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Film Studies

This guide is an introduction to the resources for Film Studies at Dartmouth. If you are interested in Television, see the separate research guide for Television.
  • Introduction
  • Basic information on film
  • Finding a specific film title
  • Streaming film services
    • Readings on streaming video
  • National cinemas This link opens in a new window
  • Course guides for Film & Media Studies
  • Starting your research ...
  • Researching early films
  • Film history through the decades
    • 1960's film history
    • 1970's film history
  • Books about film
  • Film reviews
  • Journals & magazines about film
  • Film theory
    • Feminist film theory
    • Auteur theory
  • Film criticism
    • Feminist film criticism
  • Box office information
  • Film audiences
  • Mass media Industry
  • Primary sources for historical film research
    • Cinema Pressbooks from the Original Studio Collections
    • Congressional Hearings & Communism
    • Film Daily
    • Herrick Library Digital Collections
    • Hollywood and the Production Code
    • Media History Digital Library
    • Moving Picture World
  • Themes
  • Acting
  • Racial & ethnic representation on film
    • African American diaspora
    • Asian American diaspora
    • Hispanic American diaspora
    • Native American & Indigenous peoples diasporas
    • Examples on film
  • LGBTQIA+
    • Examples on film
  • Women on/in/creating Film
    • Examples on film
  • Film genres This link opens in a new window
  • Film & society
  • Screenwriting
  • Film adaptations
    • Shakespeare on film
    • Television to Film adaptations
  • Color in film
  • Film music
  • Film festivals
    • A short list of film festivals
  • Film awards
  • Disney
  • Hitchcock
  • Internet resources
  • Future of Media
  • Back to Film & Media
  • Scholarly communication This link opens in a new window
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Finding movie reviews

This page highlights the different types of resources for film reviews.

Reviews from newspapers

  1. Major metropolitan newspapers are a good source for movie reviews and information.
  2. You can also limit your searching to "reviews" in most of this group of databases.
  3. Note that the Historical newspapers do not cover the present.
  4. ProQuest Newsstand has coverage from 1980's to the present.
  5. LexisNexis and Library Pressdisplay give you more current coverage of films.
    • U.S. Newsstream by ProQuest
      • On Campus or VPN
      • Database
      • Newspaper
      Call Number: Electronic resource
      This database lets you search a collection of current newspapers. Coverage varies from 1980 to the present. You can search a few or all of the newspapers in the collection.
    • Resource logoProquest historical newspapers by ProQuest
      • On Campus or VPN
      • Database
      • Newspaper
      Call Number: Electronic resources
      A collection of major regional and ethnic newspapers from their beginning date to a date in the near past. The New York Times goes until 3 years ago, while the Boston Globe only goes to 1989. The Chicago Defender goes from 1905 to 1975.
    • Resource logoLos Angeles sentinel
      • On Campus or VPN
      • Database
      • Newspaper
      Call Number: Electronic resource
      The Los Angeles Sentinel is an African American owned and operated newspaper that puts emphasis on issues concerning the African-American community and it's readers. Its a highly regarded paper that significantly influences the perceptions, attitudes and buying decisions of it's readership.
    • LexisNexis Academic
      • On Campus or VPN
      Call Number: Electronic resource
      LexisNexis gives you access to current newspapers. However, some newspapers go back several years while others only have the last 6 months. Your best search may be in "Major Papers" under the "General News" category in a Guided News Search.
    • Resource logoPressReader by Press Reader
      • On Campus or VPN
      • Database
      • Newspaper
      Call Number: Electronic resource
      A database of regional, national and international newspapers. The time limit is the last 60 days. Many countries are represented in the archive.

    Reviews from scholarly journals

    Except for the Screen Studies Collection, the list here highlights resources that may not have citations prior to 1970. If you need information for movies made before 1970, look at the tab above called Researching early films.

    These resources will lead you to more scholarly reviews.

    • ATLA Catholic periodical and literature index
      • On Campus or VPN
      • Database
      Call Number: Electronic resource
      Looking at film from another viewpoint.
    • Resource logoFilm & television literature index
      • On Campus or VPN
      • Database
      Call Number: Electronic resource
      This index covers over 300 journal and magazine titles for film and television reviews, scholarly and critical analysis of cinema and television, and articles of popular interest about film and television. About half the journals and magazines are film periodicals and the other half cover film and television with some regularity. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
    • MLA Bibliography
      • On Campus or VPN
      Call Number: Electronic resource
      MLA International Bibliography indexes journal articles, books and dissertations. Coverage includes literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
    • Resource logoScreen studies collection by ProQuest
      • On Campus or VPN
      • Database
      Call Number: Electronic resource
      A comprehensive survey of current publications related to film scholarship alongside detailed filmographies. This collection includes the FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database and the detailed and complementary filmographies created by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the British Film Institute.

    Reviews from Popular literature

    Readers' Guide Retrospective does provide early film coverage, but only for popular literature. Popular literature includes Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Cosmopolitan, Instyle, etc.

    When searching, you can limit your search to "film reviews" in Document Type.

    • Resource logoReaders' guide retrospective, 1890-1982 by H W Wilson vis EBSCO
      • On Campus or VPN
      • Database
      Call Number: Electronic resource
      The regular Readers' Guide Abstracts covers popular literature from 1983 to the present. This retrospective version covers that same literature from 1890 to 1982. Because this is historical material, remember to search using the terms that were used during a particular time period. For example, early Black films would use the subject "Negro" or "Colored" rather than Black or Afro-American (African-American). You can also limit your searching to film reviews when looking for a particular title.

    Film Reviews on the Internet

    You may have your own favorite sight for online reviews. This is a list of possibilities.

    • Catholic News Service
      • Link
      The Media Review Office of Catholic News Service is responsible for assessing motion pictures, television programs, home entertainment, video games and comic books.
    • Christian Spotlight on Entertainment
      • Link
      This site is from Christian Answers. Their primary goal is to provide accurate, biblical answers on a wide variety of questions asked by Christians and non-Christians.
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      CHRISTIAN ANSWERS is a worldwide evangelism, education and discipleship ministry of Films for Christ (also known as Eden Communications). ... Questions can be submitted on-line. We also provide a great deal of other valuable information and resources related to Christianity, Christian education, discipleship, media, and more (see our resource directory).
    • Entertainment Weekly - Film Reviews
      • Link
      The reviewers from EW can be harsh, but they are always entertaining.
    • Metacritic logo
      Metacritic
      • Link
      Get a consensus on film reviews.
    • National Public Radio (NPR)
      • Link
      Film reviews from NPR.
    • New York Times
      • On Campus or VPN
      • Newspaper
      A source of influential film reviews.
    • rogerebert.com
      • Link
      Reviews, commentary, information and just plain talk about the movies.
    • Rotten Tomatoes
      • Database
      • Link
      Over 7 million readers each month use RT globally as a dependable, objective resource for coverage of movies and DVD. With more than 250,000 titles and 850,000 review links in its ever-growing database, RT offers a fun and informative way to discover the critical reaction on movies neatly summarized via the Tomatometer.
    • Variety.com - film reviews
      • Link
      Covers all aspects of entertainment, FILM, television, music, videos publishing and the internet.
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