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New York Times Film Reviews (1913-1996)Print set located at JFK Main Level Ref PN1995 .N4 -- reprinted reviews from the New York Times. For more recent films, have online back to 1980. NOTE: Hyperlink just goes to the catalog record, not the full text of the print index.
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Rotten TomatoesPortal to online film reviews from magazines, newspapers, and miscellaneous websites. To limit to reviews from major news outlets, click Top Critics. Does have some historical reviews from Variety, New York Times, and Time Magazine.
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MRQE: Movie Review Query EngineLinks to online film reviews, including sometimes historical reviews from Variety and New York Times.
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MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)Covers around 1,700 periodicals with lots of full text content. Very useful for finding film reviews in magazines (not in newspapers or scholarly journals). Type in the name of the film, and then in the box Document Type, choose Film Review.
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Film Review Index, 1882-1985Print index located at JFK Library REF PN1995 .F52. Very useful for finding film reviews of classics written at the time the film was released. NOTE: Hyperlink just goes to the catalog record, not the full text of the print index.
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British Film Institute Film ClassicsCall Number: EWU-Cheney Main Level Reference PN1995 .B7315 2003Publication Date: 2003NOTE: Click on the URL to see a list of the films included. There are only 47!
This illustrated two-volume set is a compendium of more than 50 monographs published by the British Film Institute since 1992. Each entry focuses on a single great film of world cinema, presenting an essay by a prominent critic, novelist, academic, or filmmaker. You will read Camille Paglia on The Birds, Richard Schickel on Double Indemnity, Salman Rushdie on The Wizard ofOz, and many more.
