Film Reviews: films released before 1986

• Film Review Index
  a print resource that provides comprehensive lists of reviews for films produced up to 1985
• Film Literature Index
  --coverage goes back to 1973. The online version of Film Literature Index has coverage going back to 1976
• A Guide to Critical Reviews, James Salem
  An excellent resource that offers lists of reviews for films and plays from 1909 to the mid to late 1980s
• New York Times Film Reviews (1913-1999/2000)
  Reproduces New York Times film reviews. Organized chronologically. Includes reviews for non-United States films.
• Variety Film Reviews (1907-1993/1994)
  Reproduces Variety film reviews. Organized chronologically. Includes reviews for non-United States films.
• The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
  Search under motion-picture reviews.

The texts of older reviews will generally be unavailable online, with the notable exception of the New York Times Historical, which provides digital page images of every issue of the New York Times from 1851 to 2003.

Page originally created by Brian Bialkowski under the direction of Debora Cheney, Foster Communications Librarian