General Movie Links

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - The home of the Oscars, including coverage of the Oscar hopefuls, the history of the awards, and interactive fun and games.

Oscar.com - The official website of the Academy Awards.

The American Film Institute - An excellent site from the AFI, including AFI’s 100 Years Series.

The Film 100 - A ranking of the 100 most influential people in the history of cinema. The site contains a large collection of biographical information, film studies, interactive demos, and web links.

The British Film Institute - The BFI is the UK’s national body for film television and the moving image, comprising collections and archives, cinema exhibition and education.

The Internet Movie Database - The most comprehensive movie site in the Internet, with “everything you ever wanted to know about every movie ever made”.

Roger Ebert at the Chicago Sun Times and Ebert and Roeper at the Movies - Two sites from one half of the famous pair of “thumbs up and down” movie critics.

Rotten Tomatoes - Rotten Tomatoes features a growing selection of movie reviews and regularly updated news for moviegoers.

IMDb: Academy Awards - Summary of past hosts and best picture winners.

Academy Awards Trailers - Has original theatrical trailers for all best picture nominees, and others.

Showbiz Awards’ Gold Derby - The Ultimate, Unofficial Award Fans’ Site! If you are an awards fan (and you know who you are!), you MUST see this information, all written by entertainment writers from the most prestigious print news sources. It’s all pure speculation and it’s all pure fun.

Internet-based movie reviews - Just enter the title, or part of the title, and this search engine will spit out a list of online reviews. Or, check the most recent releases in US theaters, upcoming releases, and more. This site is linked to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) too.

The Greatest Films - Tim Dirks (the foreign film guy) is at it here, too, with another site full of the best resources for Hollywood landmark and classic films. Use the toolbar at the left side to search “Greatest” lists to your heart’s content. You may want to check out this site in preparation for that Academy Awards party, or before you vote in the Greg’s Oscar Poll.

thegoldenyears.org - Time to open up the old film vault, ladies & gentlemen. This site offers a treasure chest of great moments from old Hollywood. Enjoy script excerpts from your favorite movie scenes. Learn things you really didn’t want to know. Take a memorable scene from Psycho: only Hitch could get away with using his own daughter in a scene where she describes taking tranquilizers on her wedding night. Hitch strategically places cold, frigid winter scenes behind her as she suggests the “torment & anguish of losing her virginity.” Almost too much information. Almost.

Welcome to Dreamland - A site devoted to the life and work of John Waters.

Stanley Kubrick - A fitting tribute to a legend of cinema, this Net shrine to Stanley Kubrick offers fast facts for each of his films, descriptions on how the director achieved his signature filmmaking style, original trailers of his movies, and even a store.

Akira Kurosawa - Biography and Filmography from Wikipedia.

Hitchcock 100 - Created last year to celebrate Alfred Hitchcock’s centennial, this site features many of the thrill master’s classics, with notes on restoration, vintage trailers, casts and trivia. It contains gorgeous stills, great graphics and exhaustive information.

WoodyAllen.com - The “official site” of the Hollywood legend.

Woody Allen - This website provides succinct overviews of most of Woody Allen’s films since 1965. You’ll find updates about forthcoming films and links to sites about directors who influenced Woody Allen, such as Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini.

Spielberg Films - A fansite by Steven Atwalt, this Spielberg site features updates on current and future projects, breaking news, film reviews, and an exhaustive list of Spielberg’s work as a director and producer.

Dreams: The Terry Gilliam Fanzine - This website contains reams of information about all of Terry Gilliam’s work, from the Monty Python films and the classic ” Brazil ” to rumors about forthcoming projects. This fantastic tribute includes excised scenes, transcribed interviews, official production notes, great external links and even some exclusive interviews with the director.

Mark Borchardt - Read all about Milwaukee’s indie hero on this IMDb page. See what Mr. Borchardt, of American Movie fame, is up to these days, peruse his filmography, or post a message on the Message Board.

