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Film, Contemporary Actors & Literature Research

Subject headings & keywords

When searching the library catalog and databases, try using a combination of the terms listed below:

 

"motion pictures"

"film adaptations" OR "movie adaptations"

For 2016:

Room; The Revenant; The Martian; Carol; The Big Short; The Danish Girl; Steve Jobs; 45 Years - from David Constantine's In Another Country: Selected Stories

 

Also see James Donovan's memoir Strangers on a Bridge which has been made into Bridge of Spies.

"movie industry" OR "motion picture industry"

 

"motion pictures - history"

 

"historical films" OR "historical movies"

 
"film criticism" OR "movie criticism"

reviews

"motion picture criticism"

 

"science in motion pictures"

 

"animated films'" OR animation

 

"motion pictures" AND setting

"motion pictures" AND scenery

"setting and scenery"

 

"art in motion pictures"

 

couples AND "motion pictures"

"man woman relationships"

"man woman relationships in motion pictures"

"sex role in motion pictures"

 

"love in motion pictures"

 

"motion pictures" AND "political aspects"

"race relations"

 

animals AND "motion pictures"

animals AND movies
"motion pictures" AND literature

"silent films"

"film noir"

parodies

"film genres"

 

cinematography

"motion pictures" AND music

"film history"

 

"Leonardo DiCaprio"

"Martin Scorsese"  [etc.]

Fact-checking in the movies

Critics/moviegoers questioned the facts as presented in the following nominated movies:

  • American Sniper
  • Argo
  • Captain Phillips
  • Imitation Game
  • The King's Speech
  • Lincoln
  • Selma
  • Zero Dark Thirty

See also:

Bridge of Spies based on James Donovan's memoir Strangers on a Bridge

 


Search terms:

  • "historical accuracy"
  • "historical accuracy" AND (movies OR films OR "motion pictures")
  • "fact checking"

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