Articles from popular and scholarly journals on all aspects of performance, including dance, theater, film, mime, opera, puppetry, radio, stagecraft, television, storytelling, video, and performance art.
Years covered: 1998-present; some archived content as far back as 1864 (index/abstracts only)
Wide variety of educational films and documentaries.
Documentaries, movies viewed in the classroom up to three times are FREE, no charge to Pace! For instance, if Prof. John shows, To Educate a Girl: Empowering Women and Girls in the Developing World to his Sociology class in the classroom three times for the fall semester and shows a different film in the spring semester, there’s no charge because it was shown only three times during the academic year. However, if Prof. John decides to show it again in his spring class, then the fourth viewing triggers a purchase by Pace University.
Likewise, classes that are online will trigger a higher percentage of purchase since the fourth viewing by students in a class constitutes a purchase. This will be seen where certain documentaries or movies formulate the core part of the course that students must access.
Please note that watching films during class time keeps costs down and capitalizes on the three free movies in class.
Faculty, staff, students can view films at their leisure for free, i.e. no additional costs to Pace since the probability of a large segment of the population viewing the same movie may be low.
When the budget threshold is reached, Kanopy will notify the Library per faculty request and arrangement may be made if feasible.
Film Reviews & Journals
Film Review Resources:
Additional film reviews can be found in newspapers and magazines - take a look at our News databases to start your search.
Movie Review Query EngineSimple search engine query webpage for finding movie review articles on film titles. Also browseable by pre-compiled lists of titles by category/awards nominations.
Rotten TomatoesStrives to summarize critical reaction on movies by averaging the scores given by its list of critics, who are mostly from accredited media outlets and online film societies.
Meta CriticProvides access to and summarizes entertainment criticism available online. Combines the individual critic scores into an overall grade for each item.
Film Journals:
To access these journal titles, search for the journal title using the Journalstab from the library home page:
Film Comment
Film Criticism
Film History
Cinema Journal
New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film
Film Festivals
NewFest: NYC’s Premier LGBT Film Festival"NewFest’s programming includes the annual NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival, one of the most comprehensive showcases of international LGBT film in the world."
25th New York Queer Experimental Film Festival"For 25 years, MIX NYC has presented the latest in queer experimental film and previously unseen works from legendary lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other queer-identified figures in avant-garde cinema."
Athena Film Festival“The Athena Film Festival is an engaging weekend of feature films, documentaries and shorts that highlight women’s leadership in real life and the fictional world…All at the most sought-after women’s college in the nation, in the heart of New York.”
SFTFF: San Francisco Transgender Film Festival"The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF) screens films that promote the visibility of transgender and gender variant people and challenge the mainstream media’s negative stereotypes of our communities."
TWN - Third World Newsreel"Third World Newsreel (TWN) is an alternative media arts organization that fosters the creation, appreciation and dissemination of independent film and video by and about people of color and social justice issues."
