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- Cinema Journal - Opens in a new windowPublishes essays on a wide variety of subjects from diverse methodological perspectives.
- Cinema Scope - Opens in a new windowpublished since 1999. It’s become a well-respected source for promoting film as an art form with its thorough coverage of world cinema. Cinema Scope’s interviews, features, columns, and criticism are worth exploring by filmmakers serious about the art and craft of filmmaking.
- Cinéaste - Opens in a new windowPresents reviews of and essays about international films.
- Film Criticism - Opens in a new windowWriting from a new generation of film historians, theorists, and critics representing many different disciplines, cultures, and critical perspectives.
- Film Journal International - Opens in a new windowPublishes articles related to motion picture exhibition, distribution, and trends.
- Hollywood Reporter - Opens in a new windowPresents news articles and features for and about the motion picture industry and the Los Angeles/Hollywood area.
- The Journal of Religion and Film - Opens in a new windowExamines the description, critique, and embodiment of religion in film.
- Millennium Film Journal - Opens in a new windowCovers independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema, video and works using digital technologies.
- Offscreen - Opens in a new windowCovers film festivals, retrospectives, film forums and both popular and more academic events.
- Sight and Sound - Opens in a new windowpublished by the British Film Institute. Its print and digital editions are read by discerning film fans worldwide. In-depth movie reviews, director perspectives, critical analysis, and feature articles can all be found in Sight and Sound.
- Velvet Light Trap - Opens in a new windowPeer-reviewed journal covering topics on film and media.
Streaming Video Databases
- Criterion on Demand This link opens in a new windowEducationally relevant feature films, from current hits to classic favourites, including films from major producers such as Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox. It includes films in English and French as well as with subtitles.
The license terms for this product stipulate that usage is for educational purposes only, and for individual access only (group viewing is not permitted). Please contact your library for more information. - Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowVideo clips on a variety of subject areas including art and architecture, environmental science, health and social sciences, technology and trades. The videos are copyright cleared for classroom use at Algonquin College.
- National Film Board (NFB) This link opens in a new windowCanadian videos, including documentaries, animations, experimental films and fiction. Additional content and user features are available only to faculty/staff of Algonquin College. Please contact library@algonquincollege.com for an access token to NFB Campus.
The content of this resource is copyright cleared for classroom use at Algonquin College.
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- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowA large and diverse collection of scholarly journals, magazines, and newspaper articles, as well as some books and conference proceedings. It covers most subject areas.
- Canadian Business & Current Affairs This link opens in a new windowChoose newspaper as resource type from limiters or use the Newspaper Search in Page 1+ to add Canadian news content to your results
A diverse collection of publications, including scholarly journals, trade publications, dissertations, books, newspapers and magazines. Covers Canadian studies, business, culture, current event, education, literature, agriculture, history, and language, as well as government and politics. - Communications & Mass Media (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowCommunications journal articles covering subjects such as advertising and public relations, literature and writing, and linguistics.
- CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals) This link opens in a new windowCanadian and international journals, magazines and reference content with a Canadian focus. It covers areas such as Canadian history, literature, and government.
- Fine Arts (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowMagazines and journals that cover subjects such as drama, music, art history and filmmaking.
- Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) This link opens in a new windowOpen access graduate theses from around the world.
The documents contained in this collection are free to access; however, you must follow the licence terms and conditions of each document for any use of the content. - Pop Culture Studies (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles related to popular culture.
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