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

• Jean Epstein
  EC: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
  September 5 at 7:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: STRIKE
  September 7 at 7:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
  September 8 at 7:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: OCTOBER
  September 10 at 3:15 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: IVAN THE TERRIBLE: PARTS 1 & 2
  September 10 at 6:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: OLD AND NEW
  September 11 at 7:30 PM
  
• Robert Flaherty
  EC: NANOOK OF THE NORTH
  September 16 at 7:00 PM
  
• Robert Flaherty
  EC: MAN OF ARAN
  September 16 at 9:00 PM
  
• EC: HOLLIS FRAMPTON
  September 17 at 5:00 PM
  
• EC: FRANJU / GENET / FRANK & LESLIE
  September 17 at 7:30 PM
  
• EC: ERNIE GEHR
  September 24 at 6:00 PM
  
• Ernie Gehr
  EC: STILL
  September 24 at 8:00 PM
  
• EC: CROCKWELL / GRANT / JACOBS & FLEISCHNER
  September 28 at 7:00 PM
  
• Marcel Hanoun
  EC: UNE SIMPLE HISTOIRE
  September 28 at 8:30 PM
  
• EC: JEROME HILL
  September 29 at 7:00 PM
  
• EC: LARRY JORDAN
  September 29 at 9:00 PM
  
• EC: HUGO / JACOBS / LEVITT / MAAS
  September 30 at 6:00 PM
  
• Ken Jacobs
  EC: TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON
  September 30 at 7:30 PM