Film Studies Research Guide 

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There are many ways to analyse films and filmmaking, such as focusing on gender issues or using methodologies like cultural materialism, and problems in Film Studies such as how films produce meaning.  This page provides examples of how one might identify books on these subjects -- in relation to film and as general topics -- and lists some selected resources to introduce you to them.

• Examples of Subject Headings on Critical Approaches and Problems
• Selected Resources on Critical Approaches and Problems

NOTE: There may be overlap with the topics covered on the Social & Other Aspects of Filmmaking page.

Examples of Subject Headings on Critical Approaches and Problems

Selected Resources on Critical Approaches and Problems

Cinetext

Cinetext is a bilingual (primarily English and German) Internet forum for film and philosophy, located at the University of Vienna (Austria).

 

A companion to film theory. Ed. Toby Miller and Robert Stam. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Publishers, 1999.

SML Reference, PN1995 B495X 1999

Critical dictionary of film and television theory. Ed. Roberta E. Pearson and Philip Simpson. London; New York: Routledge, 2001.

SML Reference, PN1993.45 C75 2001

Dictionnaire théorique et critique du cinéma. Jacques Aumont and Michel Marie. 2e éd. rev. et augm. Paris: Armand Colin, c2008.

SML Reference, PN1993.45 .A96 2008

The Oxford guide to film studies. Ed. John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

SML Reference, PN1995 O93 1998

Short essays on aspects of film (such as the text, acting, music), critical approaches (e.g., semiotics, psychoanalysis, post-structuralism, feminism), and history (American, European, world).

Rosebud Project

Digital resource site for Film Studies. Focuses on film history, criticism, theory, and concepts & definitions. Also has a news and upcoming events calendar in addition to soliciting papers for posting online.