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(www.kubrickfilms.com)
Dedicated to one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, who directed “Dr. Strangelove,” “A Clockwork Orange,” “Spartacus,” and “The Shining.”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
For the serious stuff visit www.oscar.org. For the fun stuff visit www.oscar.com.
British Academy of Film and Television Art
(www.bafta.org)
See what movies you’d like if you had bad teeth.
The American Film Institute
(www.afi.com)
Creators of the AFI Top 100, a debatable but nevertheless intriguing list of the hundred best American movies, with proceeds from the publicity going toward film restoration.
Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense
(nextdch.mty.itesm.mx/~plopezg/Kaplan/Hitchcock.html)
A website dedicated to the man who is often cited as the single greatest filmmaker of all time. Includes a detailed list of the numerous cameos he made in his own films, including “Psycho,” “Vertigo,” “The Birds,” “North by Northwest,” “The Thirty-Nine Steps,” “Rear Window,” and oodles more.
Golden Turkeys
(http://members.tripod.com/~cosmics/TurkeyAward/)
A tribute to the Worst Movies in Hollywood History, including categories such as Most Ridiculous Monster (“Robot Monster”), Worst Performance by a Novelist (Norman Mailer in “Wild 90”), Worst Casting (John Wayne as Genghis Khan in “The Conqueror”), Most Un-Erotic Concept in Pornography (“Him,” but “The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio” was a runner-up), and, of course, Worst Film of All Time(“Plan 9 From Outer Space”).
Vatican Best Films
(www.usccb.org/fb/vaticanfilms.htm)
45 films, as selected by the Vatican, as espousing Catholic views in Art, Values, and Religion, ranging from “Fantasia” and “2001: A Space Odyssey” to “Babette’s Feast” and “The Flowers of St. Francis.”
Landmark Theatres
(www.landmarktheatres.com)
When you can’t find an artsy or foreign film at the neighborhood multiplex.
The Cannes Film Festival
(www.festival-cannes.com)
Official Site for the prestigious international film competition. A lot of this site is in French, so remember: “prix” means “prize.”
Troma Studios
(www.troma.com)
Infamous production company responsible for low-budget films like “The Toxic Avenger” and “Sgt. Kabukiman: LAPD.”
(http://www.razzies.com/asp/directory/XcDirectory.asp)
“Honoring” the worst film, director, actor, actress, etc. every year.
Akira Kurosawa Homepage
(home.earthlink.net/~ronintom/Kurosawa.htm)
Site dedicated to the “Sensai of Cinema,” includes links to dozen of other sites concerning the director of “Ran,” “Rashomon,” “The Seven Samurai,” and “Straw Dogs.”
The A-List
(http://www.dacapopress.com/a_list_movies.html)
100 essential films as selected by top critics, including Peter Travers, Roger Ebert, Joe Morgenstern, Andrew Sarris, and more. Selections include “Rashomon,” “The Godfather Parts I & II,” “The Marriage of Maria Braun,” “M,” “L’Atalante,” and many more.
The Magic Works of Ingmar Bergman
(www.oocities.org/the_magic_works_of_i_b/)
Site dedicated to the legendary Swedish filmmaker behind “The Seventh Seal.”
Frank Capra
(www.oocities.org/lewtonsite/capra/)
A good place to start for those interested in the director of “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” and “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and who may well have created modern America.
The Numbers
(http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/)
What are the highest-grossing films of all time? In America? Worldwide? Which movies had the biggest opening weekends? Find out the answers to these and other questions at “The Numbers.” It might be accurate.
Werner Herzog
(www.wernerherzog.com)
Official site for the German director of “Fitzcarraldo” and the 1979 remake of “Nosferatu: The Vampyre.” He also recently directed the Houston Grand Opera’s production of…of…of some Wagner thing that was really loud and I couldn’t afford to see anyway.
The Other AFI
(www.afi.org/au)
See what movies garner prestige Down Under at the Australian Film Institute.
Internet Movie Database
(www.imdb.com)
Find the answer to almost any movie question.