ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: April 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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Monday, April 30, 2018

The Outsiders - 1983

Sunday, April 29, 2018

El Sur - 1983

THX 1138 - 1971

Thursday, April 26, 2018

The Shape of Water - 2017

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

In a Lonely Place - 1950

Monday, April 23, 2018

Hellboy - 2004

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Wings of Hope - 2000

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Lady Bird - 2017

Sunday, April 8, 2018

El Norte - 1983

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - 2006

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Training Day - 2001

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 2017