International dictionary of films and filmmakers
Ref Collection 791.4303 I61d
Recently updated. An excellent resource in general.

Internet Movie Database ***RECOMMENDED***
http://imdb.com/
A good place for filmography.

Trexler Library Catalog
Path: Trexler Library Home Page (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library)Finding Books
Try a keyword search on film titles and directors, or film genres.

WorldCat  **RECOMMENDED**
Path: Trexler Library Home Page (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library)Finding Books
Greatly expand your book search by searching all library catalogs in one. Use WorldCat in conjunction with: 

EZ Borrow
path: Trexler Library Home Page (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library)Finding BooksEZ Borrow Catalogs.

MLA  **RECOMMENDED**
Path: Trexler Library Home Page (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library)Finding ArticlesPeriodical Databases & IndexesListed Alphabetically
Extensive online index of film criticism.

University of California Berkeley MRC  **RECOMMENDED**
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/
This site includes extensive critical bibliographies for film studies, arranged by genre, director, etc.

Academic Search Premier
Path: Trexler Library Home Page (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library)Finding ArticlesPeriodical Databases & IndexesListed Alphabetically
Scholarly film criticism and popular reviews. 1980s-present. Some full text. 

Communication & Mass Media Complete
Path: Trexler Library Home Page (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library)Finding ArticlesPeriodical Databases & IndexesListed Alphabetically
Scholarly film criticism. 1980s-present. Some full text. 

Film review index
Humanities Ref. 016.79143 F487r
Includes reviews of films made from 1882-1985.

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
Ref Collection 791.4303 I61d
Not all films are included, but for the ones that are, this may provide the lengthiest list of film criticism.

Omnifile **RECOMMENDED**
Path: Trexler Library Home Page (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library)Finding ArticlesPeriodical Databases & IndexesListed Alphabetically
Covers the period 1989-present. The reviews indexed here are more scholarly than those found elsewhere.

Internet Movie Database
http://imdb.com/
A good place for filmography and maybe some reviews.

LexisNexis Academic
Path: Trexler Library Home Page (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library)Finding ArticlesPeriodical Databases & IndexesListed Alphabetically
Good source for current reviews. 1980s-present. May include filmographies. 

MLA **RECOMMENDED**
Path: Trexler Library Home Page (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library)Finding ArticlesPeriodical Databases & IndexesListed Alphabetically
Best online index of scholarly film criticism; links to full text across multiple databases.

Movie Review Query Engine
http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?
Reviews written since the eighties, some retrospectively.

University of California Berkeley MRC  **RECOMMENDED**
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/
This site includes extensive critical bibliographies for film studies, arranged by genre, director, etc.

Afterimage (Academic Search Premier, Omnifile)
American Cinematographer (Omnifile)
Camera Obscura (Academic Search Premier, Project Muse)
Cineaste (Academic Search Premier, Omnifile)
Cinema Journal (Academic Search Premier, Omnifile, Project Muse)
Continuum (Communication & Mass Media Complete)
Film & History (Communication & Mass Media Complete, Project Muse)
Film Comment (Academic Search Premier)
Film Criticism (Omnifile)
Film Culture (Communication & Mass Media Complete)
Film History (Omnifile, Communication & Mass Media Complete)
Film Quarterly (Communication & Mass Media Complete)
Films in Review (Academic Search Premier)
Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television (Communication & Mass Media Complete)
Journal of Film and Video (Communication & Mass Media Complete)
Journal of Popular Film and Television (Communication & Mass Media Complete, Omnifile)
Journal of Religion and Film (Directory of Open Access Journals)
Literature Film Quarterly (Trexler Library, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Omnifile)
New Cinemas (Communication & Mass Media Complete)
Quarterly Review of Film and Video (Communication & Mass Media Complete)
Screen (Trexler Library)
Sight and Sound (Omnifile)
Studies in European Cinema (Communication & Mass Media Complete)
Studies in French Cinema (Academic Search Premier)
Studies in Hispanic Cinema (Communication & Mass Media Complete)
Variety (Trexler Library, Omnifile, LexisNexis Academic)
Velvet Light Trap (Academic Search Premier, Project Muse)
Wide Angle (Project Muse)

Articles via interlibrary loan:

Journal articles not found in Trexler Library can be ordered by following this path: Trexler Library Home Page (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library)Finding ArticlesILL Article Request.

Film journals available open-access on the web

Jump Cut
http://www.ejumpcut.org/home.html

SensesofCinema.com
http://www.sensesofcinema.com

See also:
Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/

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