Open Directory - Arts: Movies: Theory and Criticism
See also: - Brief analysis of films by many directors. - A tribute to André Bazin, film critic and Cahiers du Cinema co-founder, and spiritual father of the French New Wave movement. Includes text, bibliography, and pictures. - Reviews and essays on film criticism by the entertainment editor at the Paris Woman Journal. - Film reviews and commentary by Steve Erickson, with a concentration on foreign film. - Essays on film, directors, and genres. - Internet forum for cinema studies addressing students, researchers, scholars, and anyone with an interest in the thoughtful exploration of cinema, film, and television. - Repository of articles which originally appeared as newsgroup postings but which stand on their own as arguments or elucidations. - Essays by scholars, guests, and students, reviewing and discussing films and other media from an historical perspective. - A review of film, books, and media arts. Includes features and reviews of selected works. - Dedicated to criticizing renowned film critics. Uses background biographical knowledge on the critics to discredit them. - Essays that review films from a storytelling point of view. - Commentary on various movie genres, along with film recommendations. - Organization with 46 member countries. Includes film news, festival reports, and resources on film criticism. - A discussion of nonlinear narrative in film. - Film theory, reviews, and critiques laid out in a floor plan of a virtual house. - Examines several mainstream films from a Christian theological perspective. - Attepts to answer the question of whether the digital age is affecting traditional cinema. - Reviews films of artistic and independent variety, highlighting content and context. List of films as well as feature articles. - Takes tongue in cheek view toward movie criticism and many of the personalities involved in film. Archived articles for each season starting in spring 1999. - Interpretation of films by using philosophical texts and vice versa. - The Revelation 13 web site discusses how movies relate to prophecies of world events, and how movies can help us understand the chaotic world events today. - An online film journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema, of art, independent and experimental cinemas. - An evolving analysis journal of landmark cinema, examining universal themes, symbols and imagery, historical and artistic genres. - A detailed look at how several films affect or comment on the values of our society. - Offers an essay which compares the image of the devil in the films Faust, The Devil and Daniel Webster, and The Devil’s Advocate. - "Great books into films, or films from great auteurs... film lovers, make up your critical minds!" By Richard C. Walls [Metro Times Detroit]. (November 21, 2000)
