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Movie Blogs

With the rise of blogging, movie buffs have taken up writing daily web logs about film. Here are the best blogs on movies from around the web.

GreenCine Daily

The online DVD rental service GreenCine posts cross-linked film news: one of the most consistently nourishing blogs on the web.

The House Next Door

NYPress critic Matt Zoller Seitz's site has quickly become one of the must-read film blogs.

The IFC Blog

Handsome round-ups of film news and film writing by Alison Willmore.

Roger Ebert's Journal

Roger Ebert is gone from At the Movies, but good news for us: he's become a blogger.

SpoutBlog

Karina Longworth and gang blog about "what is truly interesting in the film world."

Filmbrain

Like Anna Karina's Sweater!

Lessons of Darkness

Home base of critic Nick Schager, rounding up his reviews from various outlets around the web.

Thanks for the Use of the Hall

General discussion of films, and specific recommendations of films playing in the New York City area.

Shooting Down Pictures

Kevin Lee blogs his way through the 1,000 greatest movies of all time. Don't miss his video essays!

european-films.net

About new films from the old continent.

Alternative Film Guide

"thinking film"

Armond Dangerous

Parsing the Confounding Film Criticism of Mr. Armond White

Bright Lights After Dark

The companion blog for Bright Lights Film Journal, a popular-academic hybrid of movie analysis, history, commentary, and bitchery looking at classic and commercial, independent, exploitation, erotic, and international film from a wide range of vantage points from the aesthetic to the political.

Chained to the Cinémathèque

The blog of Dave McDougall.

Chicago Reader: On Film

The movie blog of the Chicago Reader.

Cinebeats

Cinebeats chronicles one woman's love affair with '60s & '70s era cinema. Or as she likes to call it, cinema's Platinum Age!

CineCultist

Karen blogs from New York's East Village. She's cued into what's going on in the city and links to articles and reviews.

Cinema Treasures

Cinema Treasures is "devoted to movie theater preservation and awareness." We think its quest to save the last remaining movie palaces across the country is a worthy one.

Cinematical

Cinematical's team of hyperactive bloggers will keep you up to date on all the film news you can handle.

Dave Kehr

New York Times critic Dave Kehr.

Day for Night

Brief reviews of many interesting films.

Film Experience Blog

Cinematic musings from Nathaniel R.

Filmjourney.org

"filmjourney.org hopes to address a diverse assortment of films and give special attention to their historical, technical, and human values."

Filmmaker.com

Is film school worth it? Is your version of Final Cut Pro up-to-date? Filmmaker.com is a community blog that will answer these and other pressing questions.

Fin de cinema

"Muses on contemporary and classic cinema, from Antonioni to Breillat."

girish

Girish Shambu blogs about film.

GreenCine Guru

GreenCine's Official DVD Review Blog

Greg.org

Filmmaker Greg Allen writes about art and movies.

Guardian Unlimited Film

The film blog from the UK's Guardian

In the Company of Glenn

The online hangout of Premiere film critic Glenn Kenny.

indieWire Blogs

indieWire is home to a number of blogs about independent film.

Invisible Cinema

Living experimental film and video

kino blog

In German.

Looker

The film blog of Lawrence Levi, co-authoer of The Film Snob's Dictionary.

Lost in the Frame

K. Silem Mohammad's Film Notes

Masters of Cinema

A site devoted to news about the acknowledged big-gun directors, including retrospectives and worldwide DVD releases.

Milk Plus

An invitation-only communal blog focussing on reviews.

Movie City Indie

Ray Pride's film blog.

muckworld

Jürgen Fauth's less formal blog tracks his far-ranging taste in film and music.

Observations on Film Art

The blog of Film Art authors Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell.

Pioneering

The blog of New York City's Pioneer Theater

scanners

The film blog of Jim Emerson.

The Auteurs Notebook

"With a tight group of opinionated columnists, reviewers and interviewers, The Auteurs delivers the best in film."

The Klaus Kinski Files

A blog entirely dedicated to the great German actor.

The Projectionist

The blog of New York Magazine critic David Edelstein.

The Reeler

"New York cinema, from the arthouse to the red carpet."

Twitch

One of the best places on the web to stay up to date with Asian movies and DVD releases.

Vinyl Is Heavy

Ryland Walker Knight and friends say: "Open your eyes, your ears, your nostrils: the weight is over."

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