Research Guides: Motion Pictures: Film History

Subject Headings

When searching in the library catalog for material related to Film History, here are some examples of subject headings:

Motion Pictures--History
Motion Pictures--History-- 20th century
Motion Pictures-- History-- periodicals
Motion Pictures--History-- pictorial works
Film adaptations-- history and criticism
Film criticism-- United States-- history

Film History

Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism
Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism is the successor to Movie, the print journal that was edited, designed and published by the late Ian A. Cameron from 1962 to 2000.
Millenium Film Journal
Publishes articles about independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema, video, and film works using digital technologies.
Film Criticism
Film Criticism is a peer-reviewed, online publication whose aim is to bring together scholarship in the field of cinema and media studies in order to present the finest work in this area, foregrounding textual criticism as a primary value. The readership is academic, although they strive to publish material that is both accessible to undergraduates and engaging to established scholars.
Media History Digital Library
A non-profit initiative dedicated to digitizing collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access.
The Routledge Companion to Film History
An indispensable guide for anyone studying film history for the first time.

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