ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: 2021

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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Monday, December 27, 2021

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Friday, December 17, 2021

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Monday, November 22, 2021

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Saturday, September 4, 2021

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Saturday, June 26, 2021

Saturday, June 19, 2021

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Sunday, May 30, 2021

Monday, May 24, 2021

Friday, May 21, 2021

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Saturday, May 1, 2021

Friday, April 23, 2021

Saturday, April 10, 2021

Monday, March 1, 2021

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Sunday, February 21, 2021

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Friday, January 29, 2021

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Saturday, January 9, 2021

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Saturday, January 2, 2021