HNU Library: Communication Studies: Film Criticism

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Open Web Sources for Film Criticism and Reviews

The open web contains a great deal of excellent film criticism, both through open access scholarly journals and via magazines and newspapers. A non-exhaustive selection of resources appears below.

Film Criticism (journal)
The seminal journal Film Criticism provides open access to its archive from 2016 to the present. Access to older articles can be provided through the library's interlibrary loan system.
Cineaste
This key monthly magazine of film and politics provides access to select articles for free. The full text of other articles may be available through interlibrary loan.
Film Comment
Features access to selected articles and an index of the full archive of this key magazine.
Reverse Shot
The Museum of Moving Image's magazine of film criticism and reviews. Check out their Symposiums section for short articles on a single topic, director, or actor.
Moving Image Source
While no longer updated, this project from the Museum of Moving Image still provides an excellent repository of insightful film criticism and reviews.
Artforum
The renowned monthly magazine on art and the art world also features robust coverage of art house, avant-garde, and other left-of-center film and video art.
Bright Lights Film Journal
An online magazine featuring wide-ranging and astute reviews and essays on film.

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Communication Studies

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Open Web Sources for Film Criticism and Reviews

The open web contains a great deal of excellent film criticism, both through open access scholarly journals and via magazines and newspapers. A non-exhaustive selection of resources appears below.

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