ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: August 2014

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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Friday, August 29, 2014

The Lion King - 1994

Friday, August 22, 2014

Singin' in the Rain - 1952

Saturday, August 16, 2014

The Fisher King - 1991

Friday, August 15, 2014

Nymphomaniac - 2013

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Gimme Shelter - 1970

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

The Station Agent - 2003