Research Guides: Film Studies: Find film reviews

Reviews of Older Films

Nexis Uni
A good resource for finding newspaper movie reviews. The "guided search" option allows you to only retrieve articles from a specified range of dates, which is useful if you're looking for reviews published around the time of the film's release.
Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers, including New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
New York Times (1851-2020)
The New York Times (1851-2020) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Supported by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center. Coverage: 1851 - 2020
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982
Readers' Guide Retrospective¸ produced by The H. W. Wilson Company¸ is a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. Coverage: 1890 - 1982

New York Times¸ Late Edition¸ East Coast (June 1¸ 1980 - Present)
The New York Times offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to June 1¸ 1980. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Coverage: 6/1/1980 - Present