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
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  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
>
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