Sponsorised links
December 2006
Cinemarati Blog
"brings together online film critics for serious, and seriously fun, discussion about film"; links to blogs by selected critics
No More Marriages!: Welcome To The Film Criticism Blog-a-Thon!
Andy Hobal's film blog runs a carnival on film criticism; the film bloggers run many blogathons and garner good accumulated comments
Sponsorised links
November 2006
Observations on film art and “Film Art”
blog by senior film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
Film Experience Blog: The Vampire Blog-a-Thon
Oct. 31, 06; over fifty film bloggers contributed to the Vampire blogathon
Drawspace.com - Drawing lessons
another how-to site for a skill useful for film and videomakers' storyboard making
Expanded Cinema
series focused mainly on experimental film, early video, and sound-based, durational work
October 2006
Cinegraphic.net: Michael Betancourt's avant-garde film & video blog
observations about where experimental work is found and the technology that enables makers to do new things
September 2006
The Top 50 Movie Endings of All Time : filmcritic.com
I teach screenwriting students to write for the ending; it economizes crafting a storyline.
Movie Blogs
I have not looked at all these, but about.com often has some new tips to follow up on.
The House Next Door
thoughtful and substantial essays on TV shows and current and foreign films; excellent set of links on right side to film blogs and other Intenet film resources
www.jonasmekas.com
patriarch of New American Cinema now has a daily blog, need to pay to subscribe; new step by father of autobiographical film
BlogDance--The best film / movie blog posts from around the web
uses rss feeds to keep track of movie blog news, useful daily roundup of film gossip and news
Coudal Partners
interesting tidbits of news about film and television, especially independent
LA REGIÓN CENTRAL
a thoughtful blog in Spanish about experimental film and video; from Argentina
August 2006
Film Fest Journal
film blog that indicates many films you might like to put on your netflicks list
Drifting: A Director's Log
filmmaker's blog, insightful both about his own process and other films
Self-Reliant Filmmaking » Blog Archive » First Post: Declaration of Principles
blog on how to do thrifty video or super8 filmmaking
Upperstall.com - A Better View of Indian Cinema
analytic writing about Indian cinema; a good place to start if you want to start looking at films from India in a serious way
