ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG

Very Good: B-

EFB Inaugural Criteria

Essential Films Blog is comprised of only films that are warranting a B- rating of quality or above.

Cinematic Aesthetic Theory

The films that are honored in this publication are viewed in their capacity to be visually splendorous (the paramount aspect of film) and emotionally stirring; demonstrated through the spheres of story, music and/or imagery.

The true, vital mark of great cinema is the mastery of time, place, and tone throughout a work.

Cinema, as a medium of the visual, and by that virtue one of the most lasting art forms on the partaker, must be assessed fundamentally on its aptitude to document the scenery of life experience with power.

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Documentaries are included in this undertaking, but short films, although many remarkable selections can be unearthed, are unfortunately not.

ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG

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Saturday, June 14, 2025

Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench - 2009

Saturday, June 7, 2025

Cure - 1997

Monday, June 2, 2025

Je tu il elle - 1974

Sunday, June 1, 2025

The Count of Monte Cristo - 2024

Saturday, May 17, 2025

The Brutalist - 2024

Friday, April 18, 2025

Through the Olive Trees - 1994

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Sisters in Law - 2005