LibGuides: Cinema Studies Library Guide: Home

Introduction

Guide Navigation

This guide provides an overview of how to locate Books, Films, Popular Reviews and Scholarly Criticism, and information about World Cinema and Animated Film.

Finding Films: a selection of resources inclusive of reviews and more in-depth discussions of films.
Finding Books: a selection of print and electronic resources providing essential information about films.
Popular Reviews and Scholarly Criticism: a bibliography of print resources meant to assist you with learning about various critical, theoretical, and historical points of view on film, ranging from classic texts to more recent works.
World Cinema: print and electronic resources based on films from various continents.
Animation: print and electronic resources based on animation studies, including history and theory from around the world.

Films for Classes

To request films for classes, use the Course Reserves page at http://guides.library.illinois.edu/reserves under Requesting Purchases for Reserves.

Contacts

A number of librarians and library units are responsible for cinema studies. Please send general inquires and purchase requests to cinemastudies@library.illinois.edu or email one of the subject librarians listed below.

Cinema Studies Guides at the Library

Book and Film Reviews
Cinema do Brasil
Film Noir Study Guide
French Cinema
German Cinema
Global and Popular Culture
Indian Cinema in Context
Korean Films and Media
Middle Eastern Language Films (Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish & Persian)
Nordic Cinema
More Library Guides

Media History Project
A free online resource, featuring millions of pages of books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound.

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