Film as Literature: Web Sites

Official website of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Searchable databases for research on cinematography, film history, screenwriting and more. Select the Resources & Databases link for video clips, criticisms, and film scripts.

AFI is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media. Click on the Lists tab, then select a category, genre or motion picture. Each entry will include the cast, director, producer, awards. Scroll to the bottom of the entry for the "see more movie details" link. Here you will find an in-depth analysis of the film.

Enjoy an interactive learning experience as you see thousands of hand-selected and relevant links to pictures, artifacts, manuscripts, documents and other primary sources providing the real story behind the movies.

Compilation of over 1,250 books and novels that have been made into motion pictures.

Founded in 1976, Film Criticism recently completed its thirty-fifth year of continuous publication, making it the third oldest academic film journal in the country.

Search the database of previously released films and television series by genre, name of actor, or box-office ranking. Each entry includes reviews of the film or series.

The Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS) has responsibility for the acquisition, cataloging and preservation of motion picture and television collections.

"This site provides free access to 12,000 plus film clips from over 2,000 films, legally licensed. The site's staff indexes clps by standard browsable characteristics such as actor, title, and genre and by more evocative comcepts such as occasion, mood, and theme. Users may simply click to retrieve a high-image-quality clip."
Choice - July 2011

Includes more than 8,000 reviews from 20 critics located throughout the world.

Metacritic has evolved over the last decade to reflect their experience distilling many critics' voices into the single Metascore, a weighted average of the most respected critics writing reviews online and in print.

An organization of film reviewers from New York-based publications that exists to honor excellence in U.S. and world cinema

The Online Film Critics Society is the largest, most respected organization for critics whose work appears primarily on the Internet.