Film History

Comprehensive modules

• Brief Survey

  A page covering all of the most significant developments in the history of cinema in 10,000 words or less (with links to more comprehensive coverage of each topic).

• Comprehensive Survey

  A set of pages providing a comprehensive summary of the history of cinema, from the technical innovations leading up to its invention to the development of national cinematic languages and the social impact of the medium.

Modules on specific topics

• Beginnings
• Silent Film
• Film Serial
• Soviet Montage
• Expressionism
• Early Sound Film
• Hollywood Studio System
• French Poetic Realism
• Film Noir
• Italian Neorealism
• Postwar European Cinema
• French New Wave
• Breakdown of the Hollywood Studio System
• Experimental Cinema
• Documentary Cinema
• New German Cinema