Screen studies
Key resources
- Screen Studies Collection (Formerly Film Indexes Online)Brings together the Film Index International, American Film Institute Catalog and the FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals. Contains over 85,000 full text articles.
- Project MuseA leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community including University Press Content Consortium books.
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)Very useful gateway to journal articles in literature and linguistics.
- All screen studies databasesOther screen studies databases that you can search to find more relevant articles.
- Cinema journalPublishes essays on a wide variety of cinema-related subjects.
- Film quarterlyIn-depth articles, reviews and interviews examining all aspects of film history, theory and impact.
- ScreenUK journal of academic film and television studies.
- Journal of screenwritingAcademic journal on screenwriting processes and analysis.
- Senses of cinemaOnline journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema.
- KanopyAn online streaming video service featuring documentaries, art house and indie films.
- Alexander Street PressLarge-scale digital collections in the humanities and social sciences.
- Guide to streamed videoUse this library guide for more information on streamed video.
- Criterion Collection/Janus Films (Kanopy)Access classic and contemporary films.
- National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (Kanopy)Access films and documentaries from the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
Australian screen archives
- National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) Collection guidesExplore Australia's audio-visual heritage and get an overview of the collection with these guides.
- NFSA Video collectionMany films and clips from the NFSA are available to stream via Kanopy.
- NFSA Stories collectionPersonal recollections of careers in film, TV, radio or recorded sound.
- NFSA Flickr photostreamFind images from the archive online.
- NFSA Soundcloud setsFind audio recordings from the archive online.
- Screen Australia - Screen GuideAccess information related to many Australian film and television titles through the Screen Guide.
Industry resources
- Creative Victoria - Showcase databaseGovernment body dedicated to supporting, championing and growing the state’s creative industries, including: arts, culture, screen, design and more.
- Screen AustraliaThe Commonwealth Government's new agency replacing the Australian Film Commission, Film Australia and the Film Finance Corporation.
- Australian Arts PortalArtsHub is a critical resource for Australia’s arts sector. It features daily news, reviews, interviews and articles of interest to those working in the creative industries.
- Australian ScreenAccess clips, curators' notes and other information related to many Australian film and television titles. For extra help, go to the Education page to access education resources produced by The Le@rning Federation.
- acmi : The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) - IdeasBrowse the ACMI ideas page to find industry audio, visual and written commentaries on moving image in Australia.
- Australian Film Television and Radio SchoolNumber one film school in Australia.
- Australian Documentary ForumJoint initiative from documentary filmmakers, industry bodies and academics to foster, promote and provide a monthly forum for documentary culture.
- AFI Research CollectionSpecialist film and television industry resource open to the public based at RMIT University.
- Cinema SpotA Web directory of resources selected by an editorial team "that make it easy to find film reviews, show times, video release dates, award-winners, trivia, history, quotes, celebrity gossip, industry resoources and more." The editors have done an excellent job of selecting just a few of the best Web sites in each category, so this is a good place to begin a search.
- David Bordwell's website on cinemaA great resource for blogs and web material related to cinema.
- Moving Images Library (Internet Archive)The Internet Archive's Moving Images library has free movies, films, and videos. This library contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.
- MRQE: Movie Review Query EngineThe web's largest online directory of film reviews. Note: When using internet reviews it is always important to carefully evaluate the source of the review; many reviews are nothing more than film industry promotional pieces or may be too short to be of any real academic use.
- Deep Dive conversation seriesNFSA Deep Dive conversations: an extensive directory of conversations with those working in Film, TV and Production. Including Richard Lowenstein and David Stratton.
- TimeLapse.comFilm and television website archive.