Guidelines for Film Reviewers

In the interest of economizing on space which is limited in the journal, the ASR asks that reviews of individual films do not exceed 600 words in length. We shall however determine the appropriate length of more voluminous review articles or reviews of multiple films in consultation with the reviewer.

Please include all biographical and other vital information about the film at the head of the review in the following order:

Filmmaker, title, Country/Countries of the film's production, the year of its release, its distributors and their address, its format, length, and price (If price is not given, please state "No price reported")

Here's a sample:

Abderrahmane Sissako. Rostov-Luanda. Mauritania/Angola/France/Germany, 1997. California Newsreel, 149 Ninth St/420, San Francisco, Calif. 94103. Video. 58 minutes. $195.

Please indicate your name, your institution and its address (or city address if no institutional affiliation), and your email address at the end of the review.

Format Requirements:

Reviews must be double-spaced, aligned left, with all margins at least 1 inch (2.5cm). Please send your review to the ASR either:

as an attachment to an e-mail message (sent to asr-filmedit@frital.umass.edu); or
as a file on a cd or a 3 1/2" diskette (please label with your name, the name of the word program, and type of word processor used) sent to the above address.

Please avoid footnotes or endnotes and references. Review essays may include occasional notes, but please be parsimonious; in such cases do not use footnote programs but type notes in at the end manually. Include page references for all quotations. When making parenthetical citations, please include publisher and date of publication.

The ASR encourages you to make your reviews as lively, stimulating, and provocative as possible. Thank you for your interest in the journal.

Download a copy of these guidelines.