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  • Lux Online  
    This site is devoted to British film and video artists. Includes video clips, new writings, other articles, and biographies.
  • Mandel Sprachman: Movie Theaters in Canada  
    An online exhibit about the building and restoration of notable movie theaters in Toronto.
  • Margaret Herrick Library  
    Huge collection of film-related material, including fan magazines, photographs, clippings, screenplays, and more.
  • Matsuda Film Productions: The Japanese Silent Films Site  
    Matsuda Film Productions is an archival rental house for silent Japanese cinema. Provides information on Matsuda's rental services and includes information on the historical context and development of early cinema in Japan.
  • MCLC Resource Center   Peer Reviewed
    Resource center containing bibliographies of mostly English-language materials on modern Chinese literature, film, art, and culture, maintained by Kirk A. Denton at the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Ohio State University, in conjunction with the journal Modern Chinese Literature and Culture. Bibliographies are organized by director, time period, reference type, and media type.
  • Mexican Film Resource Page  
    This website provides an introduction to Mexican cinema in its historical and social contexts. Provides links to Spanish-language periodicals focusing on the entertainment media, links to film archives specializing in Mexican film history, and downloadable copies of The Mexican Film Bulletin.
  • Midnight Eye  
    An online journal devoted to Japanese cinema. The site regularly features book and film reviews, interviews with Japanese filmmakers, and a calendar of upcoming screenings and DVD releases of Japanese films.
  • Mississippi Matinee: An Exhibition of the State and the Silver Screen  
    An online exhibit exploring the history of filmmaking in Mississippi.
  • Moon and Stars Project  
    The Moon and Stars Project is a New York-based cultural organization aiming at promoting the "changing face of Turkish arts and culture and establishing a two-way cultural interaction between the United States and Turkey." The organization frequently schedules retrospectives of current Turkish cinema in New York City.
  • Motion Picture Reprint Series (Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan)  
    The Motion Picture Reprint Series run by the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan reprints now out-of-print books on the history of Japanese cinema. These are available for download, and feature new introductions either by the author or another academic. This site also features reproductions of archival documents concerning the Japanese Pure Film Movement, and the film documentation produced by the United States government on the effects of the atomic bomb.
  • Moving History: UK Film Archives  
    A guide to the holdings of 12 different film archives in England. Click "films" to search the large collection of digitized video, or click on one of the archives for more information about the archive and its holdings.
  • Moving Image and Sound Archives of Singapore  
    Search by title or keyword for items in the physical archive. Many entries have full synopses (for films) or partial transcripts (for television news programs).
  • MPAA Market Statistics  
    This site lists MPAA ratings for all rated films, and also publishes useful year-by-year box office reports analyzing "office trends, admissions trends, and consumer attitudes." Users can also see domestic and international box office rankings, demographic studies, and statistics about piracy.
  • National Archives - Motion Picture Films and Sound and Video Recordings  
    The website for the National Archives Motion Picture Films and Sound and Recordings Division features extensive finding aids to the physical collections in Washington D.C., as well as for the presidential libraries.
  • National Association of Theater Owners Statistics  
    A set of lists summarizing yearly American grosses, film attendance, and active film screens. The group also rates the popularity of various theater chains.
  • National Center for Jewish Film  
    Directory of Jewish films from the U.S., Israel, and abroad, including restorations of classic Yiddish-language films. The directory entries include a short summary and distribution information. Users can also search the collection catalog, which lists the holdings of the collection at Brandeis University.
  • National Cinemas Bibliography   Peer Reviewed
    Browse bibliographies on international cinema, organized by region. Many of the sub-pages on regions have links to bibliographies on individual filmmakers. The resources listed are available in the UC-Berkeley library, but many of the books can be found elsewhere.
  • National Film and Sound Archive Collection  
    Search the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's catalog, which contains items that are in the physical archive in Canberra.
  • National Film and Sound Archive Collection Spotlights  
    These themed online exhibitions help users explore the collection of the Australian Film and Sound Archive. There are many moving image-focused materials, including stills of famous Australian movie theaters, information about notable film and TV personalities, and information about the archive's own restoration of two Australian films, Jedda and The Story of the Kelly Gang.
  • National Film Archive of Malaysia  
    Search for what's available in the physical archive. In Malay.