ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: June 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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Sunday, June 24, 2018

The Invisible War - 2012

Friday, June 22, 2018

Triumph of the Will - 1935

Sunday, June 10, 2018

Tootsie - 1982

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Boys Don't Cry - 1999

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

The Edge of Seventeen - 2016

Black Panther - 2018

Friday, June 1, 2018

Ivan's Childhood - 1962