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Film & Streaming Media : Research

Curated guide for faculty and students using film & streaming media.

Film Databases

Film Journals

Adaptation - An international forum focused on literature on screen.
Bright Lights Film Journal -  One of the most read and respected online movie journals.
Cineaste - Includes articles, interviews, film, DVD and books about film reviews.
Cinema Journal - Quarterly Journal of the University of Texas Press
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Film Comment - Film Society of Lincoln Center’s journal
Film International - Film analysis, interviews, books, and DVD reviews
The Film Journal  - Online forum for film criticism, study and discussion
Filmmaker - Magazine of Independent Film
Film Quarterly - University of California Press’ journal
Film Matters - Film publication for undergraduates.
Flow - online journal for contemporary TV & media studies. 
Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television - Journal of The International Association for Media and History
In Transition - A peer-reviewed academic journal of videographic, film and moving image studies
Journal of Film & Video - History, theory, criticism and aesthetics in film production
Journal of Popular Film and Television - examines commercial film and TV
Jump Cut  - Reviews how contemporary media addresses class, race, and gender. 
Literature/Film Quarterly - academic journal devoted to the study of adaptation.
The Moving Image - Produced by the Association of Moving Image Archivists
Quarterly Review of Film and Video - Essays, reviews and interviews
Scope - Peer-reviewed articles on film and TV
Screen - A leading international journal of academic film and television studies
Senses of Cinema - Online film journal devoted to the discussion of cinema
Sight and Sound - The British Film Institute’s journal on film
Variety - Important trade publication
The Velvet Light Trap - A journal for film, TV and other media. 
Wide Angle - Taking an in-depth look that international film.

E-Journals Search

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