ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: April 2016

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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Monday, April 25, 2016

The Year of Living Dangerously - 1982

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Thelma & Louise - 1991

Thursday, April 14, 2016

My Girl - 1991

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Thumbsucker - 2005

Monday, April 11, 2016

Atlantic City - 1980

Sunday, April 10, 2016

March of the Penguins - 2005

Saturday, April 9, 2016

The Swimmer - 1968

Friday, April 8, 2016

Hoop Dreams - 1994

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Mad Max - 1979

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Ginger & Rosa - 2012

Monday, April 4, 2016

Jungle Fever - 1991

Friday, April 1, 2016

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 - 2015