Popular DVD Collections or Series

• American Experience
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Criterion Collection
• Frontline
• Great Courses (Teaching Company)
• Kino International
• Masterpiece Theatre
• National Geographic
• Nova

Films by Genre

• Action and Adventure Films
• Animated Films
• Biographical Films
• Comedy Films
• Crime Films
• Documentary Films
• Fantasy Films
• Film Noir
• Gangster Films
• Historical Films
• Musical Films
• Mystery Films
• Romance Films
• Romantic Comedy Films
• Science Fiction Films
• Screwball Comedy Films
• Short Films
• Western Films

Foreign Films by Language

• Chinese
• Farsi
• French
• German
• Hindi
• Italian
• Japanese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish

A select sampling of cinema

Marin & North Bay

• Film Night
• Mill Valley Film Festival
• Tiburon International Film Festival
• Sonoma International Film Festival

San Francisco

• Noir City Film Festival
• San Francisco International Film Festival
• San Francisco Silent Film Festival
• SF IndieFest

Beyond the Bay Area

• Berlin International Film Festival
• Cannes International Film Festival
• Res Fest
• Sundance Film Festival
• Toronto International Film Festival
• Tribeca Film Festival
• Venice Film Festival

Movie Info sites

• Internet Movie Database
• AllRovi.com Movies
• Flixster
• Move Review Query Engine
• Rotten Tomatoes

Movie Calendars

• Theatrical Release Calendar
• DVD Release Calendar
• Film Festivals Index

Sources for Digital Video Streaming

• Discovery Channel Videos
• Europa Film Treasures
• Fora.tv
• Media That Matters
• Moving Image Archive
• National Geographic Video
• PBS Frontline
• Snag Films (documentaries)

Sources for Educational Digital Video Streaming

• Academic Earth
• Annenberg Learner.org
• BrainPOP
• Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative
• Khan Academy
• MIT Open Courseware
• Open Courseware Consortium
• Open University
• Stanford Courses on iTunes U
• Teacher Tube
• Tufts University Open Courseware

Film Awards

• Awards Season, New York Times
• Academy Awards
• Golden Globe Awards
• American Film Institute Awards
• Screen Actors Guild Awards
• People's Choice Awards
• MTV Movie Awards
• European Film Awards
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts Awards

Did you know Marin was an early rival of Hollywood?

Salomy Jane. Photograph courtesy of the Anne T. Kent California Room Collection.

For a glimpse into the silent film era, take a look at the treasures in the Anne T. Kent California Room digital collections, including images from the California Motion Picture Corporation, or browse the entire Anne T. Kent California Room Digital Archive.

More information can be found in the clipping files of the Anne T. Kent California Room under these subject headings:

• California Motion Picture Corporation
• Essenay Film Company
• Lucasfilm
• Moving Pictures: Filmed and Produced in Marin
• Salomy Jane, 1914
• Theaters
• United Keanograph