News and Reviews

Europeanfilms.net - European film news and reviews
Ain't It Cool News - from the infamous Harry Knowles
Dark Horizons - Australian-based site with news, images, clips and reviews
Cinescape Online - news, reviews and editorial from the US
Coming Attractions - regularly updated roundups of tinseltown news
Mr Cranky - telling it like it is
Film.com - US based news, opinions and reviews site
Film Journal - new and archived features and reviews from the estimable mag - online
FilmUnlimited - The Guardian's extensive reviews and interviews site
Future Movies UK - British movie guide featuring profiles of cinema releases and film reviews
Hollywood.com - US news and opinion on the latest releases
Allmovieportal.com - Movie Reviews by various nationwide critics.
The Hollywood Reporter - industry news
IF Magazine - left-of-centre US mag on indie filmmaking
IGN movies - news and reviews for the commercial and the cult
Indiewire - NY-based production news
Inside Out - UK-based reviews and festivals site
Screen - industry news with a European perspective
Talking Pictures - looks at films and TV plus feature articles and book reviews
Variety - industry speak

Resources

Bandwagon - independent music publishers with small library suitable for film uses
SongStrong Productions USA - Film themes, background music, custom tracks and direct licensing. Music publishing, songwriting.
BBC Film - includes features and interviews from R4's Talking Pictures
Creative Planet - selection of industry magazines covering directing. cinematography and sfx
Drew's Script-o-rama - hundreds of downloadable screenplays
Indie Bin - offers an independent film directory, news, resources and web design services for filmmakers and fans
The Internet Movie Database - still the best essential reference
MovieFinder - E Online's movie database
New Producers' Alliance - site for UK producers with excellent links page
Starbuzz - star info and web links
UpcomingMovies - advance news, previews and US release schedule

For Budding Filmmakers

FilmLand - news, databases, links, crew call and box office
ScriptShark - assessing your scripts
The Independent Feature Project - offering funds!
MovieBytes - a database of screenwriting competitions
netribution - UK-based site crammed with contacts, links and info on financing, stats - and where to find an animal handler
Screenwriter's Utopia - not quite Utopia, but...
StudioNotes - Provides writers direct access to Hollywood development executives. Development notes, one-on-one consultation and direct access to over 50 affiliated production companies. Created by professional screenwriters.
Sundance - official website for THE festival
DV Contest.com - "the richest DV contest on the net". Open to Students and Independent Film Makers and Animation Artists. Entries open July 1-August 1 2001. Approximately $20,000.00 USD in prizes

Retail Therapy

Blackstar - UK-based video and DVD sales site
Filmbuyer - UK based DVD sales site
globalvideo - Another UK-based video sales site
Kino.com - specialising in (US format) arthouse and world videos
Reel.com - videos and DVDs galore

Specialist Film Sites

B Monster - B-Movie news
Cine-rhama - flying the flag for British greats
Dreams - Terry Gilliam fanzine
The 11th Hour - classy feature-led film and TV sci-fi webzine
Goethe-Institut London - German film screenings at the Goethe-Institut London
Exploding Cinema - site for undergound films with 'no stars, no funding, no taste'
Launching Films - website of the Film Distributors' Association, the trade body for film distributors in the UK
Modern Times - dedicated to classic Hollywood movies
Pocket Essentials - pocket guides to the great and the cult
Westerns.com - the ultimate genre site
Zoetrope All Story - Francis Ford Coppola's magzine - online

Shorts for Viewing

The Bit Screen - shorts made for the Internet
Shake Your Head Productions Online Movie Gallery - Home to a series of short films made under zero-budget conditions.

Light Relief

The Editing Room - screenplays: abridged and very unofficial
Oh! The Humanity! - reviewing the worst movies

Miscellaneous

Crime Time - crime movies and books reviewed
No Exit - crime fiction galore
Spike - 'picking the brains of popular culture'
Britmovie - British film archive, including information on stars, directors and studios.

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