ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: April 2015

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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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 1975

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Boyhood - 2014

Sunday, April 26, 2015

The Butterfly Effect - 2004

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Wish I Was Here - 2014

Sunday, April 19, 2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 - 2014

Velvet Goldmine - 1998

Saturday, April 18, 2015

After Sex - 2007

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Gladiator - 2000

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Hannah and Her Sisters - 1986

Thursday, April 2, 2015

50 First Dates - 2004