HISTORY OF WORLD CINEMA

. . . Mr. Díaz #7
Academic Sites

1-Course "History of World Cinema" (Syllabus, List of Selected Movies and Link to Lecture Notes) by Mr Díaz

1-Curso "Historia del Cine" (Programa, Lista de Películas y Enlace con Notas de Clases ) por el Sr Díaz

2-The Internet Movie Database

2-La Base de Datos de Películas de la Internet

3-Cinema History

3-Historia del Cine

4-History of American Cinema by Decades

4-Historia del Cine Americano por Décadas

5-How are Movies Made?

5-Cómo se Hace una Película?

6-A Short History of the Movies

6-Una Breve Historia del Cine

7-Cinema Historia: Centre for Cinematic Research at the University of Barcelona, Spain

7-Historia del Cine: Centro de Investigaciones Cinematográficas de la Universidad de Barcelona, España 

8-American Film Institute

8-Instituto Americano de Cine

9-The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences

9-La Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas

10-French Cinema

10-Cine Francés

10.1-Cannes Film Festival

10.1-Festival de Cine de Cannes

11-Gaumont

11-Gaumont

12-British Cinema

12-Cine Británico

13-The British Film Institute

13-Instituto Británico de Cine

14-German Cinema

14-Cine Alemán

14.1-German Cinema 2

14.1-Cine Alemán 2

15-German Cinema 1945-80's

15-Cine Alemán 1945-80's

16-Italian Cinema

16-Cine Italiano

17-Russian and Soviet Cinema

17-Cine Soviético y Ruso

18-Spanish Cinema

18-Cine Español

19--Fifty (50) Directors (& their Movies) of the Spanish Cinema

19-Cincuenta (50) Directores (y sus Películas) del Cine Español

20-More than 100 Years of Mexican Cinema 

20-Más de 100 Años de Cine Mexicano 

21-Mexican Cinema 

21-Cine Mexicano 

22-Cuban Cinema

22-Cine Cubano

23-Zayas Digital: Cuban Cinema

23-Zayas Digital: Cine Cubano

24-History of Argentinean Cinema

24-Historia del Cine Argentino

25-The Page of the Argentinean Cinema

25-La Página del Cine Argentino

26-Foreign Films-Non American Films

26-Películas Extranjeras-No Americanas

27-Movie Posters

27-Carteles de Cine

27.1-Movie Posters

27.1-Carteles de Cine

28-WebMovie: The Motion Picture Producer's Guide

28-WebMovie: La Guía del Productor 

29-Univ. Calif. Berkeley: Media Resources Center 

29-Univ. Calif. Berkeley: Centro de Recursos de Medios Masivos 

30-Cinema Connection

30-La Conexión Cinematográfica

31-The RML Movie Page

31-La Página de las Película RML

32-Movie Review Query

32-Motor de Búsqueda de Análisis de Películas 

33-Movie Reviews by Edwin Jahiel

33-Análisis de Películas por Edwin Jahiel

34-Movie Reviews by Boyd Petrie

34-Análisis de Películas por Boyd Petrie

35-Film Freak Central

35-La Central del Fanático del Cine

36-Grading the Movies

36-Calificando las Películas

37-E - Film Critic

37-Crítico de Cine Electrónico

38-Films Graded

38-Películas Calificadas

39-Crazy 4 Cinema

39-Loco x el Cine

40-Characters / Actors

40-Personajes / Actores

41-Stars's Archive

41-Archivo de la Estrellas

42-Celebrity Addresses Emporium

42-Imperio de la Direción de las Celebridades

43-Who Represents the Stars?

43-Quién Representa a las Estrellas?

44-Alex Fung's Page: All Movie Awards

44-La Página de Alex Fung: Todos los Premios de Cine

45-Golden Globe Awards

45-Premios Globo Dorado

46-Cinema Sites

46-Páginas sobre Cine

47-Sudance Film Institute

47-Instituto de Cine Sudance

48-The New York Film Academy

48-La Academia de Cine de New York

49-Mistakes in the Movies

49-Errores en las Películas

50-Budget & Box Office Reports

50-Costo e Ingresos de las Películas

51-Internet Resources for Film Studies (Databases, Journals, Film Schools, Films Institutes, Archives, History of Film)

51-Recursos en la Internet para los Estudios de Cine (Bases de Datos, Institutos y Universidades, Archivos Fílmicos, Historias del Cine)

52-Film Studies / Film History

52-Estudios de Cine / Historia del Cine

Lists of Classics / The Best...

