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Sunday, November 17, 2024

Anora - 2024

Great: A-

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Monday, November 11, 2024

Not a Pretty Picture - 1976

Great: B+

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Monday, November 4, 2024

BlackBerry - 2023

Very Good: B-

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Election - 1999

Great: B+

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The Times of Harvey Milk - 1984

Very Good: B

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One - 2023

Very Good: B-

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Monday, October 14, 2024

The Aviator - 2004

Very Good: B-

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Friday, September 20, 2024

The Last Days of Disco - 1998

Very Good: B

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

CODA - 2021

Very Good: B

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Sunday, June 23, 2024

An Unmarried Woman - 1978

Great: B+

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

The Square - 2017

Very Good: B

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

20 Feet from Stardom - 2013

Very Good: B-

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - 2024

Great: B+

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Monday, May 27, 2024

Lynch/Oz - 2022

Very Good: B-

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Memories of Murder - 2003

Great: B+

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Monday, May 13, 2024

Moonstruck - 1987

Very Good: B-

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Black Girl - 1966

Very Good: B-

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Monday, May 6, 2024

Turtles All the Way Down - 2024

Very Good: B

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Friday, May 3, 2024

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 2014

Very Good: B-

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Autumn Tale - 1998

Great: B+

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

A Tale of Winter - 1992

Very Good: B-

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Sunday, April 28, 2024

Drylongso - 1998

Great: B+

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Saturday, April 27, 2024

The Holdovers - 2023

Great: B+

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Monday, April 22, 2024

Bushman - 1971

Very Good: B-

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

Love Lies Bleeding - 2024

Very Good: B

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Dune: Part Two - 2024

Great: B+

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Sunday, April 7, 2024

Hearts and Minds - 1974

Very Good: B-

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Saturday, April 6, 2024

49 Up - 2005

Very Good: B

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Friday, April 5, 2024

The Zone of Interest - 2023

Great: B+

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Coming Home - 1978

Great: B+

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Sunday, March 31, 2024

Trenque Lauquen - 2022

Great: A-

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Sunday, March 24, 2024

Anatomy of a Fall - 2023

Very Good: B-

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Friday, March 22, 2024

Monster - 2003

Very Good: B-

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

L'enfant - 2005

Great: B+

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Friday, March 15, 2024

The Velvet Underground - 2021

Very Good: B-

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

The Gleaners and I - 2000

Very Good: B-

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Moolaade - 2004

Very Good: B-

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Saturday, March 9, 2024

42 Up - 1998

Very Good: B

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Poor Things - 2023

Great: A-

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Saturday, February 10, 2024

The Cranes Are Flying - 1957

Great: A

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Friday, February 9, 2024

To Be or Not to Be - 1942

Very Good: B-

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Saturday, January 27, 2024

Burden of Dreams - 1982

Very Good: B

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Bottoms - 2023

Very Good: B-

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Monday, January 1, 2024

May December - 2023

Very Good: B

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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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