ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: November 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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Sunday, November 27, 2016

Lady in the Water - 2006

Monday, November 21, 2016

Sideways - 2004

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Tropic Thunder - 2008

Monday, November 14, 2016

Love & Friendship - 2016

Fruitvale Station - 2013

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - 2000

Monday, November 7, 2016

It's A Wonderful Life - 1946

Saturday, November 5, 2016

Mancora - 2008