Pathway Te Huarahi: Film & AV

The only televised awards shows to exclusively honor performers, it presents thirteen awards for acting in film and television.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (OSCAR)

From the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Celebrating the best of independent film.

Directors Guild of America

The Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE) Awards honors the worst in film.

British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)

Documentary film awards

Awards from the International Documentary Association awards and magazine

The magazine of independent film.

The leading news, information, and networking site for independent-minded filmmakers, the industry and moviegoers alike.

Access research articles related to communication, film and mass media.

Academic and popular film journals up to the present day. The database also provides access to many of the articles in full-text.

PressReader provides access to a huge range of magazines and newspapers and they look just the same as the hard copy. Search for magazines by title or article by topic.

Movies, Movie Reviews, Critic Scores, Showtimes and Movie Trailers

Movie reviews, essays, interviews and the Movie Answer Man from film critic Roger Ebert and contributors.

A database of movie and television information that includes directors, actors, writers, film trivia, characters, quotes, biographies, plots, photos, and movie trailers.

Movie Reviews, TV Reviews, Game Reviews, and Music Reviews

Internet’s largest database of movie reviews for over 100,000 titles. The continually growing site provides a searchable index of all published and available reviews, news, interviews, and other materials associated with specific movies.

An award-winning website for classic film buffs, students, moviegoers and anyone else interested in the great movies of the last century. Detailed plot synopses, review commentary and film reference material are just some of the features available on the site.

NPR's movie review section. Reviews of new movies, classic and art films, foreign films, and popular movies.

Provides recorded TV programmes (from over 30 domestic and international television channels,, live streams of NZ TV channels and some international ones. The entire Archives New Zealand historical film collection.

There's an option to filter your search results by Videos (sometimes you have to look under More) and this should mean you retrieve videos from more than one platform (e.g. youtube). Like all sources of information, remeber to check who published or authored it (is it a news channel you recognise, a University or other educational institution, an organisation or a random person).

Search and watch a broad ranger of feature films and documentaries and a huge range of topics. Tips for using the database are available at: https://otago.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=50430394

Contains chapters about writing film reviews and areas of film analysis

Use Library Search Ketu to search the Library collection for books and other resources about film and film criticism.

This magazine is known for its quality film reviews

Official YouTube home of the world's biggest (and best) movie magazine and website.

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and professional filmmaker Alan Seawright break down your favourite movies, searching the characters, themes, and plots to find things you can use to improve your mental health and your life.