I like to go to the TCM web page as well.
That is a pretty good one even though I don’t watch/visit TCM alot it does have some good resources, thanks.
You should check out iArthouse.com. It’s got some good stuff.
allmovie.com is farily decent not as good as allmusic but certainly better than allgame :S
I enjoy flixster.com. Sure it’s set up very mainstream but there are a lot of hard core film heads up there. I think I just made up a turm, film heads. I like it.
empireonline is the biggest in the uk, and is always good for factual information as it doesnt do rumours. theyre review archive is great too, as empire is the biggest selling british film magazine. the forums over there are great too, iv been a user for a few years now. its not as analytical as here, but its where i go for my more inane chat.
theymakepicturesdontthey.com ranks fims according to critical acclaim.
In terms of new media, Vimeo.com is my favorite, and I’d even say the best, website to find user-generate content with extremely high quality uploads. Think youtube, but in HD, and consisting entirely of fairly brilliant material people are making themselves.
For blogs and reviews, I enjoy Spout.com and hammertonail.com among others.
I really enjoy www.sensesofcinema.com
It’s more of an online magazine based out of Austrailia. I especially like the “Great Directors” section, that has articles on almost every great director you can think of (there are a few that are missing, but the website adds new ones every 3-4 months or so). When I really want to watch a director’s works I usually will try to watch a film of theirs and then read that section in their article.
But, along with the director articles are also just articles on genres or a casestudy on a particular film or scene…lots of great stuff.
metacritic.com is my favorite because it gives you critics top ten lists from each year.
The Onion A.V. Club has a a few columns that I really enjoy reading, specifically “New Cult Cannon” and “I Watched This on Purpose.” You won’t find any monumental insights or ideas or anything like that, but the articles are short and often hilarious, as is the rest of the sight.
Turner Classic Movies is my God. If ever there were one cable channel that could wash away the sins of so many Paris Hilton-glorifying, Mad TV-rerunning, celebrity rehab-exploiting, O.J. Simpson-obsessing, “premium” movie full screening, brain cell-destroying, et al., channels, then Turner Classic Movies would be that savior.
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/
the comparisons between different versions of DVDs are indispensible for the discerning cinephile….
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/?fromint=1
for the reviews
Senses of Cinema. Also UbuWeb has a great archive of avant-garde films.
DVD-Basen is the world’s largest DVD review database, covering all the regions and hundreds of thousands of releases. It’s Danish in origin, but can be viewed in English (as in the link I provided). While it’s primarily devoted to DVDs, many of the sites it links to review the films themselves, as well. It caters to films of all kinds, from the most mainstream to extremely underground. It’s helped me out on countless occasions.
www.ubuweb.com
UBUWEB is amazing. for films only visit www.ubu.com/film
A little close set on the typography front, but as a content driven site, it’s deep.
You can find work by everyone from Stan Brakhage to Kurt Kren, including a whole world of art films languishing in obscurity on account of it never having any distribution, or just being perversely “difficult”.
There’s also a thorough bank of interview pieces, theoretical papers and endless audio on avante musicians and composers, from Alvin Lucier to Derek Bailey.
A bible site for anyone concerned with everything non-mainstream.
Joblo.com is a good one. I enjoy the forums there.
I consult Rotten Tomatoes, MetaCritic, IMDb, Wikipedia and now The Auteur.
I also like the recommendations from Paste Magazine.
http://www.movingimagesource.us/
This is a great resource.
Artforum, GreenCine Daily, indieWIRE, Metacritic, Not Coming to a Theater Near You, Reverse Shot, Rouge.
Try Bright Lights Film Journal. Some good critiques.
IMDB, Wikipedia, Criterion, rogerebert.suntimes.com
Although I am also a great fan of TCM – it’s the only channel that makes it worth paying all that for cable – I would strongly recommend They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? TSPDT is a great source for lists of significant films from the last and current century, with short reviews. It is a list of 1000 significant films, all periods, all types, with special sections on film noir, etc; updated with a separate list of films of the 21st century. You can search the list by title, country, decade, director or rating. It is compliled from lists by film critics world wide. I have made many discoveries already by checking out their extensive list of films. I also use the New York Times list of Best 1000 Movies Ever Made, which features very comprehensive reviews and video clips. Of course, Roger Ebert’s own lists and reviews of greatest films is rich, too, whether you agree with him or not. The AFI and BFI sites are a good starting point for exploration. Also the Time magazine All Time 100 Movies is a great place to start your own debates as to what they leave off or include.
I think Ebert is right 90% of the time.
Senses of Cinema has wonderful articles and critical database of important directors.
Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Joblo, IMDB, http://hkmdb.com/ (for the asian films), http://www.cinefear.com/home.html
I didn’t know senses of cinema was australian,, I really like it
cinema-scope.com
cahiersducinema.com
UbuWeb.com
film-philosophy.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Film
Ebert right 90% of the time? Oh, my. I love the guy and all, but I don’t think he’s anywhere near that right.
sensesofcinema.com
Mark Maynard
We all know about Criterion, The Auteurs, Netflix and IMDB as great sources of film information online, but what about other sites?
What sites do you frequent to find new media and ideas?