ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: September 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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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

George Washington - 2000

Friday, September 23, 2016

Blood Simple - 1984

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Dial M for Murder - 1954

Saturday, September 17, 2016

The Quiet Earth - 1985

Friday, September 16, 2016

Paths of Glory - 1957

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Knight of Cups - 2016

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Kings of the Road - 1976

Monday, September 12, 2016

The Killing - 1956

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Killer's Kiss - 1955

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

The Wedding Banquet - 1993

Monday, September 5, 2016

Diary of a Mad Black Woman - 2005

Thursday, September 1, 2016

The American Friend - 1977