Online Film Databases and Resources

[Stefan Andersson]

Filmstruck Blog archive:
https://arachnidial.rssing.com/chan-212 ... l_p60.html

[Stefan Andersson]

Essays on Asian films:
https://windowsonworlds.com/

[Stefan Andersson]

Rotten Tomatoes new Archival Hub:
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/rt ... -archives/
Aims to collect clippings related to Pauline Kael, reviews of lost films and much more. Also, the story of a connection between London After Midnight and The Babadook.

[Stefan Andersson]

A fan site with extensive info about The Haunting (1963:
https://www.the-haunting.com/index.html ... e-Haunting

Includes info on:
-a deleted scene (+two stills)
- an original/alternate version (that is/was housed at the the National Film and Television Archive) containing the deleted scene (+ other material)
- use of Mary Quant clothes
and more

Info on the original/alternate version is the same text as on the relevant ImdB/Alternate versions page.

[Stefan Andersson]

Reviews of French and international films on French DVD/Blu:
https://homepopcorn.fr/ - French-language site.

[skilar]

Reviews of French and international films on French DVD/Blu:
https://homepopcorn.fr/ - French-language site.

I've been looking for French-language content like this, so thanks for sharing. Looks like a great resource.

[Stefan Andersson]

Reviews of French and international films on French DVD/Blu:
https://homepopcorn.fr/ - French-language site.

I've been looking for French-language content like this, so thanks for sharing. Looks like a great resource.

Hi!
Glad you liked Homepopcorn!

Perhaps you would be interested in these also:
http://www.regard-critique.fr/public/index.php
https://www.senscritique.com/
https://www.dvdclassik.com/
https://www.dvdfr.com/
http://devildead.com/
https://www.cineclubdecaen.com/

[skilar]

Hi!
Glad you liked Homepopcorn!

Perhaps you would be interested in these also:
http://www.regard-critique.fr/public/index.php
https://www.senscritique.com/
https://www.dvdclassik.com/
https://www.dvdfr.com/
http://devildead.com/
https://www.cineclubdecaen.com/

These are wonderful. I appreciate it. I notice you linked to tenia's new site elsewhere, too, which looks great.

[JamesDomb]

Hi ! I'm JamesDomb, the creator of Homepopcorn.fr ! It's a surprise for me to see that my webzine is on this topic !

Thanks a lot and "Vive le cinéma, le DVD et le Blu-ray" ! 😀

[L.A.]

Silent Room’s interesting blog report on silent film actress Jetta Goudal.

[L.A.]

The Guardian has an article on Márta Mészáros who will be 90 in September.

[L.A.]

MTV is 40 years old.

[Stefan Andersson]

A new blog/podcast, created by Tim Millard, formerly of WB Home Entertainment:
https://www.theextras.tv/

Features a 3-part podcast with guest George Feltenstein.

[L.A.]

Film buff rescues more than 20,000 VHS tapes set for dump

[domino harvey]

Film buff rescues more than 20,000 VHS tapes set for dump

At least when Everything is Terrible collects Jerry Maguire VHSes, they’re kidding. This guy is sincerely celebrating the worst possible home video format

[soundchaser]

I recognize the importance of preserving the format as part of understanding our shared cultural heritage and such, but anyone who willingly watches a VHS tape of something that has since been released in another media is deluding themselves. (And I hate that he’s lumping VHS in with all physical media. The kids are stupid if they’re going after decades-old tapes not for any kind of archival project.)

[senseabove]

There's an indie theater in San Francisco that has a regular "Rewind Wednesday" series, where they show Millenial nostalgia movies on VHS on the big screen, e.g. recent and upcoming screenings have included Men in Black, Hook, and The Mummy. Baffles me, but I guess it's popular enough for them to keep doing it.

[colinr0380]

It could be worse, as I do not think people are celebrating VCDs currently.

And of course there is the Victorville Film Archives, which despite Tim's various successful attempts at destroying all of Gregg's collection over and over again keeps rising like a phoenix from the ashes!

"Who in their right mind would program Fletch 2 on a Saturday night?"

[L.A.]

Chetan Sharma’s piece in Scroll.in dedicated to Ram Mohan who is considered to be the father of Indian animation.

[Stefan Andersson]

Reference resources for UK horror, features and short subjects:

http://www.smguariento.com/take-an-unea ... branaghan/ - good resource about British theatrical horror short subjects 1976-1983

https://darrellpbuxton.wixsite.com/passthemarmalade - exhaustive listings

[Stefan Andersson]

Listings of new releases in France, plus reviews and more:
https://digitalcine.fr/

Top right, under Index, there is "Toutes les fiches films", an index of films with links to separate pages for each film, with review, home video info and more. I spot checked "Après la tempête" (Kore-eda´s "After the Storm") and Bresson´s "Les Dames de Bois de Boulogne". At the bottom of each page, there is a link called "Dossier de presse" or "Communiqué de presse", that is, press kits in French. AFAIK, French press kits are quite often longish, with interviews and background info. Worth checking out.

[Stefan Andersson]

Cartoons resource, edited by Jerry Beck:
https://cartoonresearch.com/

[knives]

With the apparent announcing of the passing of one of the true giants of animation. Are there any from that last wave of theatrical animators left?

[Stefan Andersson]

Italian films resource (in Italian); includes a Fellini section:
http://www.cinefiliaritrovata.it/?c=2406

[Stefan Andersson]

Two major source for French-language texts on film and other subjects:
https://journals.openedition.org/
https://www.cairn.info/ - full texts to be read free of charge, and/or buy as PDF files.

Through openedition.org one can read texts from the French film magazine 1895:
https://journals.openedition.org/1895/
-Years 2000-2016, issue 79 available for free to read
-Years 2016, issue 80 - 2020 - full texts at the moment available to read or buy from cairn.info - available to read for free at openedition.org from January, 2022, or later (date specified on site)
-resumés for each article, in several languages, available for free online