Cinema and Television Arts (CTVA): Finding Reviews

To find reviews of TV programs and films, consult these sources:

NEWSPAPER REVIEWS

• US Newsstream: 1980-current (ProQuest)
• Global Newsstream: 1980-current (ProQuest)
• California Custom News Collection (Newsbank)
• Access World News (Newsbank)

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

• Performing Arts Periodicals Database (ProQuest)
• Reader's Guide Full Text

SCHOLARLY JOURNAL REVIEWS

• Performing Arts Periodicals Database (ProQuest)
• Humanities Full Text (EBSCO)
• JSTOR
• Communicaton Source (EBSCO)

HISTORICAL NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE/JOURNAL REVIEWS

• Los Angeles Times Historical: 1881-1996 (ProQuest)
• New York Times Historical: 1851-2017 (ProQuest)
• Reader's Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982
• (Print Index, 1973-1994) Film literature Index
• (Print index, 1930-1971) Retrospective Index to film periodicals 

WEBSITES (FILM REVIEWS)

• www.filmsite.org (and https://www.filmsite.org/classicsfilms.html)
• www.mrqe.com (links to thousands of published reviews)
• www.rogerebert.com (although only from one critic, now deceased, it is voluminous, spanning decades of reviews)
• www.filmcomment.com (website of a longstanding film analysis publication; it is not a comprehensive movie site like imdb, but does review select films (ex. Review: Joker) and discusses topics/themes (ex. Japanese animation) ).

WEBSITES (TV REVIEWS)

• www.thefutoncritic.com & www.metacritic.com/tv & www.imdb.com (popular TV review sites)
• www.tvparty.com & www.classic-tv.com & https://fiftiesweb.com/tv/classic-directory/ (popular past TV show history/info)
• www.hollywoodreporter.com/topic/tv (essays and info on television from the Hollywood Reporter magazine)
• https://variety.com/v/tv/ (essays and info on television from Variety magazine)
• www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/ (essays on TV and TV-related topics from Nielsen, the TV ranking service)