Selected Web Sites for Film History and Criticism
A selection of Web sites devoted to film criticism and history of particular genres, directors, and reviews. See also Social and Other Aspects of Cinema, Genres and Themes, and Web Directories and Other Internet sites.
- Alfred Hitchcock Scholars/'MacGuffin' Web Site
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'The MacGuffin' is a film journal, in newsletter format, whose main subject is the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Its actual content each issue includes at least one original, in-depth analysis of a Hitchcock film or Hitchcock-related theme. Typically you'll also find detailed book reviews, shorter articles and features, and readers' letters.
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A good introductory web site about Hitchcock. Includes biography, filmography, and online critical essays.
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A 'zine website, mostly written by Mike White. Many reviews are available in full text. There are also reviews of other zines, a video gallery, and interviews.
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CinemaWeb (Independent Film & Video)
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Collective of independent film and video websites including websites on world cinema, Live Cinema Calendar, Video Watchdog, First Run Features and more.
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An introduction to the first decade of motion pictures.
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"Hollywood's Indie Voice." Includes news, reviews, online forum, interviews and more.
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Website for an international organization for people interested in psychoanalysis and film to exchange ideas via screenings, conferences and its magazine, Projections.
- Greatest Films (FilmSite)
- The Hollywood Ten
- Leni [Riefenstahl's]
Rising Star
- Leni Riefenstahl-Rezeption nach 1945
- Leni Riefenstahl-Rezeption nach 1945
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Reviews of movies, both past and present (including movies outside of the UK).
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