FILM AND TELEVISION

 

 

American Film, 1975--. 12/yr.

Call number: PN 1993 .A617

Is a "journal of the film and television arts." Does not publish bibliographies.

 

 

Cineaction!, 1985--. 3/yr.

Call number: PN 1993 .C56

Published by Cineaction, a collective for the advancement of film studies in Toronto, Canada. Publishes occasional special issues devoted to a particular genre or theory. Particularly interested in radical film criticism and theory, and pays considerable attention to foreign film. Also includes book reviews. No serial bibliography.

 

 

Cineaste, 1967--. 4/yr.

Call number: PN 1993 .C5

Subtitled The Art and Politics of the Cinema, this journal publishes articles and reviews on specific films, film genres, and film personalities, with a special emphasis on foreign and independent cinema. Also reviews books about film/cinema studies on a regular basis. No serial bibliographies.

 

 

*Cinema Journal: Journal of the Society for Cinema Studies, 1961--. 4/yr.

Call number: PN 1993 .S621

Published at the University of Illinois. Presents solid scholarly articles dealing w/various aspects of film studies from historical and theoretical perspectives. International in scope. Professional Notes department of each issue has conference reviews, journal and research announcements, recent book announcements, and an index of articles on film and television published that month in non-screen journals. Only rarely publishes bibliographies.

 

 

Film and History, 1971--. 4/yr.

Call number: PN 1995.2 .F54

Published by the Historian's Film Committee (affiliated with AHA). Has occasional selected and annotated bibliographies. Strong emphasis on history but also has contemporary film perspectives. International in scope.

 

 

Film Comment, 1962--. 6/yr.

Call number: PN 1993 .F5

Non-scholarly journal covering popular, foreign, and avant-garde films. Contains articles on special topics like jazz or 60s movies. Publishes a few signed book reviews in each issue. No serial bibliographies.

 

 

Film Criticism, 1981--. 3/yr.

Call number: PN 1993 .F4183

Scholarly journal covering historical and contemporary film issues. No bibliographies.

 

 

*Film Quarterly, 1945--.

Call number: PN 1993 .H457

Scholarly journal, international in scope. Presents short, though astute, articles on topics like "sex, knowledge, and power in detective genre films," "Vietnam films," and "back to the future films in the 80s." Has interviews and regular book reviews, plus an annual round-up of books not previously reviewed.

 

 

Films in Review. 6/yr.

Call number: PN 1993.F6473

Published bi-monthly by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures in New York, this publication is more 'mainstream' than scholarly in tone, and assumes the audience to be the general public. Articles include film, video, laserdisc, and equipment reviews. One welcome feature is a column that regularly comments on film music, as well as offering film soundtrack reviews. Interviews with actors and directors are featured occasionally as well.

 

 

Journal of Film and Video, 1984--. 4/yr.

Call number: PN 1993 .U6313

International in scope. Special interest is in film theory and practice. Publishes solid articles but no bibliographies except for list of theses/dissertations dealing w/film studies and recently completed at foreign universities.

 

 

Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, 1981--. 2/yr.

Call number: PN 1993.5 .A1 H54

Published in association with the International Association for Media and History. Interdisciplinary journal concerned w/evidence produced by the mass media for historians and social scientists. Also concerned with the impact of mass communications in the 20th century. International in scope. No subject or serial bibliographies.

 

 

Journal of Popular Film and Television, 1978--. 4/yr.

Call number: PN 1993 .J661

Covers popular film and television in the broadest sense. "Concentration is upon commercial cinema and TV: stars, directors, producers, studios, networks, genres, series, the audience, etc. Articles on film and TV theory are invited, as well as interviews, filmographies, and bibliographies." Recent topics treated include Oliver Stone's "JFK," beach party movies, "America's Funniest Home Videos," English classics for Cold War America, and television movies and the first decade of AIDS. Occasional "Special Issues". Occasional bibliographic essays: "Blacks in Television," "The Public Broadcasting System: A Bibliography of Criticism," for example. Regularly publishes book and video reviews. Annual author and title index. The Winter 1993 issue provides an annotated index to volumes 1-20, including bibliographies and filmographies, cross-referenced by subject, author, and book title, where appropriate.

 

 

Jump Out, 1974--. approx. 4/yr.

Published in Chicago. Includes topical and area film "resource lists" (including institutions to contact), bibliographies and filmographies, and conference reports.

 

 

Literature Film Quarterly, 1973--.

Call number: PN 1995.3 .L57

Scholarly journal, international in scope, focused on the relationship between literature and film, both contemporary and historical. No serial or subject bibliographies.

 

 

Postscript: Essays in Film and the Humanities, 1981--. 3/yr.

Call number: PN 1995 .P682

Focuses on the relation of film to a multitude of other fields, e.g., photography, history, technology, American studies, etc. International in scope. No serial or subject bibliographies.

 

 

Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 1989--.

Call number: PN 1994 .Q34

Publishes deep and challenging scholarship, international in scope. Focus is on theoretical and practical issues. Special issues cover various genres, theories, and topics. Translates foreign essays. Presents occasional reviews and extensive subject bibliographies w/varying degrees of annotation.

 

 

Screen. 4/yr.

Call number: PN1993.S231

This British journal, published quarterly, features scholarly articles on film theory and criticism. Of special note is a column entitled "Reports and Debate," which, as the title suggests, offers commentary on either a current problem or topic of interest in film/cinema studies, or a report on one of the numerous film festivals that are held throughout the world annually.

 

 

Sight and Sound, 1932--. 12/yr.

Call number: PN 1993 .S56

Published monthly by the British Film Institute, this publication is aimed towards the general reader. Features articles offering critical commentary on film and television, as well as interviews and reviews. No bibliographies.

 

 

TV Quarterly: The Journal of the National Academy of Television Arts.

Call number: HE 8690 .T47

Contributors include scholars, professionals working in the field, and even occasional Pulitzer Prize-winning critics. The Academy's goal is to field articles "that deal with television's role in our complex society and its relationship to technology. Coverage ranges from local to international programming, detailed television histories, current subjects of interest, and individuals who have contributed to television. No subject or serial bibliographies.

 

 

Wide Angle, 1976--. 4/yr.

Call number: PN 1993 .W48

Published at Athens, OH. Occasional bibliographies and filmographies on individual filmmakers with an issue devoted to one filmmaker. Summarizes current scholarship on that filmmaker.

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