ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: January 2016

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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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Mad Max: Fury Road - 2015

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck - 2015

Monday, January 25, 2016

Capitalism: A Love Story - 2009

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Dawn of the Dead - 2004

Friday, January 22, 2016

The Decline of Western Civilization: Part III - 1998

Thursday, January 21, 2016

The Silence - 1963

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

The Decline of Western Civilization - 1981

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Erin Brockovich - 2000