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

• Robert Bresson
  EC: PICKPOCKET
  July 3 at 9:00 PM
  July 5 at 6:30 PM
  July 6 at 8:00 PM
  
• Robert Bresson
  EC: A MAN ESCAPED, OR THE WIND BLOWS WHERE IT LISTETH
  July 5 at 8:30 PM
  July 6 at 5:30 PM
  
• EC: ROBERT BREER PGM
  July 12 at 4:30 PM
  
• EC: JAMES BROUGHTON, PGM 1
  July 13 at 5:45 PM
  
• EC: JAMES BROUGHTON, PGM 2
  July 13 at 7:30 PM
  
• EC: JAMES BROUGHTON, PGM 3
  July 15 at 6:45 PM
  
• EC: JAMES BROUGHTON, PGM 4
  July 15 at 8:30 PM
  
• EC: BUÑUEL / DALÍ
  July 16 at 7:00 PM
  
• Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí
  EC: L’ÂGE D’OR
  July 16 at 8:45 PM
  
• Jean Cocteau
  EC: THE BLOOD OF A POET
  August 22 at 6:45 PM
  
• Jean Cocteau
  EC: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
  August 22 at 8:30 PM
  August 23 at 6:15 PM
  August 24 at 8:00 PM
  
• Jean Cocteau
  EC: ORPHEUS
  August 23 at 8:30 PM
  August 24 at 5:30 PM
  
• Charles Chaplin
  EC: MODERN TIMES
  August 26 at 6:30 PM
  August 28 at 8:45 PM
  August 29 at 6:30 PM
  
• Charles Chaplin
  EC: THE GREAT DICTATOR
  August 26 at 8:45 PM
  August 28 at 6:15 PM
  August 29 at 8:45 PM
  
• EC: SHORT FILMS BY CHARLIE CHAPLIN
  August 30 at 5:15 PM
  
• EC: JOSEPH CORNELL
  August 30 at 7:30 PM
  
• EC: CONNER / CONRAD
  August 31 at 5:15 PM
  
• EC: CAVALCANTI / CROCKWELL
  August 31 at 7:15 PM