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Links
This list is designed
to provide you with websites we consider to be the most useful for the
study of film, television, video and new media.
All-Movie
Guide
http://allmovie.com
Database of features and documentaries. US bias in content. Allows searching
by title, cast or crew name and keyword.
Internet
Movie Database
http://imdb.com
Most comprehensive free source on movie information on the net. Allows
searching by title, cast or crew name, and genre keywords. Provides credits,
ratings, critical reactions, biographies and information on associated
products. Strong US bias in content.
Movie
Review Query
http://www.mrqe.com
Central gateway to full-text movie reviews available on the Web. Allows
searching by title keywords. Entries are also linked to the Internet Movie
Database. Better Australian coverage than the other US sites. Includes
reviews from the Australian Urban Cinefile online magazine.
Australian
Online Journals
Rouge
http://www.rouge.com.au
Themed quarterly online journal edited by Helen Bandis, Adrian Martin
& Grant McDonald.
Screening
The Past
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/
An international, refereed, electronic journal of visual media and history.
Senses
of Cinema
http://www.sensesofcinema.com.au
An online film journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion
of cinema.
Current
Awareness
Screen
Hub
http://www.screenhub.com.au
Screen Hub is the online home for Australian screen professionals. Jobs,
News, Production and Events.
Inside
Film
http://www.if.com.au
Features reviews, interviews, extensive archive, daily email summary,
in production news and events.
Urban
Cinefile
http://www.urbancinefile.com.au
Probably Australia's best online journal to keep you up to date on developments
in the Australian film industry and what's on in Australian cinemas. Reviews
and interviews are archived on the site. Winner of the Best Arts and Entertainment
site in the 1998 Australian Internet Awards.
Film Gossip and Rumours
Dark
Horizons
http://www.darkhorizons.com
Search for the latest rumours, news, images, clips and reviews of current
and upcoming films. Gareth Franklin based in Sydney, Australia updates
his site on a daily basis.
Ain't
It Cool News
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com
More film gossip and news from Harry Knowles, resident of Austin, Texas.
Gateway
Sites - Australian
"Gateway"
sites are a quick way to discover new sources of information as they have
a host of links to other useful screen sites, both Australian and international.
Australian
Film Commission
http://www.afc.gov.au
Includes industry news, AFC publications and information, as well as links
to over 100 other Australian screen culture sites and a searchable index
of Australian sites which provide resources for the film, TV and new media
industries.
Australia's
Cultural Network
http://www.acn.net.au
A public access gateway site to Australian cultural organisations, websites,
resources, news and events. In the Film and Video section in the Websites
option, you will find links to a variety of Australian sites including
film and broadcasting organisations, associations and guilds, industry
directories, online screen journals, what's-on movie guides and film and
video lending libraries.
EnhanceTV
http://www.enhanceTV.com.au
EnhanceTV provides a gateway to educational film and TV resources.
Film and TV makers can access the education market through enhanceTV for
free. Subscribers receive a weekly email, educational TV guide, based
on the subscriber's choice of learning areas. Also, almost 200
Study Guides related to film and TV titles are available on the site.
EnhanceTV is developed and produced by Screenrights: the Audio-Visual
Copyright Society.
Australian Communications and Media Authority
http://www.acma.gov.au
Research resources relating to advances, trends and regulation in broadcasting
technology in Australia.
International
gateways
ScreenSite
http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite/
A website developed by the University of Alabama to facilitate the teaching
and research of film and television, designed for educators and students.
Equipped with a search engine, it has links to film/tv courses and schools,
bibliographies and research guides, online discussion groups and listservs,
film & TV book publishers, production studios, conferences, etc. Strong
US bias in content.
UCLA
Arts Library Selected Internet Sources in Film
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/arts/websites/wwwmov.htm
An excellent and regularly updated US university listing of links to sites
chosen primarily for their potential usefulness for research in Screen
Studies. Includes links to bibliographies and research guides, databases,
review sites, online screen journals, archives and other film organisations.
Australian
Film and Video Lending Libraries & Archives
ACMI
Lending Collection
http://www.acmi.net.au
Click on the Collections link for the online catalogue of the Australian
Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) Lending Collection (formerly the Cinemedia
Access Collection) for more than 40,000 videos, 16mm films and CD-ROM
and DVD titles. Lends only within Victoria to individuals and organisations.
Membership fees apply.
National Film and Sound Archive
http://www.nfsa.afc.gov.au/the_collection
Search the Collections (National & ASEAN) of the National Film and Sound Archive listing over 360,000 items
from Australia's film, television, radio and recorded sound heritage.
Some restrictions on access apply.
National
Film & Video Lending Collection
http://www.nfsa.afc.gov.au/the_collection/nfvls_collection/
Administered through the National Film & Sound Archive. The National
Film and Video Lending Service is Australia's largest non-commercial screen
distribution library which has holdings of over 16,000 titles on 16mm
film, video and laser disc.Lends
nationally to organisations and film societies. Onsite viewing available
for individuals.
Research
bonza
http://bonza.dsc.rmit.edu.au
bonza is a fully accessible and searchable online Australian and New Zealand
film history database compiled by Cinema Studies students at RMIT University.
Contact: Phone
+61 3 9925 2829 | Fax +61 3 9925 9730 | Email afiresearch@rmit.edu.au
| Mail GPO Box 2476V Melbourne VIC 3001
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