ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: May 2024

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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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - 2024

Monday, May 27, 2024

Lynch/Oz - 2022

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Memories of Murder - 2003

Monday, May 13, 2024

Moonstruck - 1987

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Black Girl - 1966

Monday, May 6, 2024

Turtles All the Way Down - 2024

Friday, May 3, 2024

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 2014

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Autumn Tale - 1998