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Film Studies: Journals

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The University of Manchester Library provides access to hundreds of journals relating to Film Studies.

Peer-reviewed journal articles are evaluated and critiqued by researchers and experts in the field before being published. They are high quality academic sources of information.

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Front cover of Film Philosophy

Film-Philosophy

Film-Philosophy is dedicated to the engagement between film studies and philosophy, exploring the ways in which films develop and contribute to philosophical discussion. The journal also provides a forum for the thoughtful re-evaluation of key aspects of both film studies and philosophy as academic disciplines (Provided by Publisher).

Front cover of Film Studies journal

Film Studies

Film Studies is a refereed journal that approaches cinema and the moving image from within the fields of critical, conceptual and historical scholarship. The aim is to provide a forum for the interdisciplinary, intercultural and intermedial study of film by publishing innovative research of the highest quality. Contributions from diverse perspectives that are formed by the crossing of institutional and national boundaries are encouraged (Provided by Publisher).

The University of Manchester Library provides full access to this journal across multiple platforms from 1999 (Volume 1, Issue 1) onwards. Please take note of the specific date ranges associated with each platform.

Front cover of Film Quarterly

Film Quarterly

This key title from University of California Press publishes peer-reviewed articles on a wide range of topics relating to cinema and television.

The University of Manchester Library provides access to content from this journal across a number of different platforms. Please be sure to note the date ranges detailed for the issues available from each platform.

Film Studies e-journals

Search for journal articles using Library Search (you can do keyword searches for either the title of a journal or an article).

 

Relevant journals relating to Film Studies:

 

The list of journal titles above was compiled based on recent publishing data for authors from the Department of Drama (extracted from Pure - the University of Manchester's institutional repository).

 

You can also browse a selection of other relevant journals journals we subscribe to using Browzine. 

 

Browzine - Film Studies

Google Scholar

Google Scholar can be a useful tool to use when searching for journal articles. However, it's important to be aware that Google Scholar will return results for articles, journals and other resources that the Library doesn't necessarily subscribe to and which you might not have free access to as a student at the University of Manchester.

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Library Access

In order to make it easier to identify and access content provided by the Library when searching Google (and without having to visit Library Search), we recommend that you download Library AccessThis is a useful browser extension that will pop-up and notify you when you are on a journal or website that the Library has a subscription for. 

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