This resource guide describes six popular approaches to the study of the cinema and provides a practical analysis of selected books, materials, and information about motion picture rentals. Highlighting this extensive survey of film studies are the annotated, critical bibliographies and filmographies of significant books, articles and films by and about leading film critics, historians, and directors. The book includes sources from all over the world that are available in English translation. Although the primary emphasis is on commercial feature films, references are made to short subjects and student movies, and samples of shooting scripts are included. Chapters include: "Film Literature,""A Representative Genre of the Film,""Stereotyping in Film,""A Thematic Approach,""Comparative Literature,""A Representative Period of American Film (1913-1919),""Approaching the History of Film," and "Film Study." The document concludes with an extensive glossary and indexes. (RB)