ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: March 2014

Outstanding: A+

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, March 30, 2014

Flashdance - 1983

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Heathers - 1989

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Airplane! - 1980

Friday, March 21, 2014

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - 2007

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Short Term 12 - 2013

Monday, March 10, 2014

To Rome With Love - 2012

Life Is Beautiful - 1997

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Welcome to the Dollhouse - 1995

Friday, March 7, 2014

12 Years a Slave - 2013

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Spider-Man 2 - 2004

Jack - 1996

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Warm Bodies - 2013

Scary Movie 4 - 2006

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

The Little Mermaid - 1989

Fish Tank - 2009

Fire - 1996

Inception - 2010

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Chicken Run - 2000

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Slumdog Millionaire - 2008

The Crow - 1994

American Hustle - 2013

Before Midnight - 2013

Blue is the Warmest Color - 2013