ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: October 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, October 31, 2016

Watchmen - 2009

The Peanuts Movie - 2015

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Comet - 2014

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Puss in Boots - 2011

Thursday, October 27, 2016

O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 2000

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Clueless - 1995

Friday, October 14, 2016

Mamma Roma - 1962

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Victoria - 2015

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Code 46 - 2003

Friday, October 7, 2016

Gone Baby Gone - 2007

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Love in the Afternoon - 1972