Mike, Most of the older reviews will not be online, but are accessible in academic libraries in microfilm. The following page lists databases online. The "off-campus" links are for FSU, but Bentley may have similar subscriptions. Check with your reference librarians: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~jgm8530/FIL2000/online_research.htm Also, the following is a list of bibliographical indices: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.culture.studies.media/1632 Good Luck, Jason Grant McKahan Graduate Teaching Assistant College of Communication Adjunct Instructor Film School Florida State University 404-Diffenbaugh Tallahassee, Fl 32306-1531 [log in to unmask] At 01:13 PM 1/17/2005, you wrote: >while it's easy enough to get current reviews of classic movies on the web >-- usually >written by video hounds and usually worthless -- i've not found any way of >getting >original newspaper and magazine reviews of older movies, reviews dating >from the >fifties and sixties, written by people like pauline kael, stanley >kaufmann, andrew >sarris, dwight macdonald, etc. > >in particular i'm looking for original reviews of movies by hitchcock and >donen > >anyone have any idea as to whether these old reviews are in fact available >and, if >so, how one can find them? > >thanks much > >mike > >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.ScreenSite.org ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org