LibGuides: History of Motion Picture Arts: Databases & Journals

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Peer-Reviewed Journals/Magazines

All of these Peer Reviewed Journal titles, along with various other film magazines and journals, are available through Full-Text Finder and the Film & Television Literature Index Databases.

Each of the links below point to Full-Text Finder, where you can search for the journal title.

Adaptation
Provides a forum to theories and interrogate the phenomenon of literature on screen from both a literary and film studies perspective.
Asian Cinema
Covers all forms and aspects of Asian cinema.
Australian Screen Education
Provides information & practical guidelines on how to teach film as text & other media-related subjects.
Canadian Journal of Film Studies
Publishes articles on history, theory and criticism of film and television.
Cinema (Switzerland)
Provides a platform for in-depth reflections about international filmmaking.
Cinema Journal
Publishes essays on a wide variety of subjects from diverse methodological perspectives.
Cinephile: The University of British Columbia's Film Journal
Focuses on several aspects of cinema including voice-over, world cinema, Hollywood liberalism, horror movies, etc.
Consciousness, Literature & the Arts (1573-2193)
Can be located through Humanities International Complete.
Early Popular Visual Culture
Focuses on the study of the visual arts prior to 1930.
Film-Philosophy
Contains articles and book reviews covering a variety of approaches to film and to philosophy.
Film Criticism
Writing from a new generation of film historians, theorists, and critics representing many different disciplines, cultures, and critical perspectives.
Film History
Areas of interest range from the technical and entrepreneurial innovations of early and pre-cinema experiments, through all aspects of the production, distribution, exhibition and reception of commercial and non-commercial motion pictures.
Film International
Aims not to be just a scholarly journal, but a new breed of film magazine, mixing established academic film scholars (and other scholars) with renowned film journalists, trying to reach a wider circle of readers.
Film Matters
Provides information about the work of undergraduate film scholars.
Film studies
Approaches cinema and the moving image from within the fields of critical, conceptual and historical scholarship.
Iluminace
Provides scientific reflection of cinematography.
International Journal of Screendance
Covers the fields of dance, performance, visual art, cinema and media arts.
Journal of African Cinemas
Explores the interaction of visual and verbal narratives in African film.
Journal of British Cinema and Television
For anyone seriously interested in British cinema and television, and the prime site for those concerned with publishing cutting-edge work in these fields.
Journal of Film and Video
Articles and reviews in the fields of film and video production, history, theory, criticism, and aesthetics.
Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies
Dedicated to theoretical and historical work on the diverse and current trends in media and film scholarship.
Journal of Popular Film & Television
Articles dedicated to popular film and television in the broadest sense. Concentration on commercial cinema and television, theory/criticism, interviews, filmographies, bibliographies, stars, directors, producers, studios and networks.
Journal of Religion and Film
Examines the description, critique, and embodiment of religion in film.
Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
Discusses canonized films, film-makers and trends, as well as underdeveloped research areas.
Journal of the British Kinematograph Society
Focuses on the technical and craft skills of the film, sound and television industries
Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies
Historical & cultural studies based in the discipline of history at the Univ. of Western Australia. Seeks to encourage creativity. Special commitment to publishing the work of research postgraduates & emerging scholars.
Literature Film Quarterly
Articles on individual motion pictures, interviews with directors, screenwriters and literary figures, reviews of current film adaptations of literary works, reviews of books concerning film and responses to articles and reviews.
Moving Image - Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists
A journal that explores topics relevant to both the media archivist and the media scholar, dealing with the issues surrounding preservation, archiving and restoration of film, video and digital moving images.
New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film
Focuses on the study of contemporary film around the world.
Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film
Welcomes discussion on any topic within the wide variety of theatrical arts that emerged from the Age of Revolution to the advent of sound motion pictures, as well as all ‘pre-cinema’ optical and narrative forms, ‘silent’ motion pictures and illusions.
Post Script
Covers film studies, directors, genres & cultural influences. Essays, interviews, book reviews, and a film studies bibliography are included.
Revista Hispánica Moderna: Boletin del Instituto de las Espanas
Committed to the dissemination of outstanding scholarship on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian literary and cultural studies.
Short Film Studies
Encourages research on individual short films as a basis for a better understanding of the art form as a whole.
The Soundtrack
Publishes articles on the study of the soundtrack as a unified and coherent entity of aural and visual elements.
Studies in Hispanic Cinemas
Aimed at scholars, teachers, students and devotees from all over the world whose focus is on Spanish-speaking cinemas.
Studies in South Asian Film & Media
Provides a forum for the dissemination of scholarly work devoted to the cinemas of Japan and Korea and the interactions and relations between them.
Wide Screen
Devoted to the critical study of cinema from historical, theoretical, political, and aesthetic perspectives.

Databases

EBSCOHost This link opens in a new window
Search here to search ALL EBSCOhost databases. EBSCOhost databases are the most-used online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide.
Film & Television Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Film & Television Literature Index is the definitive online tool for film and television research. Subjects include film & television theory, preservation and restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
The Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia offers over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books, and other published sources from around the world. Includes worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.