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Highlights: Library Guides
Library
Guide 14: Film Reviews and Criticism
In
addition to the resources listed below, there is an annotated list
of Web sites about
film and media.
You
may also want to visit the Media
Center, and Media
Resources Web pages.
Indexes
will tell you what periodicals (magazines, journals, newspapers)
and/or books contain a review or critical essay about a particular
film.
| Film
Literature Index |
Shelf
109 on the 3rd Floor |
| Film
Review Index, Vol. 1: 1882-1949/Vol.2: 1950 - 1985 |
Ref
Z5784. M9 F513 1986 |
| The
New Film Index: A Bibliography of Magazine Articles In English,
1930 - 1970 |
Ref
Z5784.M9 M29 1975 |
| Readers
Guide To Periodical Literature (look under the heading "Motion
Picture Reviews" |
Opposite
Shelves 100-104 on the 3rd Floor |
Subject
Headings to locate circulating books with film criticism or
reviews in the subject catalog of LIUCAT:
| Afro-Americans
in Motion Pictures |
Motion
Pictures -- Philosophy |
| Feminist
Motion Pictures |
Motion
Pictures -- Political Aspects |
| Film
Criticism |
Motion
Pictures -- Production and Direction |
| Film
Noir -- History and Criticism |
Motion
Pictures -- Reviews |
| Gangster
Films -- History and Criticism |
Motion
Pictures -- United States |
| Hispanic
Americans in Motion Pictures |
Women
in Motion Pictures |
| Minorities
in Motion Pictures |
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Reference
Books, located in the Reference Library stacks, on the third
floor.
- To locate
a film in Reader's Guide or the Film Literature Index,
one must know the year the film was released. You may check the
Internet
Movie Database or one of the books listed below in order to
determine the year that a film was released.
- The following
reference books contain reviews or plot summaries of films:
| New
York Times Film Reviews |
Ref
PN 1995.N4 1913-1994 |
| Magill's
Survey Of Cinema: English Language Films, Vol. 1-6 |
Ref
PN 1993.45.M32 1981 |
| Magill's
Survey of Cinema: Silent Films, Vols. 1-3 |
Ref
PN 1995.75.M33 1982 |
- The following
reference books contain citations to film criticism arranged by
subject:
| Afro-American
Cinematic Experience: An Annotated Bibliography and Filmography |
Ref PN
1995.9.N4 H9 1983 |
| Ethnic
and Racial Images in American Film and Television: Historical
Essays and Bibliography |
Ref PN
1995.75.M33 1982 |
- Miscellaneous
reference books on film, including film history, filmography,
catalogs, and biographical sources:
| Biographical
Dictionary of Film |
Ref
PN 1998.2.T49 1994 |
| Fantastic
Cinema Subject Guide: A Topical Index to 2500 Horror, Science
Fiction, and Fantasy Films |
Ref PN 1995.9.F36 S46 1992 |
| Film
Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference To the American Style |
Ref
PN 1995.9.F54 F55 1992 |
| Film
Noir: A Comprehensive Illustrative Reference |
Ref
PN 1995.9.F54 S74 1995 |
| Films
By Genre |
Ref
PN 1998.L63 1993 |
| Hispanics
in Hollywood: An Encyclopedia of Film and Television |
Ref
PN 1995.9.H47 R49 1994 |
| History
of the American Cinema, Vols. 1-6 |
Ref
PN 1993.5.U6 H55 1990 |
| The
Kael Index: A Guide To a Movie Critics Work: 1954-1991 |
Ref
PN 1998.3.K34 S63 1993 |
| Masters
of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and
Their Feature Films |
Ref
PN 1998.D285 1991 |
| The
Oxford History of World Cinema |
Ref
PN 1993.5.A1 O96 1996 |
| World
Film Directors, 2 Vols. |
Ref
PN 1998.2.W67 1987 |
Web Sites
Internet
Movie Database
Yahoo!Entertainment:
Movies and Films: Reviews
The
Roger Ebert Movie Files
More
Web Sites
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