Library Research Guides: AMST 261/ENG 261: Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan: Find News & Reviews

FILM REVIEW SOURCES

Some of these sources contain the full text of reviews, others just provide citation information.

Tip: If your film has a name that could bring up many unrelated results (e.g., Sisters), add the director's last name to your search.

SuperSearch
To find news & reviews from the time the film was released: Search for your film by title and limit the publication dates to the years immediately surrounding its release. SuperSearch enables you to search a lot of what the Library has in one easy-to-use interface, but it is not complete. To search with more focus, precision, and depth, try one of the individual databases suggested on this page.

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.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Use the filtering options (in the boxes on the left side of the search results page) to limit your results to reviews.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Content from 1963-present

Film Review Index
Print volumes with citations for reviews from 1882 - 1985. No full text.

Google News Archive
Alphabetical listing of historical US & Canadian newspapers digitized by Google.

Boston Globe, 1872-1989 This link opens in a new window
Searchable full-text replica of this newspaper, including graphics and ads.

New York Times Historical
1851-2012; more recent coverage in Nexis Uni news sources

Chicago Tribune, 1849-1997 This link opens in a new window
Searchable full-text replica of the newspaper, including graphics and ads.
Los Angeles Times, 1881-1996 This link opens in a new window
The West Coast's major newspaper. The full-text replica from 1881 to 1996 includes graphics and ads.
Nation Archive This link opens in a new window
News weekly, 1865-present
Washington Post, 1877-2003 This link opens in a new window
Searchable full-text replica of the newspaper from 1877 to 2003, including graphics and ads.
Guardian and the Observer (UK), 1791-2003 This link opens in a new window
Digitized full-text of the British newspaper The Guardian (1821–2003) and its sister paper, The Observer (1791–2003).
Times Digital Archive, 1765-2010 This link opens in a new window
Times of London, 1785-2006

Ethnic American Newspapers 1799-1971
130+ newspapers published by members of many of the most influential American ethnic groups in 25 U.S. states (content still being added)

GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Articles from publications by and for women, many with a feminist emphasis.

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