ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: May 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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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Punch-Drunk Love - 2002

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Her - 2013

Saturday, May 10, 2014

My Own Private Idaho - 1991

Friday, May 9, 2014

On the Road - 2012

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Itty Bitty Titty Committee - 2007

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Gravity - 2013

Monday, May 5, 2014

Samsara - 2011

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Ted - 2012