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Search across a broad variety of historical and more contemporary periodicals using a selection of ProQuest Databases, or search individual databases below.
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An archival collection of magazines related to the history of the film, music, and entertainment industries, 1880 - 2015.
You will find contemporary reviews for movies in major US newspapers as well as news articles on movies and the movie industry. To search for reviews only, do you search and then click on the "Document type" link under "Narrow results" on the right-hand side. Click "Review" and your search results will be filtered to show only reviews.
Includes full text archives of many film publications such as Sight and Sound and Film Comment that include reviews. Enter "Review" as "Article Type" when searching to limit to reviews.
The New York Times Web site has movie reviews back to 1960. For movie reviews between 1913 and 1960, consult the print volumes in the Reference Room, call number Ref PN1995 .N4.
Newspapers dating from the early 1700s into the 2000s. Contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional, and state titles as well as small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
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Search across all of Carleton's Readex collections at once. Includes historical newspapers, government documents, books, ephemera, history of science and artificial intelligence, and the like.
The Times of London, The Illustrated London News, the Times Literary Supplement, The Economist, and many more British publications.
Additional Movie Reviews and Synopses
Film Review Annual
Call Number: Ref PN1995 .F463
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This source provides the entire text of selected reviews of full length films released during the year. References to other film reviews are included.
Magill's Cinema Annual
Call Number: Ref PN1993.45 .M3
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Yearbook of technical data, credit listings, plot synopses, and reviews of films released in the previous year.
Magill's Survey of Cinema--English Language Films, First Series by Frank N. Magill, Patricia King Hanson, Stephen L. Hanson
Call Number: Ref PN1993.45 .M3
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Comprehensive technical data, credit listings, plot synopses, and reviews of films.
Magill's Survey of Cinema--English Language Films, Second Series by Frank N. Magill, Stephen L. Hanson, Patricia King Hanson
Call Number: Ref PN1993.45 .M32
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Comprehensive technical data, credit listings, plot synopses, and reviews of films.
Magill's Survey of Cinema--Foreign Language Films by Frank N. Magill
Call Number: Ref PN1993.45 .M34 1985
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Comprehensive technical data, credit listings, plot synopses, and reviews of foreign language films.
Magill's Survey of Cinema--Silent Films by Frank N. Magill, Patricia King Hanson, Stephen L. Hanson
Call Number: Ref PN1993.45 .M33 1982
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Comprehensive technical data, credit listings, plot synopses, and reviews of silent films.
Silent films, 1877-1996 by Robert K. Klepper
Call Number: Ref PN1995.75 .K57 1999
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Reviews and criticism of 646 important silent films.