ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: January 2018

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, January 31, 2018

The Lego Batman Movie - 2017

Monday, January 22, 2018

Endless Poetry - 2016

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Sing - 2016

Friday, January 12, 2018

Star Trek Into Darkness - 2013

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Grosse Pointe Blank - 1997

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Vanilla Sky - 2001

Friday, January 5, 2018

All Quiet on the Western Front - 1930

Thursday, January 4, 2018

love jones - 1997

Monday, January 1, 2018

Be Kind Rewind - 2008