Vancouver Film School (VFS) - VFS offers 13 world-class programs spanning every aspect of the entertainment arts.
Variety.com - Premier source of entertainment industry news.
Video Distributor Database - This database primarily includes distributors and agencies from which the UC Berkeley Media Center acquires or has acquired the materials in the MRC collection.
Video Symphony - Digital media training center in Burbank, California, for film, video, DVD, streaming, and 3D animation.
WAXWEB - The first interactive feature film on the world wide web, implements a dynamic version of VRML, the new graphics industry standard for virtual reality on the internet.
What a Character - Character actor news, information, resources, and links.
whoRepresents.com - Search for an actor's representative, agent, manager, publicist, or attorney.
William K. Everson Collection -
Everson (8 April 1929 – 14 April 1996) was an English-American archivist, author, critic, educator, collector and film historian. He often discovered lost films.
This New York University site provides bibliography, selected photos, publicity material, program notes, and links to additional resources. Also see Wikipedia article.
WireBreak - A digital studio that creates, produces and distributes interactive online content.
Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations - Travel guide to film locations around the world. With movie tourism now a global phenomenon, here you’ll find original location photographs, trivia, links and travel details.
WPA Film Library -
One of the largest and most diverse libraries in the industry. Offers a comprehensive online experience that allows clients to search, preview, and license footage directly from its website.
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