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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Sunday, November 17, 2024

Anora - 2024

Monday, November 11, 2024

Not a Pretty Picture - 1976

Monday, November 4, 2024

BlackBerry - 2023

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Election - 1999

The Times of Harvey Milk - 1984

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One - 2023

Monday, October 14, 2024

The Aviator - 2004