ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: December 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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Sunday, December 29, 2024

Nosferatu - 2024

Friday, December 27, 2024

Abre los ojos - 1997

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Fallen Leaves - 2023

Monday, December 23, 2024

Free Solo - 2018

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World - 2023

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Flow - 2024