Basically, a film review briefly describes and evaluates a film, its story, players, direction, and technical qualities. Reviews usually appear in general magazines and newspapers while a film is currently showing and are aimed, primarily, at helping you decide if you want to see it. Some reviews, however, transcend this function and are worth consulting for their insights when studying a film. Often the assumption is that you have already seen the film and want to further explore its meaning, technique, or relation to other films. Most critiques appear in specialized film them a short time after a film is released, others not until much later.
Many film journals contain both reviews and critiques.
Online and CD-ROM Periodical Indexes Print periodical indexes have traditionally provided citations to articles published in magazines and journals, allowing you to locate the periodical name, date and page numbers of an article by searching by subject, title or author. Electronic indexes continue and expand the functionality of print indexes by giving you more flexible searching capabilities as well as, in some cases, delivering the actual text of the article. Links to all the online periodical indexes and databases can be found on the Indexes, Abstracts and Full Text page of UT Library Online . Good source for scholarly critiques about films distributed in the United States and Canada, especially for films with historical content. Does not contain the full-text of articles.