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

• EC: CHARLES CHAPLIN, PGM 1
  July 22 at 3:30 PM
  
• EC: CHARLES CHAPLIN, PGM 2
  July 22 at 5:30 PM
  
• EC: CHARLES CHAPLIN, PGM 3
  July 22 at 8:00 PM
  
• Charles Chaplin
  EC: THE GOLD RUSH
  July 23 at 6:45 PM
  July 24 at 7:15 PM
  
• Charles Chaplin
  THE CIRCUS
  July 23 at 8:45 PM
  July 25 at 7:15 PM
  
• EC: JOSEPH CORNELL
  July 26 at 7:30 PM
  
• Jean Cocteau
  EC: THE BLOOD OF A POET
  July 27 at 7:00 PM
  July 28 at 9:00 PM
  
• Jean Cocteau
  EC: ORPHEUS
  July 27 at 8:30 PM
  July 29 at 6:15 PM
  
• Jean Cocteau
  EC: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
  July 28 at 6:45 PM
  July 29 at 8:30 PM
  
• EC: CONNER / CONRAD
  August 10 at 7:30 PM
  
• EC: CAVALCANTI / EGGELING
  August 11 at 5:30 PM
  
• EC: MAYA DEREN
  August 12 at 5:30 PM
  
• Alexandr Dovzhenko
  EC: ZVENIGORA
  August 13 at 7:30 PM
  
• Alexandr Dovzhenko
  EC: ARSENAL
  August 18 at 4:00 PM
  
• Alexandr Dovzhenko
  EC: AEROGRAD - RARE SCREENING!
  August 23 at 7:30 PM
  
• Alexandr Dovzhenko
  EC: EARTH / ZEMLYA
  August 31 at 7:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: STRIKE
  September 4 at 7:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
  September 13 at 7:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: OCTOBER
  September 14 at 7:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: IVAN THE TERRIBLE: PARTS 1 & 2
  September 15 at 7:00 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: OLD AND NEW
  September 16 at 5:45 PM
  
• Jean Epstein
  EC: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
  September 16 at 8:30 PM
  
• Robert Flaherty
  EC: NANOOK OF THE NORTH
  September 19 at 7:00 PM
  
• Robert Flaherty
  EC: MAN OF ARAN
  September 19 at 9:00 PM
  
• EC: HOLLIS FRAMPTON
  September 21 at 8:00 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: THE PARSON’S WIDOW
  September 22 at 4:15 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: MICHAEL
  September 22 at 6:15 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
  September 22 at 8:30 PM
  September 30 at 8:30 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: VAMPYR
  September 23 at 6:30 PM
  September 30 at 6:30 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: DAY OF WRATH
  September 23 at 8:30 PM
  September 29 at 8:30 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: THE WORD
  September 28 at 7:30 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: GERTRUD
  September 29 at 5:45 PM