Movie Mistakes - Jet trails in Gladiator? Misspellings in Jurassic Park? Think you know a film flub? Check out this addictive site for a compendium of movie mistakes that you may (or probably do not) know about!

The Onion AV Club - Awesome site for all you people who can’t pick up an issue of The Onion just anywhere. Thankfully, they offer full text versions of all articles, so we can all better honor our membership to the AV Club.

Burt Lancaster Websites

Burt Lancaster Wikipedia Entry - Biography and Filmography of Burt Lancaster on Wikipedia.

Burt Lancaster on IMDb - Get a comprehensive listing of Lancaster’s movies. Includes some of his TV appearances.

Marlon Brando Websites

Some general biography and filmography sites, including IMDb, Hollywood Online, and MovieStars.com Profile.

Brando, Marlon - Sayonara, Greatest Films - Read memorable dialogue and relive critical scenes as compiled by Tim Dirks. Peruse historical compositions and collected reviews.

Marlon Brando in the Time Magazine 100 - Time magazine profiles Brando as one of its 100 most influential artists of the century. Visitors can participate in a readers’ poll.

Film Festivals

Film Festivals.com - Non Stop Film Festivals, the site says, and they’re right! It’s like CNN for the film festival-goer. So much information, it’s impossible to list it here, so check it out for yourself. A warning to dial-up users: it takes - a while - to load this page.

IMDb’s Film Festivals for 2006 - Internet Movie Database, which claims to be “Earth’s Biggest Movie Database,” has created a nicely organized listing of this year’s film festivals. Most of the features are US festivals, though you will see the occasional European or Asian event on this list. All festivals are sorted by date, so plan your vacation time for 2006 with this companion!

The Wisconsin Film Festival - March 30 to April 2, 2006 are the dates be in Madison and check out the newest independent features, experimental films, documentaries, shorts and work from Wisconsin filmmakers.

Foreign Films

ForeignFilms.com - Neat and clean, concise listing of the Top 100 Foreign Films according to ForeignFilms.com. This listing gives you no extraneous information, just the title, year of release, country of origin and director. (Note: clicking on the title of the film takes you to a purchase window in Amazon, NOT a screen with more film information.)

100 Greatest Foreign Films - Created by Tim Dirks, this “100 Greatest” list is in alphabetical order, not order of greatness, and DOES offer more than the title, year and director. You may find the plot synopses helpful at worst, insightful or even enlightening at best. It’s also nice that Mr. Dirks includes the real titles, not just English translations.

The Good, The Bad, and The Miscellaneous

R.S. Owens - Original makers of the Oscar statuette.

Cult Movie Resources - If you love cult movies, this site is a must-see. Tons of listings for any and all cult movie devotees, with sites devoted to Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, and all things underground.

Movie Lens - A website for those of you who actually LIKE the personal predictor “if you like this, you’ll like this”-type stuff. (Me, I think it’s creepy. I’d like to think that my love of the adaptation of Pushkin’s Onegin and affection for Stephen King’s campiest-of-the-campy Maximum Overdrive could never be calculated in an algorithm by a nerdball at the University of Minnesota.) But if you want, try it out. It’s free, anyway.

Name that Director - Think you’re smart when it comes to film directors? Prove it here. Scroll down to the “Quizzes section” and get started. You can even start a trivia club and play against your friends!

The Oracle of Bacon - What is your favorite actor’s Bacon number? Find out at this site from the University of Virginia.

driveintheater.com - Let’s all go to the lobby! Browse through the list of 500+ operating & 3000+dead drive-in theaters. This site gives you a nostalgic look at intermission ads, drive-in movie history and a look at the delectable delicacies available at the concession stand. Exactly what food group do Goobers fall into? Please remember to replace the speaker on the post when you leave the theater.

Movies by Starlight- Drive-in Theaters of Wisconsin - From the rubble of deserted projection buildings to dilapidated snack huts remain operating & newly built drive-theaters of Wisconsin. Be sure and scroll way down on this site where you will see theater names, locations and comments. Where else can one get an update on the old Highway 10 Outdoor?