ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: September 2017

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, September 29, 2017

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life - 1995

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

The Social Network - 2010

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Berlin Syndrome - 2017

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World - 2016

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

The Searchers - 1956

Sunday, September 17, 2017

The Assassination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford - 2007

Friday, September 15, 2017

Kicking and Screaming - 1995

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Curious George - 2006

Shampoo - 1975

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Le Bonheur - 1965

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Hacksaw Ridge - 2016

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

The Last Emperor - 1987

Friday, September 1, 2017

Kate Plays Christine - 2016