Film Reviews: films from the mid-1990s to the present
- Film Literature Index
The online version of Film Literature Index has coverage of reviews published between 1976 and 2001. - New York Times Film Reviews (1913-1999/2000)
Reproduces New York Times film reviews. Organized chronologically. Includes reviews for non-United States films. - New York Times Reviews
“Browse or search 10,000 New York Times movie reviews. Included in the free review archive are all films reviewed since 1980” - The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Search under motion-picture reviews. - LexisNexis Academic
choose Arts & Sports News as the news category and
Book, movie, music & play reviews as the news source. - ProQuest
use movie reviews as the document type - Ethnic News Watch
for movie reviews in the ethnic and minority press. - Gender Watch
for reviews in women's studies and gender studies publications. - New York Times Historical
Page images of the News York Times from 1851 [latest 3 years not available].
For films released since the 1990s you can search the Internet sites:
- MRQE: Movie Review Query Engine
- Rotten Tomatoes
- Internet Movie Database
- Roger Ebert Film Reviews
An archive of the Chicago Sun-Times critic's reviews published since 1985. Includes some reviews of earlier films. - New York Times Reviews
“Browse or search 10,000 New York Times movie reviews. Included in the free review archive are all films reviewed since 1980” - Metacritic
“Metacritic© compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for film, video/dvd, books, music and games”
Note: Not all publications on these sites offer free online public access to their archives.
Page originally created by Brian Bialkowski under the direction of Debora Cheney, Foster Communications Librarian

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