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Film Reviews

Resources for finding Film Revews

Many of the library databases allow searches for reviews in addition to scholarly articles. Often you can limit your search by using the document type "review". Combine this with a search using the movie title, and this should retrieve film reviews. It is helpful to know the film's release date since most reviews are published after the release.

Major Film Review Databases

Film Literature Index

Other Online Sources for Film Reviews

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost)
Multidisciplinary database that includes popular and scholarly sources
Nexis Uni
Access to full-text of newspaper and magazine articles

MRQE: Movie Review Query Engine
Commercial site provides newspaper and magazine review of current films

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times
Searchable full text and image access to NYT from 1851-2007
Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985
Access to the Times (London, England) from 1785-1985

Selected Print Sources

Film Review Annual
PN 1995 .F463 DBW reference

Film Review Index
Z 5784 .M9F513 DBW reference

The New York Times Film Reviews
PN 1995 .N4 DBW reference

Variety Film Reviews
PN 1995 .V34 DBW reference

Retrospective Index to Film Periodicals, 1930-1971
Z5784.M9B39 DBW reference

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Last Updated: Apr 23, 2020 2:36 PM
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Subjects: Film Studies

Tags: Film Reviews