1-The Greatest 200 Films 

1-Los Mejores 200 Filmes

2-Reel Classics (Stars, Directors, Reviews, and more)

2-Películas Clásicas (Actores, Directores y más)

3-Film 100: The Most Influential People

3-Film 100: Los Más Influyentes

4-List of Historical Movies for my Students by Periods of Nine Weeks

4-Lista de Películas de Temas Históricos a ver por mis Estudiantes por Unidades Evaluativas

5-The Worldwide Top 100 Grossing Films & More 

5-Las 100 Películas más Taquilleras del Mundo + 

6-Yahoo Movie Web Ring

6-El Anillo de las Películas de Yahoo

7-American Movie Classics

7-Películas Americanas Clásicas

8-Turner Classic Movies

8-Películas Clásicas de Turner

9-E! (Entertainment TV)

9-E! (Entretenimiento TV)

10-My List of Best Movies by Years

10-Mi Lista de Mejores Películas por Años

Movie Studios


DISNEY

1923
Broadcasting: ABC; Cable TV: ESPN, Disney Channel, A&E, E!; Lifetime.

A certain famous mouse may live in the Magic Kingdom, but he works in Hollywood. Walt Disney Studio Entertainment, the motion picture arm of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's largest film production businesses. Its live-action and animated titles are produced and distributed through Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone, and Buena Vista International. Its Miramax Film Corp. acquires, produces, and distributes movies under the Miramax and Dimension banners. Walt Disney Studios also produces TV programming through Walt Disney Television Animation; Broadway shows through Buena Vista Theatrical Group; and CDs through Hollywood Records and Lyric Street Records.


MIRAMAX

Dimension Films is a subsidiary of Miramax

Formed in 1979 by brothers and co-chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Miramax originally distributed and produced lower budget, quirky art house films. Miramax now also develops bigger, more costly movies such as Chicago and Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York. Sister company Dimension Films reinvigorated the teen horror genre with the Scream and Scary Movie series and has expanded its scope with the Spy Kids series. Walt Disney Studio Entertainment bought the company in 1993.

20th CENTURY FOX

1935
Broadcasting: Fox; Cable TV: Fox News, Fox Sports, Family Channel. All are part of News Corp.


COLUMBIA PICTURES/TRISTAR

1924: Columbia founded; 1982: Bought by Coca-Cola; 1982: TriStar founded; 1987: Merge of both Co. ; 1989: Bought by Sony

MGM/UNITED ARTISTS
1919: United Artists founded; 1924: MGM founded; 1967: U.A. is bought by Transamerica Corp.; 1970: MGM is bought by Kirk Kerkorian, from Las Vegas; 1978: Orion Pictures founded; 1981: MGM bought UA; 1986: Ted Turner bought MGM/UA; 1990: MGM/UA sold to Pathe Communications; 1992: MGM/UA bought by the French bank Credit Lyonnais; 1996: K. Kerkorian bought back MGM/UA; Late 1990's MGM/UA bought Orion Pictures. Cable TV: AMC.


WARNER BROS.
1923: WB founded; 1967: New Line Cinema founded; 1967: WB is bought by Seven Arts Productions; 1969: WB is bought by Kinney National Service; 1986: Ted Turner bought MGM/UA and sold it later to Pathe Comm., but kept the library of 3,300 movies; 1989: Time Inc. bought WB; 1993: Ted Turner bought New Line Cinema and Castle Rock; Late 1990's: Ted Turner joined Time-Warner; 2000's: AOL bought Time-Warner-Turner.  Cable TV: HBO, Cinemax, TCM, TNT, TBS, CNN, and others. Also related to Liberty Media Corp., the owner of the Starz-Encore system.
UNIVERSAL

1912: Founded; 1962: Bought by MCA; 1990: Bought by Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co.; Late 1990's: Bought by Seagrams Co. June 2000: Vivendi (a powerful French media Co.) and Seagrams merged. Dec. 2000: The new Co adopted the name of Vivendi Universal: it owns Universal Pictures, Universal Studios theme parks, USA Network, Sci-Fi Channel and Studios USA.

PARAMOUNT

1927: Founded; 1966: Bought by Gulf and Western; 1989: Gulf and Western changed its name to Paramount Communications; 1994: Bought by Viacom. Viacom also owns the following: Broadcasting: CBS and UPN; Cable TV: MTV, TNN, Nickelodeon, and Showtime.

DREAM WORKS
Created in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen, DreamWorks has established itself in the entertainment industry after a rocky start. The three founders collectively own 66% of DreamWorks; Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, owns about 26%.
LIONS GATE / TRIMARK
1999
CANADA-USA
The company is a leading producer and distributor of moderately budgeted independent films. It also produces TV movies, miniseries, and TV series. The company splits its operations between LA and Vancouver.
MANDALAY BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT
Mandalay Entertainment is the filmed entertainment production company founded by former Columbia Pictures head Peter Guber and former entertainment lawyer Paul Schaeffer. Founded in 1995 the company has produced such films as Sleepy Hollow and Enemy at the Gates. It also produces movies and series for television (Cupid, Sole Survivor) and produces non-fiction movies (Galapagos - IMAX 3D).
ARTISAN ENTERTAINMENT
Artisan was formed in 1997 when a group led by Bain Capital acquired home video distributor LIVE Entertainment. The company is 30% owned by Boston-based investment firm Audex. Big screen or small screen? Makes no difference to Artisan Entertainment. The company distributes films and home movies through its two operating divisions, Artisan Pictures and Artisan Home Entertainment. Artisan releases about 10 art films a year
REGENT ENTERTAINMENT
REGENT ENTERTAINMENT
1997


The Independent Film Channel

IFC Films and Next Wave Films are new film production and distribution companies under The Independent Film Channel Entertainment Division, a division of Bravo Networks. Based in New York, this company initially will release 10-12 films per year.

