ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: January 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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Saturday, January 30, 2021

The Last Detail - 1973

Friday, January 29, 2021

The Thin Blue Line - 1988

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Desert Hearts - 1985

Saturday, January 9, 2021

Bridge to Terabithia - 2007

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Queen & Slim - 2019

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Foster - 2019