Library Research Guides: AFR 222: Images of Blacks & Women in American Cinema: Film Reviews & Scholarly Articles

Find Film Reviews

Some of these sources contain the full text of reviews, others provide citations. To see if we have the issue of a newspaper or magazine you need, do a title search for the publication in the library catalog.

Film Review Index
Print volumes with citations for reviews from 1882 - 1985
Film Review Annual
Print volume covers reviews from 1982 - present.

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Content from 1963-present
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
includes African-American newspapers as well as other ethnic minority press, 1960-present.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Find reviews from major U.S. & international news sources
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Articles in US & Canadian popular magazines, 1890 to 1982.
Periodicals Index Online (PIO) This link opens in a new window
Index to articles from periodicals, 1665-1995.

Wellesley News Research Guide
Links to major U.S. and international newspapers, with historical and contemporary content.

Find Articles

These databases contain citations and full text from journals and magazines covering film, telelvision, and media.

Film Databases

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and popular articles, 1914-present
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and popular articles, 1970s-present
Film Literature Index This link opens in a new window
Scholarly & popular articles, 1973-2001

Africana & Women's Studies Databases

African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 This link opens in a new window
More than 170 academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations' bulletins, annual reports and other genres, by and about African Americans.
Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new window
Thousands of articles by scholars in the field, with primary source documents, maps, and images.
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Indexes journal articles and books on women's studies, feminism, and gender studies, 1972 to present
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
With a focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas, this collection gathers historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgender community, and changes in gender roles, including articles dating back as far as the 1970s.

Multidisciplinary Databases containing film articles

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and popular articles in all subjects; be sure to limit to peer-reviewed articles for scholarly material.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Literary criticism of all genres including film, for all countries and in many languages. You can limit your results to English language only.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text scholarly articles, but only up to 3-5 years ago; no recent content.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Picks up where JSTOR leaves off, though fewer journals included.