Find articles, film reviews or critiques
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Use advanced search and limit "Document Type" to Film Reviews.
- America: History & Life This link opens in a new window Use advanced search and limit the document type to review
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window Contains almost 1,000 full-text journals spanning multiple disciplines. Some journals go to back to the mid-1800's. There is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issues and the issues available in JSTOR.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Search major world newspapers for your film to find national and international reviews.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 2.2 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes almost 60 titles from J-STOR’s language and literature collection as well as links to full text.
Web sites to find reviews
- IMDb: Internet Movie Database Once you've searched for your film, find the link to external reviews.
- New York Times Movie Reviews Browse or search 28,000 New York Times movie reviews. Included in the free review archive are all films reviewed since 1960.
International Resources for Film Reviews
- Chinese Movie Database Covers Chinese movies made in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other countries/regions, from the first Chinese movie made in 1905 to the ones currently shown in theaters.
- CineFiles Types of documents available on CineFiles include film reviews, interviews, popular and scholarly articles, publicity materials, program notes, book excerpts, pamphlets, filmmakers' texts and correspondence, and many other rare archival documents dating from the early 1900s to the present.
Understand the difference between review and critique
