ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: July 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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Friday, July 29, 2016

Amy - 2015

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 2015

Saturday, July 23, 2016

American Ultra - 2015

Thursday, July 21, 2016

A Monster in Paris - 2011

Monday, July 18, 2016

25th Hour - 2002

Friday, July 15, 2016

Reservoir Dogs - 1992

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Precious - 2009

Saturday, July 9, 2016

The Revenant - 2015