LibGuides: Film & Media Studies: Film Reviews

Tip: Do a keyword search for your film title.

Add a director or actor last name if the title is a common word or phrase.

Pro Tip: Use quotation marks if there is more than one word in the title.

Examples:

"The Kid" AND chaplin | "Fried Green Tomatoes" | "Kung Fu Hustle"

Film Reviews in Academic Journals

For newer films, you can also find reviews in databases such as Academic Search Complete

FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new window
This International Federation of Film Archives's database offers in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals from 1972-present.

Tip:
KEYWORD = "film title"
ARTICLE TYPE = review
Date Coverage: 1972 - present
Materials Indexed: Journal Articles; Magazine Articles
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1881 to present
Materials Indexed: Book Chapters; Books; Journal Articles; Magazine Articles; Plays; Poetry; Theses & Dissertations
Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Materials Indexed: Biographical Information; Interviews; Journal Articles; Magazine Articles

American Film Institute Catalog This link opens in a new window
IMDb before IMDb was a thing...
Tip: search for film by title, then scroll down to SUPPLEMENTAL DATA field, this will be a list of citations for primary sources related to your film.
Date Coverage: 1892 - 1971; limited information for 2000-2004
Film Index International This link opens in a new window
"BFI Catalog"
Date Coverage: 1900-present ## Materials Indexed: Biographical Information; Video

Print Indexes

Within our gates:ethnicity in American feature films, 1911-1960 by American Film American Film Institute
Call Number: MAIN REF PN1995.9.M56 W58 1997 [Non-circulating]
ISBN: 0520209648
Publication Date: 1997
The British Film Catalogue, 1895-1985 by Dennis Gifford
Call Number: MAIN REF PN1998.G543 1986 [Non-circulating]
ISBN: 0816015546
Publication Date: 1986
The international film index:1895-1990 by Alan Goble
Call Number: MAIN REF PN1998.G62 1991 [Non-circulating]
Publication Date: 1991
Treasures from the Film Archives by Ronald S. Magliozzi
Call Number: MAIN REF PN1995.75 .M335 1988 [Non-circulating]
ISBN: 081082180X
Publication Date: 1988 (Print), 1998 (Online)

Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Minimal indexing for popular magazines in the U.S. (1890-1982).
Date Coverage: 1890 - 1982
Materials Indexed: Book Reviews; Magazine Articles

Business Week
Call Number: Main Library H1 .B87
Esquire
Call Number: Main Library AP1 .E86
Essence
Call Number: Black Studies E185.86 .E8
Print only
Newsweek
Call Number: Main Library AP1 .N48
The New Yorker
Call Number: Main Library AP1 .N47
People
Online only
Playboy
Call Number: Special Collections AP2 .P5639
Print only. To view materials from Special Collections, please make an appointment with that department.
Teen Vogue
Online only
TIME Magazine
Online only
Vogue
Call Number: Sciences & Engineering TX1 .V6
Print only

French

English Translations

Cahiers du Cinéma, the 1950s : Neo-Realism, Hollywood, New Wave
Call Number: PN1995 .C29 1985
ISBN: 0674090608
English Translations
Cahiers du Cinéma, 1960-1968: New Wave, New Cinema, Reevaluating Hollywood
Call Number: PN1995 .C295 1986
ISBN: 9780674090651
English Translations
Cahiers du Cinéma, 1969-1972: The Politics of Representation
Call Number: PN1995 .C296 1990
ISBN: 0674090632
English Translations