Scholarly articles from a variety of humanities and social science journals. To find complete articles, check the boxes for "articles only" and "only content I have access to" before searching.
Film Journals accessible through our online databases
Cinema Journal: The Journal of the Society of Cinema and Media Studies. Peer-reviewed journal. Complete articles from 1999 - present are available in Project Muse database.
Film & History: Peer-reviewed academic journal. Complete articles from March 1971 - present are available in Communications & Mass Media Database.
"Studies how history is being shaped by media & how media are being shaped by history. Examines the evolution of genre over time & how the changes in genre formulas are affected by contemporary pressures. Reviews relevant books, films & TV specials." ~Comm & MM
Film Comment: complete articles from 1971- present are available in ABI/Inform Complete.
Published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Film Criticism: Peer-Reviewed journal. Complete articles from 1994 - present are available in OmniFile Full-Text database. Contains "writing from a new generation of film historians, theorists, and critics representing many different disciplines, cultures, and critical perspectives". ~Ebsco
Film Culture: America's Independent Motion Picture Magazine: Complete articles from 1992-1996 are available in Communication & Mass Media database. Contains "reprinted articles, film reviews and lists of books received on all aspects of the American independent motion picture". ~Ebsco
Film History: Peer-reviewed journal. Complete articles from 1987 - present are available in Communication & Mass Media Database. "Film History focuses on the historical development of the motion picture and the social, technological, and economic context in which this has occurred.Areas of interest range from the technical and entrepreneurial innovations of early and pre-cinema experiments, through all aspects of the production, distribution, exhibition and reception of commerical and non-commercial motion pictures."~publisher
Film International. Peer-reviewed journal. Complete articles from 2006 - present, with a 30 day delay, are available in OmniFile Full-Text database. "Aims not to be just a scholarly journal, but a new breed of film magazine, mixing established academic film scholars (and other scholars) with renowned film journalists, trying to reach a wider circle of readers."~Ebsco
Journal of Film & Video: Peer-reviewed journal. Complete articles from 2000 to present, citations from 1984-1999, are available in Communication & Mass Media database. Contains "articles and reviews in the fields of film and video production, history, theory, criticism, and aesthetics." ~ Ebsco
Journal of Popular Film & Television: Peer-reviewed journal. Complete articles from 1990-"present" (Embargo 1 year) are available in Communication & Mass Media database. Contains "articles dedicated to popular film and television in the broadest sense. Concentration on commercial cinema and television, theory/criticism, interviews, filmographies, bibliographies, stars, directors, producers, studios and networks."~Ebsco
Literature Film Quarterly: Peer-reviewed journal. Complete articles from 1973 - present are available in Communication & Mass Media database. Contains "articles on individual motion pictures, interviews with directors, screenwriters and literary figures, reviews of current film adaptations of literary works, reviews of books concerning film and responses to articles and reviews."
Millennium Film Journal: Peer-reviewed journal. Complete articles from July 2005 to present are available in OmniFile Full-Text database. Contains articles about independent, experimental and avant-garde cinema, video and works using digital technologies". ~publisher
New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film: Peer-reviewed journal. Complete articles from 2002 - present are available in Communications & Mass Media database. "Focuses on the study of contemporary film around the world". ~Ebsco.
Studies in Documentary Film: Peer-reviewed journal. Complete articles are available from 2007 - present in OmniFile database. "Provides information about the history, theory, criticism and practice of documentary film".~Ebsco.