LibGuides: Film Studies: Getting Started

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Browse the DVD collection of feature films in the leisure reading area on the second floor of Lied Library.

This guide will help you find films, academic writing about films, movie reviews, and information about filmmaking in UNLV Libraries' print and online collections.

Streaming feature films

Swank Digital Campus
Good for: Viewing feature films for educational purposes.
Contains: Streaming feature films.

Available titles vary by semester. Films will play natively in most browsers; if not, see the Swank Digital Campus troubleshooting FAQ.

Selected Film Studies Journals Online

Film & Television Literature Index
Good for: Searching articles that analyze film, television and aspects of popular culture.
Contains: Articles published in scholarly journals and popular magazines.

Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television
An interdisciplinary journal of research, scholarly articles, book reviews and archival reports concerned with the evidence produced by the mass media for historians and social scientists, and with the impact of mass communications on history.
Journal of Popular Film & Television
Articles dedicated to popular film and television in the broadest sense. Concentration on commercial cinema and television, theory/criticism, interviews, filmographies, bibliographies, stars, directors, producers, studios and networks.
Cinema Journal
Cinema Journal, the official publication of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, publishes outstanding scholarship in all areas of media studies including film, television, radio, comics, videogames, and digital media.
Film Quarterly
Film Quarterly, published since 1958, provides readers with insightful analyses of film, the film industry, and international cinemas. More than a glimpse behind the scenes, Film Quarterly offers serious film lovers in-depth articles, reviews, and interviews that examine all aspects of film history, film theory, and the impact of film, video, and television on culture and society.
Journal of Film & Video
The Journal of Film and Video, the official publication of the University Film & Video Association, is an internationally respected forum that focuses on scholarship in the fields of film and video production, history, theory, criticism, and aesthetics. Article features include film and related media, problems of education in these fields, and the function of film and video in society.
Sight & Sound
A publication of the British Film Institute. Feature articles and interviews on recent motion pictures, notes on festivals, book reviews and film and video reviews.
Film History
Publishes research on the international history of cinema; includes the production, distribution, exhibition, and reception of films designed for commercial theaters, as well as nontheatrical, noncommercial uses of motion pictures.

Indiewire
Since 1996, IndieWire has grown into a preeminent source for independent film and television news, reviews, interviews, global festival coverage and more.
Jump Cut
Looking at media in its social and political context since 1974. Analyzing media in relation to class, race, and gender.
Lan-Tern
The search and visualization platform for nearly 2 million pages of digitized books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound.
Millennium Film Journal
Since 1978 the Millennium Film Journal has published articles about independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema, video, and works using digital technologies.
Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism
A refereed open access publication whose aim is to create a forum for the range of analysis, debate and discussion that only a journal devoted to a detailed film criticism can adequately provide.
Reverse Shot
A publication of the Museum of the Moving Image.
Scope
Scope is a fully peer-reviewed online journal edited by staff and students in the Institute of Film & Television Studies at the University of Nottingham
Sense of Cinema
Senses of Cinema is an online journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema.

Film International
Film Journal International
Monthly trades magazine publishing reviews of major and independent film release, profiles of filmmakers and industry executives, articles on industry trends and new technologies, construction and design, theatre sound, equipment and concessions.
Film-Philosophy
Film-Philosophy is an international, fully open access academic journal dedicated to the engagement between film studies and philosophy.

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