Revolution Studios

Founded in May 2000 by former 20th Century Fox and Disney chairman Joe Roth. Its sole goal is to produce commercial viable films

Founded by Armyan Bernstein in 1990, Beacon Communications soon became one of the most respected independent motion picture companies in the industry. In 2002, Armyan Bernstein and Charlie Lyons co-founded Holding Pictures. Holding Pictures has recently acquired the Beacon name, and has formed Beacon Pictures as a new division of Holding Pictures

 


Spyglass produces its films through its partnership with J.P. Morgan Chase bank, and it was distributing movies via an exclusive deal with Walt Disney Studio Entertainment, which owns a 10% stake in Spyglass. However, in late 2002 Spyglass announced it was leaving Disney to enter into a similar agreement with DreamWorks. The company is also involved in TV production through Spyglass Entertainment Television. Spyglass was founded in 1998 by veteran Hollywood producers Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum.

Brian Grazer and Ron Howard created Imagine Entertainment in 1986.

James G. Robinson, Chairman and CEO of Morgan Creek Productions, founded the company in early 1988 and, in its first fourteen years of operation, has seen eleven of its 30 films debut in the #1 box-office spot.

Cinema Journals / Publicaciones Académicas

1-Cinema Journal, University of Texas

2-Kinema, A Journal of Film and Audiovisual Media, University of Waterloo,Ontario, Canada

3-Screening the Past, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

4-Bright Lights Film Journal.

5-Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture

6-Senses of Cinema

7-Cinema Space, University of California at Berkeley

8- Film Quarterly, University of California

9-Camera Obscura, A journal of feminism and film theory. Duke University.

10-American Cinematographer

11-Animation Journal

12-Canadian Journal of Film Studies

13-Cinetex, University of Vienna, Austria

14-Critical Inquiry, University of Chicago

15-Film Comment, The Film Society of Lincoln Center

16- Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies.

17-Film Feature Forum

18-Film-Historia

19-Journal of Popular Film and Television

20-The Silents Majority. On-line Journal of Silent Film

21-Film and Philosophy

22-IndieWIRE

23-Millennium Film Journal. Independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema.

24-Movie Maker

25-Scope. Journal of the Institute of Film Studies at Nottingham University,UK

26-STROBE. Journal of Film, Television and New Media from UCLA

27-FilmRef

28-Journal of Film and Video, University Film and Video Association

29-Journal of Film Preservation, UCLA

30-Journal of Religion and Film, University of Nebraska at Omaha

31-Black Camera: A Micro Journal of Black Film Studies, Univ. Indiana

32-Cineaste

33-Film-Criticism

34-Literature Film Quarterly, Salisbury University

35-Spectator Online, University of Southern California

36-Wide Angle

37-The Yale Journal of Criticism

38-Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, Louisiana State University

Industry's Magazines / Revistas

1-The Hollywood Reporter (Daily & Weekly)

2-Variety (Daily & Weekly)

3-Vanity Fair

4-Biography (Monthly)

5-People (Monthly)

6-National Enquirer (Weekly)

7-Entertaintment Weekly

8-Entertainment Today

9-Movieline

10-Now Playing (Monthly)

11-Premiere


Find, Buy, Rent, Watch

1-Movies Unlimited (Domestic & Foreign, Old & New)

1-Películas sin Límites (Americanas y Extranjeras, Viejas y Nuevas)

1.1-Amazon.com (New & Used) Cheap !

1.1-Amazon.com (Nuevas y Usadas) Baratas !!

2-Reel.com: Your Connection to the Movies

2-Reel.com: Tu Conección con las Películas

3-Blockbuster Home Page

3-La Página de Blockbuster

4-New Yorker Films (Foreign Films)

4-New Yorker Films (Películas Extranjeras)

4-The Library Video Company: Educational Videos and CD ROM's

4-La Biblioteca de Videos: Videos Educacionales y CD ROM's

5-Critics' Choice Videos: The Big Book of Movies

5-La Elección de los Críticos en Videos: El Libro Grande de las Películas

6-PBS (Educational Movies & Documentaries)

6-PBS (Películas y DocumentalesEducacionales)

7-Annenberg Videos: Educational Series & Documentaries

7-Videos Annenberg: Series Educacionales y Documentales

8-A&E, History Channel, Biography

8-A&E, Canal de Historia, Biografías

9-Moviefone

9-Moviefone

10-All the Movies

10-Todas las Películas

11-Crazy for Cinema

11-Loco por las Películas

12-Great Classic Movies

12-Las Grandes Películas Clásicas

13-Cinema Review Magazine

13-Revista Análisis de Cine

14-The Movie Page

14-La Página del Cine

15-Hollywood

15-Hollywood

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