ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: December 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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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Pinocchio - 1940

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

History of the World Part 1 - 1981

Monday, December 12, 2016

Pretty Woman - 1990

Thursday, December 8, 2016

The Jungle Book - 2016

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - 2001

Friday, December 2, 2016

The Polar Express - 2004

Eyes Without a Face - 1960