I love the BFI more than I can say. So much so that I've been subscribing to their wonderful film magazine, Sight & Sound, ever since I discovered it back in the 1990s (pricey, but worth every penny). Click here for their reviewers' annual top 10s (http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/49348). I even attended their London film festival in 2003. Just recently I discovered that they've produced a new Brothers Quay double-disc collection (set to be released here by Zeitgeist in April 2007). The BFI can't be beat--thanks for giving them a shout!

Sight and Sound is great! I try to read at least the reviews in every issue, but my favorite periodical has always been Cahiers, but alas, only those rare English translations. The Village Voice, The New Yorker and Time Magazine archives also include some very important work (Kael, Sarris, Agee).
After years of wading into the deep end of the online research pool, I’ve concluded, the better organizations with websites are all restrictive to some degree (I loath elitism), or provide information in only specific areas. I love the AFI site, but it only includes feature films, so there is nothing before around 1915. It also includes only American films, so if you look up the filmography of say, Louise Brooks, the Pabst films are oddly absent. There are a number of sites providing data on foreign films. Often they do not offer English versions. To search the world of film, thoroughly, has required bouncing around dozens of different sites, in several languages, that are often difficult to navigate. A trusted mentor recommended using FIAF, The International Federation of Film Archives. Their site is without a doubt the biggest, it includes access to every archive under their umbrella, but membership is required, and I don’t even fit the requirements for applicants, which must be juried in (Uncle Dave is an obsessed film buff, not an academic). The BFI site is the first to include everything I need, and it comes with their lofty reputation.