Jane Sloan
Media Librarian
jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu
June 2009

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Cinema Studies:
Reference Sources: Print, RU-ONLINE and Free Websites

General

All Movie Guide
Encyclopedic, edited entries on people and over 200,000 films, includes genre indexing, access by episode title for TV series, essays, and more.

The cinema book / edited by Pam Cook.
London : BFI, 2007.
ALEXANDER REF PN1994.C489 2007

Cinema studies : the key concepts / Susan Hayward.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
ALEXANDER REF KILMER REF PN1993.45.C75 2000
Electronic access from campus or login via Rutgers account.

Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory / edited by Roberta E. Pearson and Philip Simpson.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
ALEXANDER REF KILMER REF PN1993.45.C75 2000

Educational Media Reviews Online
Reviews of educational films and programs; searchable by subject.

The film encyclopedia : [the most comprehensive encyclopedia of world cinema in a single volume] / Ephraim Katz. 5^th ed.
MUSIC (Douglass) REF PN1993.45.K34 2005

The film studies dictionary / Steve Blandford, Barry Keith Grant, Jim Hillier.
London : Arnold ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
ALEXANDER REF CAMDEN REF PN1993.45.B49 2001

International dictionary of films and filmmakers / editors, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast.
Detroit : St. James Press, c2000.
ALEXANDER REF PN1997.8.I58 2000 v.1 -V. 4
Electronic access from campus or login via Rutgers account.

Internet Movie Database
Film entries include contributed plot summaries (they vary considerably in accuracy), viewer comments, and complete credits; most reliable for credits, awards, and other industry information.

MediaRights
A site dedicated to providing information on independently-produced documentaries. Titles and topics can be browsed by category or searched using the search engine.

Movie Review Query Engine
Search engine for online film reviews. Includes 77,000+ titles. Also, with over 250,000 titles, www.rottentomatoes.com

The New York Times Encyclopedia of Film.
Chronological collection of facsimile reproductions of New York Times film articles.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.N465

Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. edited by Oliver Leaman.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
ALEXANDER REF REF PN1993.5.A65C66 2001
Electronic access from campus or login via Rutgers account.

National Cinemas

Africa

Guide to African Cinema.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.A35R87 1998

Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. edited by Oliver Leaman.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.A65C66 2001
Electronic access: Access from campus or login via Rutgers account.

Encyclopedia of Arab women filmmakers / Rebecca Hillauer ; translated by Allison Brown, Deborah Cohen, and Nancy Joyce. Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, c2005.
ALEXANDER REF PN1998.2.H5513 2005

Le Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou et l'Association des trois mondes présentent Les cinémas d'Afrique : dictionnaire.
Paris : Karthala ; Editions ATM, c2000.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.A35 F47 2000

Asia

Dictionnaire du cinéma asiatique / sous la direction d'Adrien Gombeaud.
Publication info: Paris : Nouveau monde, 2008.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.45

Encyclopedia of Chinese Film.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.C4Z53 1998

Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.I8R277 1999

The Japanese Filmography: A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900 through 1994.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.J3G35 1996

Australia

The Oxford Companion to Australian Film.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.A8O93 1999

Europe and Russia

The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema.
London : BFI Pub., 1999.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.E2B44 2000

The BFI companion to German cinema / edited by Thomas Elsaesser with Michael Wedel.
London : BFI Pub., 1999.
ALEXANDER ROBESON REF PN1998.2.B45 1999

Diccionario del cine español / dirigido por José Luis Borau comité editorial.
Madrid : Alianza, 1998.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.S7D544 1998

The encyclopedia of British film / edited by Brian McFarlane.
London : Methuen, 2005.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.G7E53 2005

Guide to British cinema / Geoff Mayer.
Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 2003.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.G7M327 2003

Guide to the cinema of Spain / Marvin D'Lugo.
Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 1997.
ALEXANDER ROBESON REF PN1993.5.S7D68 1997

Handbook of Soviet and East European Films and Filmmakers.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.R9H28 1992

