Use the Five College Library Catalog to find books about film, or to search for films:
For information on the history and theory of film genres: Subject begins with: film genres
For Books About: | Search Under: | Or try: |
a film | Subject begins with: film's title e.g. Clueless motion picture |
Subject begins with: director's name Keyword anywhere: film title |
a director | Subject begins with: director's name e.g. Bigelow, Kathryn |
Subject begins with: motion picture producers and directors |
a genre | Subject begins with: the genre e.g. film noir |
For information on the history and theory of film genres -- Subject begins with: film genres |
a theme | Subject begins with: the theme e.g. women in motion pictures OR African Americans in motion pictures OR violence in motion pictures |
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other topics of possible interest |
Subject begins with: film criticism technology in motion pictures motion pictures and literature dance in motion pictures, television, etc. |
NO LUCK? Try looking in Worldcat under these same subjects. Use Interlibrary Loan to request books outside of the Five Colleges. Allow 7-10 days for delivery.
For Films: You can use the Browse DVDs tool highlighted above -- or -- if you would rather use the Five College Library Catalog to search for DVDs, use Advanced Search and limit by format, as shown below.