ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: July 2025

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, July 27, 2025

The Fantastic Four: First Steps - 2025

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Sorry, Baby - 2025

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Oceans Are the Real Continents - 2023

Friday, July 11, 2025

Superman - 2025

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Best in Show - 2000

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Radio Days - 1987

Monday, July 7, 2025

Les rendez-vous d'Anna - 1978