Research Guides: COMM 4856/6856: Women &amp; Film: Find Articles

Scholarly Journals

Below is a selection of journals available to you through the Libraries. These journals publish scholarly research and criticism relevant to gender & film. Online journals can be searched by keyword, author, or article title.

Camera Obscura
A journal of feminism and film theory.
Canadian Journal of Film Studies
Canada's leading academic peer-reviewed film journal.
Cinema Journal
Published quarterly by the University of Texas Press, in cooperation with the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Considered one of the top journals in media studies.
Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies
differences highlights theoretical debates across the disciplines that address the ways concepts and categories of difference—notably but not exclusively gender—operate within culture.
Film & History
Because Film & History recognizes the constructed nature of almost every film, even of documentaries, the journal publishes scholarship that understands both the aesthetic and historical contexts of the work under study.
Film and Philosophy
Film Criticism
Film Criticism is a peer-reviewed, online publication whose aim is to bring together scholarship in the field of cinema and media studies in order to present the finest work in this area, foregrounding textual criticism as a primary value.
Film History
Film History publishes original research on the international history of cinema, broadly and inclusively understood.
Journal of Film and Video
The Journal of Film and Video, an internationally respected forum, focuses on scholarship in the fields of film and video production, history, theory, criticism, and aesthetics.
Literature/Film Quarterly

Databases

Communication Source This link opens in a new window
Indexes journals covering all aspects of mass media and includes the full text of many articles. Check the box next to "scholarly peer reviewed journals" on the main search screen to limit your results to those types of sources.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
An archival database that indexes articles with full text from a variety of media studies journals and feminist/Women's Studies journals. For most journals, the most recent 3-5 years of scholarship is not available in JSTOR.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Similar to JSTOR, but contains recent research and scholarship (last 3- 5 years).
OmniFile Full Text Mega This link opens in a new window
Search relevant databases simultaneously (includes Art Full Text & Humanities Full Text).
Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database that indexes a variety of journals relevant to the subjects of women and film, film theory, and popular culture criticism.

MLA International
Indexes books, dissertations, and journals. Contains some full text (limit your search to "linked full text" on the main search screen). Only finding abstracts? Use "article linker" to find full text in other databases or email me for help.

Sources for movie reviews

These sources publish reviews, interviews, and movie industry news.

Afterimage
The journal of media arts and cultural criticism.
Box Office
Exclusive news and numbers to the film industry since 1920.
Cineaste
America's leading magazine on the art and politics of the cinema.
Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood business and culture news. Also see Hollywood Reporter website.
Film Comment
Reviews and commentary on film. Also see Film Comment website.
New York Times Movies section
Limited historical holdings in the Reference Department.
Variety
Show business news. Also see Variety website.