Green River LibGuides: Film, Television, and Popular Culture Studies: Find Reviews (Film &amp; TV)

Selected Retrospective Review Sources

American Film Criticism: From the Beginnings to Citizen Kane: Reviews of Significant Films at the Time They First Appeared by Stanley Kauffmann
Call Number: 791.437 K21a
ISBN: 0871405571
Publication Date: 1972
Main Collection
British Film Institute Film Classics by Edward Buscombe; Rob White (editors)
Call Number: 791.43 B862 2003
ISBN: 1579583288
Available in Reference Collection--in-library use only
Magill's Survey of Cinema: Silent Films
Call Number: 791.43 M194ms
Reference Collection--in-library use only
Magill's Survey of Cinema: English Language Films
Call Number: 791.43 M194m
Reference Collection--in-library use only
Magill's Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films
Call Number: 791.43 M194mf
Reference Collection--in-library use only
The New York Times Film Reviews
Call Number: 791.435 N532n
ISBN: 0362-3688
6 volumes
Available in Reference Collection--in-library use only
The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made by Vincent Canby; Janet Maslin; New York Times Film Critics; Peter M. Nichols (Editor)
Call Number: 791.43 C214n 1999
ISBN: 0812930010
Publication Date: 1999
Available in Reference Collection--in-library use only

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Use the databases linked below to search for articles. Try limiting to movie or film review at document type or you may type in film, movie, or television (tv) review.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Search more than 18,000 academic journals and magazines from a wide variety of disciplines including more than 7500 full text peer-reviewed journals.
ProQuest Combined Databases This link opens in a new window
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Holman Library One Search (Advanced Search)
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Below are some links to websites useful for finding reviews.

MRQE (Movie Review Query Engine)
From the MRQE site: "MRQE.com, the Movie Review Query Engine, is the Internet’s largest database for movie reviews. Founded in 1993, MRQE (pronounced "marquee"), is a searchable index of all published and available movie reviews, news, interviews, and other material associated to movies. The combination of reviews + news + user discussion, all accessed through MRQE’s search portal, allows any user to read and add to the Internet’s most comprehensive collection of opinion about film."
metacritic
"The site assembles about thirty reviews per movie from publications around the U.S., with links to the full reviews. "We try to include every new release, including limited releases and films that appear at film festivals and are reviewed in at least 3 publications." The About Us page explains how scores for the movies are calculated."
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a good source of film reviews. Pay attention to the source of reviews you choose to use!

Popular Movie News Sources

Some websites have a paywall that limits how many reviews you view for free online each month.

Use links to ProQuest, Academic Search Complete, and Gale Power Search on this page to access some of the same content.

Holman Library

Film, Television, and Popular Culture Studies

Selected Retrospective Review Sources

Searching databases

Searching for Film and TV Reviews

Using OneSearch

Searching Online

Search for Reviews Online

Below are some links to websites useful for finding reviews.

Popular Movie News Sources

Popular Movie News Sources

Latest Movie Reviews from New York Times

Variety Film Reviews