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Film Studies: Research & Citation

Information for students of the Cinema, Film, and Media Studies program at Shoreline Community College. Instructions for finding DVDs, BluRay, and streaming video resources are included here.

Finding film criticism and reviews can be a challenge, and the library is here to help you find scholarly sources. And when it's time to create a Bibliography, we can help you cite those tricky alternative formats.  

Find Film Criticism and Reiews

Find Books and EBooks

Cite Films and Videos

Basic motion picture citation format (APA) 

Producer, P. P. (Producer), & Director, D. D. (Director). (Date of publication). Title of motion picture [Motion picture]. Country of origin: Studio or distributor.

Sample motion picture citation (MLA) 

The Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Perf. Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, and Benecio del Toro. Polygram, 1995. Film.

Selected books on film

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