Suggested Databases
- Academic Search Complete [EBSCO] This link opens in a new windowSearch by putting the title of the film in quotes and adding motion picture review.
For example: "million dollar baby" and motion picture review - Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowSearch by putting the title of film in quotes and adding motion picture review.
For example: Boyhood and motion picture review.
Hint: if too many results not applicable to the film come up, add the name of a featured actor or the director, such as "crash" and Haggis and motion picture review. - Historical New York Times (ProQuest News & Newspapers) This link opens in a new windowGood resource for reviews of older films. It is helpful to have the date the film was released.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowMaxwell Library has access to more than 3,500 journal titles across the following five collections: Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, and Ecology and Botany I. Subject coverage includes mathematics, philosophy, anthropology, economics, history, literature, population studies, sociology, music, art, law, education, business, botany, and ecology.
- New York Times This link opens in a new windowSearch the full text of The New York Times starting in 1985.
- Nexis Uni (formerly: LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
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Find Books
Selected Books
There are several books that include reviews. You can find them by using the library catalog and doing a basic search for film reviews. Try the subject heading Motion Picture Reviews.
Many of these books are in the PN1993 to PN1995 area of the library's book collection. Don't be afraid to browse the shelves.
Some examples are:
Contemporary Japanese Film (1999). Call number PN1993.5 J3 S37
Figures of Light (1971). Call number PN1995 K296
Graham Greene on Film...Collection of Film Criticism 1935-1940. (1972). PN1995 G68
Field of View (1986). Call number PN1995 K295
Celluloid Power: Social Film Criticism (1992). Call number PN1995.9 P6 C44
Film Review Sources
- IndieWireIndieWire is a leading news, information and networking site for independent-minded filmmakers, the industry and moviegoers alike.
- Movie Review Query EngineMRQE.com – the Movie Review Query Engine, founded in 1993 by Stewart M. Clamen, is the Internet’s largest database of movie reviews for over 100,000 titles.
- Film Studies BookmarkThis Bookmark contains all electronic sources that you can search.
New York Times Film
EXISTING registered subscribers that DO NOT HAVE ACTIVE NYT subscription can visit accessnyt.com , type in the name of the school and follow the instructions based on their location. Since the subscriber "Already has an account " they click “Log In" (Found below "Create an Account"). Input your BSU email address and the same “Password” created for their previous account. If the subscriber encounters an error message that subscriber can email with edu@nytimes.com.
Another link to use is: nytimes.com/spotlight/nytimesineducation.