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24 Frames Per Second >

Adaptation >
Adaptation provides an international forum to theorize and interrogate the phenomenon of literature on screen from both a literary and film studies perspective.

Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal >

Animation Journal >
Animation Journal was the first peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted to animation history and theory. Its content reflects the diversity of animation's production techniques and national origins.

Antenna >
Responses to Media and Culture

Bright Lights Film Journal >
Bright Lights is one of the most widely read, quoted, and respected movie sites on the Web, mixing savvy pop reviews with in-depth analysis of current and classic, edgy and indie, international and experimental cinema - with wit and a political edge.

Camera Obscura >
A biannual independent literary journal and internet haunt featuring contemporary literary fiction & photography.

Canadian Journal of Film Studies >

Cineaste >
America's Leading Magazine on the Art and Politics of the Cinema

Cinetext - Film and Philosophy >
A bilingual internet forum for film and philosophy located at the University of Vienna (Austria) addressing students, researchers, scholars, and anyone with an interest in the thoughtful exploration of cinema, film, and television

Dari Version of Deedenow Cinema Filmmaking Production - Afghanistan >

Deedenow Cinema Filmmaking Production - Afghanistan >
Its mission is to support the work of Afghan film and media workers and communicate its message of freedom of expression, peace and justice worldwide. We produce Afghan Films and assist in all areas of media research and production with the goal of growing an effective media voice for young Afghanistan.

Film and History >
Published in the spring and fall, the journal offers insightful reviews of books and films and a Featured Section of articles that looks closely at one significant topic.

Film Comment >
The Journal of the Film Society of Lincoln Center

Film International >
Film International focuses on longer essays with in-depth-analysis, but it also features interviews, festival reports and an extensive review section on books, special DVD editions and films at the cinema.

The Film Journal >
The Film Journal is a Central Ohio-based, independently produced, online film publication, which seeks to contribute to the community of serious-minded film websites by being a forum for eclectic film criticism, study and discussion

Filmmaker >
The Magazine of Independent Film

Film-Philosophy >
Film-Philosophy is an international peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to philosophically discussing film studies, aesthetics and world cinema.

Film Quarterly >

Film Matters >
Film Matters is North America's first-ever peer-reviewed film publication for undergraduates, on which undergraduates serve as the editorial committee.

Flow >
Flow is an online journal of television and media studies. Flow’s mission is to provide a space where researchers, teachers, students, and the public can read about and discuss the changing landscape of contemporary media at the speed that media moves.

Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media >
A peer-reviewed, international journal published bi-annually by Wayne State University.