ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: December 2020

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.

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Thursday, December 17, 2020

Secrets & Lies - 1996

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

David Byrne's American Utopia - 2020

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Cool Hand Luke - 1967

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Field of Dreams - 1989