Research Guides: FREN 091: Senior Colloquium (SC): Francophone Film

Finding Resources on French Cinema

Below are some introductory and background sources to help you get started with your research. For more extensive lists of material, use the following subject headings:

See the full list of subject headings for additional sources.

For more contemporary film information, see (for example):

See below for key resources with which to start your research:

Overviews

A Companion to Contemporary French Cinema
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ISBN: 9781444338997
Publication Date: 2015-01-27
A collection of original essays addressing all aspects of French cinema from 1990 to the present day.
French Cinema: From its beginnings to the present
ISBN: 9781501303074
Publication Date: 2015-10-22
Rémi Lanzoni examines a range of films from the earliest flickering images of the late nineteenth century through the silent era, Surrealist influences, the Nazi Occupation, the glories of the New Wave, the rebirth of the industry in the 1990s with the exception culturelle, and the present. [Adapted from publisher's description]