LibGuides: Film Studies: Film Criticism and Analysis

Film criticism in books and e-books

There is a wealth of film criticism in the Lee College collection. Try searching the name of your movie or the movie's director in the library catalog. Remember that you can string together search terms to get more specific results.

Film Journals in the Lee College Collection

Browse Film Journals in the library
This link takes you to an alphabetical list of the print and electronic film journals owned by Lee College. Note that there is a checkbox that will allow you to limit the list to peer reviewed (scholarly) journals exclusively.

Notable film journals:

Cineaste
Cinema Journal (1966 - 2018)
Film Comment (1985 - 2020)
Film Quarterly (1958 - present, with 4- year delay)
Literature-Film Quarterly (2005-2016)

Who are the film critics and reviewers?

Current Biography Cumulative Index, 1940-2018 by H. W. Wilson (Editor)
Call Number: Ref CT 100 .C82
ISBN: 9781682172063
Publication Date: 2017-12-29
The Current Biography Cumulative Index makes easy work of locating biographies of individuals profiled from the first edition published in 1940. With both a Name Index and an Index by Profession, this time-saving tool will quickly direct researchers to the issue in which the biography appears.

Literature Resource Center + more This link opens in a new window
Includes biographical information of some of the more well-known reviewers and critics.
Britannica Online Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
The well-known encyclopedia does include short entries on some film critics.

Rotten Tomatoes Top Reviewers
The Rotten Tomatoes website allows you to search reviews on their site by reviewer.

Lee College Databases Including Film criticism

Literature Resource Center + more This link opens in a new window
Literature Resource Center does contain film criticism and film reviews ; it also has biographical information on well-known film critics and reviewers.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Articles on the humanities & social sciences, including film studies.
Academic Onefile (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Contains journal, magazine & newspaper articles from a variety of disciplines.

Online Sources

Criterion Collection: Currents
Includes current and historical essays about movies that are included in the Criterion Collection, a set of films that are considered to be some of the best examples of English language filmmaking.