ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: December 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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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Mood Indigo - 2013

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Interiors - 1978

Monday, December 29, 2014

Rashomon - 1950

Cloud Atlas - 2012

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Solaris - 1972

Friday, December 26, 2014

Watership Down - 1978

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Happy Christmas - 2014

Pete's Christmas - 2013

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Stolen Kisses - 1968

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Effi Briest - 1974

Monday, December 22, 2014

How to Train Your Dragon - 2010

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Down by Law - 1986

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Atlantis: The Lost Empire - 2001

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Dont Look Back - 1967

Saturday, December 13, 2014

A Hard Day's Night - 1964

Thursday, December 11, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel - 2014

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul - 1974

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Alice in the Cities - 1974

Friday, December 5, 2014

We Are the Best! - 2013