Books & Films
Databases
Web Sites
Books & Films
Books about French Cinema can be found on the fourth floor of the Fenwick Library under the call number PN 1993.5 .F7 range
Canadian Cinema is nearby, PN 1993.5 .C2 to C3 range
The Johnson Center Library also holds a few titles under these call numbers, on the third floor.
You may also search the Library Catalog by:
Film Title
Director or principal Actors (under Author)
The Subject Motion Pictures France and its subheadings.
Narrow your results by selecting Set Limits, then "French" for Language and "Videorecording" for Medium.
Browse the Catalog under the Subject Motion Pictures French to produce a list of the French films held on videocassette and DVD by the Johnson Center Library.
The films themselves are shelved on the first floor of the Johnson Center Library in the call number range PN 1997, alphabetical by title, although films are not separated by language. They may be viewed in the library.
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Databases
GMU Restricted. Click on a database below, and then scroll down to its name in the alphabetical list produced. If you are off-campus, you will be prompted to provide your username and password (the same ones you use to access your Mason email account).
Film Indexes Online
Scroll down to Film Indexes Online, and within it, click on Search Film Index International for production information, a brief synopsis, and a bibliography of further resources.
International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA)
Includes citations and many full text articles on French films, such as criticism and interviews.
MLA International Bibliography
"Indexes scholarly works (journal articles, monographs, book chapters, dissertation abstracts, and series) on literature, languages, linguistics and folklore."
Web Sites
Cannes Film Festival
Centre nationale de la cinématographie (CNC)
Cinema on Frenchculture.org
Descriptions of new French films premiering in the US, French film festivals, new releases on DVD, and other useful links.
La Cinémathèque française
A national cinematic museum and preservation center.
IMDb
The Internet Movie Database includes detailed production information and numerous links to film reviews.
Institut Lumière
Web site of another French cinematic museum.
Lumière!
"A comprehensive web site by film buffs including news, reviews, TV movies, biographies, feature articles, listings of movie theaters throughout France, plus a section on the technology and economy of the film business." (Description courtesy of Frenchculture.org)
Saviez-vous? Did you know?
Cinema has a French pedigree: in 1894, the brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière of Lyon patented a camera and projector called the cinématographe. With it, they filmed and showed the first motion picture. Incidentally, the brothers' last name, Lumière, means "light."
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