Research Guides: English Language Arts: Film Studies

Watch films and deepen your understanding of key cinematic works by exploring the resources listed below.

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Criterion on Demand
Access a large variety of feature films online. Numerous titles available in both English and French.
Audio Cine Films (ACF)
A vast collection of popular and classic films.
Mobile Access: Install the Swank Media Player app on your device. Next, open Audio Cine film in your browser. Select the film to watch and it will automatically open in the Swank Media Player app.
National Film Board Campus
Includes documentaries, animations, experimental films, fiction and interactive works.

A showcase of films that take a stand on issues of global importance that matter to Canadians—stories about the environment, human rights, international conflict, the arts and more.
Films on Demand Master Academic Collection
Access thousands of videos from 26 Academic focused collections including Business, Health, Social Work, and much more.

Canadian Feature Film Database
The database compiles the principal credits of every Canadian feature film from 1913 to 2006; establishes a list of Canadian feature films from published information up to 2006; and features over 4,300 films.
Internet Movie Database
A comprehensive public site.
Movie Review Query Engine
The Internet’s largest database of movie reviews for over 100,000 titles. The continually growing site provides a searchable index of all published and available reviews, news, interviews, and other materials associated with specific movies.
Academic Film Archive of North America
Archive, resource, and forum for continuing scholarly advancement and public exhibition of academic film.

Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies
Sense of Cinema
Senses of Cinema is an online journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema.
CINEJ Cinema Journal
Scholarly film studies journal published annually or semi-annually.
Film Criticism
Film Criticism is a peer-reviewed, online publication bringing together scholarship in the field of cinema and media studies since 1975.