Study Materials

General Resources

Brinkema, Eugenie. "How to Watch a Film" (PDF). (Courtesy of Eugenie Brinkema. Used with permission.)

Schlemowitz, Joel. "Glossary of Film Terms." (Located under Filmaking Study Guides).

The Columbia Film Language Glossary. Columbia Center for Teaching & Learning, Columbia University.

BFI Glossary of Film Terms. BFI Screenonline.

Where to find French Films

The French embassy maintains this site with info on French films screening in the U.S.

You can also look at the calendars of individual theaters in the area, see this list maintained by the Humanities Film Office.

You can currently watch all of the short films in the online film festival for free: My French Film Festival.

"Grand Illusions – The Cinema of WWI." Harvard Film Archive.