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Hotsy-totsy
film sites
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Acidemic
"Cleansing the doors of perception
in cultural studies and cinema"
Ann Dvorak: The Underground Goddess Tribute Site
Beautiful site dedicated to the great, unsung Dvorak
(her 1935 musical Bright Lights inspired our name)
The Best of Everything: A Joan Crawford Encyclopedia
Go, bow before the goddess Joan
Canyon Cinema
"The world's largest and most prestigious distributor of
independently produced avant-garde and experimental films"
Blackrefer.com
Excellent comprehensive site for black films, culture, & more
Cinema in Focus
"Spiritual and social commentary on film"
Clickable
Bombshells
A celebration of actresses from the '30s, '40s, and '50s
Delirious
Cleveland Heights, Ohio resident Steve Johnson's brilliant '90s zine
devoted to dreams 'n dreamscapes in cinema, online at last
Dermatology
in the Cinema
Which is thicker, skin or celluloid?
Documentary Educational Resources
Extra-robust site featuring ethnographic and documentary
films for rent and sale (but watch out for institutional pricing)
Documentary
Films.Net
Simple way to find that elusive documentary
Fabulous Labs
Fascinating South Asian queer media site that "conducts experiments
with Film,Video, New Media, Literature and Urban extra-curricular"
Film CommissionHQ
Everything you need to know about shooting locations
Film
Forum
"New York's leading movie house for independent
premieres and repertory
programming"
Film & History
An interdisciplinary journal of film and TV studies
Film International
Excellent writing in this one
Film Noir, Suspense, and Action Movies
Any site that knows who June Duprez gets our vote
Films
on Disc
DVD and laser disc reviews, including quality assessment and feature
film criticism. No new material since 2002, it seems, but a solid archive.
Filmmaker Magazine
The magazine that was indie before indie was cool
Flicker
"Home page for the alternative cinematic experience"
Green Cine
Fine all-purpose movie site also rents and
streams
videos. Check out their cool primers.
If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats
"Cultural and personal observations"
Images
A beautifully produced journal of film and popular culture
Internet
Movie Database
"Everything you ever wanted to know about every movie ever made. Really."
Jump
Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media
"Pioneers since 1974, analyzing media in relation to class, race, and gender"
Kinoeye
at Central Europe Review
Coverage of the Central and Eastern European film scene
The
Living Color
Jack Stevenson's online film magazine of cult, kitsch, and camp
Margaret
Cho
The official web site of the film and television comedienne
Masters of Cinema
Seminal site devoted to world cinema on DVD
Morphizm
Scott Thill's groovy socio-cultural site: "Don't fear change. Change fear."
Movie Review Query Engine at Telerama
Contains over 420,000 movie reviews (of 42,000+ titles) on the Internet
as of February 2005, including
reviews from Bright Lights Film Journal
National
Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
"National association of non-profit organizations and individuals commited
to furthering the media arts: film, video, audio, and interactive"
Noirfilm.com
"A dame with a rod is like a guy with a knitting needle"
Our Brothers, Our Sons
Documentary about barebacking, AIDS, and safe sex as viewed
by two generations of gay men
Pacific Film Archive
Internationally recognized center for the exhibition and study of cinema
Photofest
One of the world's great stills archives
Raymond Durgnat
A vastly detailed tribute site to the divine Mr. D
San
Francisco Cinematheque
"One of the most knowledgeable and respected showcases
of experimental film
and video in the world"
San
Francisco Film Society
Home of the San Francisco International Film Festival
San
Francisco State University Cinema Department
Academic programs, student work, links
Screening
the Past
"An international, refereed, electronic journal of visual media
and history" from
Victoria, Australia
Senses
of Cinema
Superb online film journal "devoted to the serious and eclectic
discussion of cinema"
The
Site of Movie Magazines
A comprehensive guide to both print and Web publications covering cinema
WACC
British group of religion-based folks who publish Media Development
and other worthy activist reads
Warhol Stars
Extra-loaded site devoted to the damaged denizens of Warhol Land
What
a Character!
Indispensable roundup of bios, photos, and filmographies of a bazillion
character actors: "The names you don't remember, the faces you can't
forget!"
Women
Make Movies
"The largest distributor of women's media in North America"
I'm sick of movies! Take me away, Mr. Webmaster!
The Canonical List of Weird Band Names
Disturbingly comprehensive listing of the weirdest band names in the universe. Everything from "Above Average Weight Band" to "Zoogz Rift and His Amazing Shitheads."
Go to Europe!
It's official: America = Hell. Go to Europe
White People Lie
Our favorite queercore band, who remind us that "with love and manure we can challenge the world"
The
Ivy Compton-Burnett Home Page
The life and work of the great English novelist (1884-1969);
from the publishers
of Bright Lights Film Journal
The Jack Vance Information Page
Everything you need to know about the incomparable sf, fantasy,
and detective fiction writer
The James Purdy Society Website
Properly idolatrous site devoted to the most woefully underrated genius of 20th-century fiction: James Purdy
The
Richard M. Powers Cyber Art Gallery
Devoted to the art and life of the 1950s-60s paperback cover painter;
a project
by Bright Lights Film Journal contributor C. Jerry
Kutner
Literature R Us
Bright Lights Film Journal contributor Alan Vannemann comments on the mercifully passing scene.
The
Media Channel
A not-for-profit global media supersite focusing on non-corporate media;
affiliates
include Bright Lights Film Journal
VeloAsia
Cycling Adventures
Leave the darkness of movie theatre and dream den and go cycling in Vietnam!
True
Foods Now
Join Greenpeace in the fight against genetically altered foods, and
find out
if what you're eating has been genetically modified.
Informed
Consent
Journalist Kim Zetter blogs about cybercrime, e-voting, and government secrecy
The Space Lady (aka Suzy Soundz, Susan Dietrich)
The online home of the legendary street musician
Debora
Iyall
The official Web site of Romeo Void's Debora Iyall, who now
performs with Knife
in Water. Worship her.