Encyclopedia of European Cinema.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.E8V56 1995

Histoire du Cinéma Français: Encyclopédie des Films.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.F7B44 1986

The British Film Catalogue, 1895-1970; A Reference Guide.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.G7G5

Guide to the Cinema of Spain.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.S7D68 1997

Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.S8Q86 2000

North and South America

The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States.
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1971-
Film title entries, including the most detailed and accurate synopses available.
Incomplete contents:
v. A. Film beginnings, 1893-1910
v. F1. Feature films, 1911-1920
v. F2. Feature films, 1921-1930
v. F3. Feature films, 1931-1940
v. F4. Feature films, 1941-1950
v. F6. Feature films, 1961-1970
ALEXANDER ROBESON DANA MUSIC REF PN1998.A57

Enciclopédia do cinema brasileiro / Fernão Ramos, Luiz Felipe Miranda, organizadores.
São Paulo, SP : Editora SENAC São Paulo, [2000?]
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.B6E53 2000

The Mexican filmography : 1916 through 2001 / David E. Wilt.
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2004.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.M4W55 2004

Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.C3T34 yr.2001

A Guide to Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Made Film and Video.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.L37G85 1998

Latin American Films, 1932-1994: A Critical Filmography.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.L37S38 1997

Catálogo de Colecciones del Archivo de Imagenes en Movimiento. [Puerto Rico]
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.P9A73 2001

Genres

General

Handbook of American Film Genres, edited by Wes D. Gehring.
New York : Greenwood Press, 1988.
ALEXANDER, DANA, MUSIC REF PN1993.5.U6H335 1988

Comedy

American Silent Film Comedies: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persons, Studios, and Terminology.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.C55M53 1995

Encyclopedia of American Film Comedy / Larry Langman.
New York : Garland, 1987.
ALEXANDER, DANA, ROBESON, MUSIC REF PN1995.9.C55L34 1987

Film Noir, Detective, Crime, Gangster and Spy Films

Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style.
ALEXANDER REF PN1993.5.U6F5 1992

The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. The Gangster Film.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.G3O83 1998

Gangster Films: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference to People, Films, and Terms.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.G3S84 1996

Musicals

Film it with music : an encyclopedic guide to the American movie musical / Thomas Hischak.
Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 2001.
MUSIC ROBESON REF PN1995.9.M86H57 2001

The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 features, 1927 through 1932.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.M86B73 1996

Encyclopaedia of the Musical Film / Stanley Green.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1981.
DANA MUSIC REF PN1995.9.M86G7

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror

The BFI Companion to Horror.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9 .H6 B5 1996

Icons of horror and the supernatural : an encyclopedia of our worst nightmares / edited by S.T. Joshi.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
ROBESON REF PN56.H6I26 2007 v.1 - v.2

Nightmare Movies: A Critical Guide to Contemporary Horror Films.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.H6N4 1988

The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. Horror.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.H6M5 1994

The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. Science Fiction.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.S26H3 1994

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films; Science fiction, Fantasy, & Horror.
ALEXANDER, ROBESON, DANA, MUSIC REF PN1995.9.F36L4

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Handbook.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.S26F73 1982

Westerns

The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. The Western.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.W4H37 1994

Western Movies: A TV and Video Guide to 4200 Genre Films.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.W4P58 1986

Women and Gender

The bent lens : a world guide to gay and lesbian film / [edited by] Lisa Daniel & Claire Jackson.
Los Angeles, Calif. : Alyson Books, 2003.
ALEXANDER REF PN1995.9.H55B45 2003

Feminism and film / edited by E. Ann Kaplan.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
MUSIC REF PN1995.9.W6F448 2000

Reel women : an international directory of contemporary feature films about women / Jane Sloan.
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007.
MUSIC REF PN1995.9.W6S63 2007

The St. James women filmmakers encyclopedia : women on the other side of the camera / edited by Amy L. Unterburger.
Detroit : Visible Ink Press, c1999.
MUSIC REF PN1998.2.S683 1999