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ENGL 1301 - Miller: Find Film Reviews

This document provides guidance on researching film history and criticism.

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Find reviews in the Lee College Databases

Online Newspapers

Online Reviews from the Web

These websites are available on the open internet.  Be aware that some of the content you find on these sites may be hidden behind a pay wall.  Like all research sources, evaluate each one for accuracy and pay attention to publication dates.

Find books and e-books on your film

Try the following subject searches in the Lee College Library catalog:

  • Director's name
  • Title of your film
  • Genre of your film

Search tips

This is where your film production research comes in.  Unless your film has a very unusual title (i.e., "Beasts of the Southern Wild"), you will most likely need to search using the title AND some other identifying information, such as:

[Title] + [Director's name] --> The Farewell and Lulu Wang

[Title] + [Major actor's name] --> The Farewell  and Awkwafina

[Title] + [use the release date as a limiter] --> The Farewell + [now go down the search page until you find the fields to enter dates, then enter Jan 2019-Dec 2019]

Image of a vintage ad for a motion picture camera

Image credits: Movie reel and clapperboard, illustration. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 22 Oct 2018. quest.eb.com/search/132_1560584/1/132_1560584/cite. Accessed 26 May 2020.

Bell and Howell Motion Picture Cameras, Wheeling, Ill.: Bell and Howell Motion Picture Cameras, [1900's].  Smithsonian Libraries Image Gallery. https://library.si.edu/image-gallery/106576. Accessed 26 May 2020.