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
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)
