LibGuides: Screenwriting: Film Reviews

Film Review Indexes

Magills Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films by Frank N. Magill
Call Number: REF (PN 1993.45 M34 1985)
Magill's Survey of Cinema: English Language Films
Call Number: REF (PN1997.8.M32)
Magill's Cinema Annual
Call Number: REF (PN1993.3 .M34)
Signed essay-reviews plus lists of additional reviews.
Film Review Annual
Call Number: BASEMENT STORAGE-GFA (PN1995 .F463)
Reprinted reviews from various periodicals, covering films in major U.S. markets, 1981-2002.
New York Times Film Reviews
Call Number: REF (PN1995 .N4)
1913-1998.
Selected Film Criticism by Anthony Slide
Call Number: BASEMENT STORAGE-GFA (PN1995 .S426 1982)

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: Film Television and Media Studies, Film and Television Production, Screenwriting
Description: Research database from EBSCOhost containing full text. Includes Variety movie reviews from 1914 to present.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; Trade/Professional Articles; Book Reviews

OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Subjects: MANY
Description: General research database from EBSCOhost containing full text.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Subjects: MANY
Description: General research database from LexisNexis containing full text from news, business, and legal sources.
Contents: Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Trade/Professional Articles
Los Angeles Times Historical (1881-2015) This link opens in a new window
go to 'advanced search' and choose 'review' as the document type.
Research Library This link opens in a new window
Click on 'more search options' and under Document Type, select "Review" and then "film review." Type in the name of the film in quotation marks. If too many results, add the last name of the director to your search.