Anthology Film Archives

A very special series of films screened on a repertory basis, the Essential Cinema Repertory collection consists of 110 programs/330 titles assembled in 1970-75 by Anthology’s Film Selection Committee – James Broughton, Ken Kelman, Peter Kubelka, P. Adams Sitney, and Jonas Mekas. It was an ambitious attempt to define the art of cinema. The project was never completed but even in its unfinished state the series provides an uncompromising critical overview of cinema’s history.

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Upcoming Screenings

• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: STRIKE
  October 17 at 5:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
  October 17 at 8:00 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: OLD AND NEW
  October 18 at 4:45 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: OCTOBER
  October 18 at 7:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: IVAN THE TERRIBLE: PARTS 1 & 2
  October 21 at 7:00 PM
  
• Jean Epstein
  EC: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
  October 29 at 7:00 PM
  
• Robert Flaherty
  EC: NANOOK OF THE NORTH
  October 30 at 6:30 PM
  
• Robert Flaherty
  EC: MAN OF ARAN
  October 30 at 8:45 PM
  
• EC: HOLLIS FRAMPTON
  October 31 at 5:30 PM
  
• EC: FRANJU / GENET
  October 31 at 8:00 PM
  
• EC: ERNIE GEHR
  November 1 at 4:30 PM
  
• D. W. Griffith
  EC: INTOLERANCE
  November 14 at 4:30 PM
  
• EC: EGGELING / GRANT / JACOBS & FLEISCHNER
  November 14 at 8:15 PM
  
• Marcel Hanoun
  EC: UNE SIMPLE HISTOIRE
  November 15 at 4:15 PM
  
• EC: JEROME HILL
  November 15 at 6:15 PM
  
• EC: HUGO / JACOBS / LEVITT / MAAS
  November 15 at 8:30 PM
  
• Ken Jacobs
  EC: TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON
  November 21 at 3:15 PM
  
• EC: LAWRENCE JORDAN
  November 22 at 2:45 PM
  
• EC: JENNINGS / KIRSANOFF
  November 28 at 5:15 PM
  
• Buster Keaton
  EC: THE GENERAL
  November 28 at 7:00 PM
  November 29 at 7:00 PM
  
• Dimitri Kirsanoff
  EC: RAPT
  November 29 at 4:45 PM
  
• EC: PETER KUBELKA (THE COMPLETE WORKS): NEW 35MM PRINTS!
  December 15 at 6:45 PM
  
• EC: KUCHAR / LYE
  December 15 at 8:45 PM
  
• EC: GEORGE LANDOW, AKA OWEN LAND
  December 19 at 4:15 PM
  
• EC: LAUREL AND HARDY: OUR RELATIONS
  December 19 at 6:15 PM
  
• EC: LÉGER & MURPHY / PICABIA & CLAIR / MAN RAY & DUCHAMP
  December 19 at 8:15 PM
  
• EC: CHRISTOPHER MACLAINE
  December 20 at 4:00 PM
  
• Jonas Mekas
  EC: WALDEN (DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES)
  December 21 at 7:00 PM