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 16 at 7:00 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
  October 25 at 5:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: OCTOBER
  October 26 at 7:00 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: OLD AND NEW
  October 30 at 7:00 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: IVAN THE TERRIBLE: PARTS 1 & 2
  October 31 at 7:00 PM
  
• Robert Flaherty
  EC: NANOOK OF THE NORTH
  November 2 at 5:15 PM
  
• Robert Flaherty
  EC: MAN OF ARAN
  November 2 at 7:30 PM
  
• EC: HOLLIS FRAMPTON
  November 9 at 4:30 PM
  
• EC: FRANJU / GENET
  November 29 at 5:45 PM
  
• EC: ERNIE GEHR
  November 29 at 7:30 PM
  
• D. W. Griffith
  EC: INTOLERANCE
  November 30 at 4:00 PM
  
• EC: EGGELING / GRANT / JACOBS & FLEISCHNER
  November 30 at 7:45 PM
  
• Marcel Hanoun
  EC: UNE SIMPLE HISTOIRE
  December 5 at 6:30 PM
  
• EC: JEROME HILL
  December 5 at 8:30 PM
  
• EC: GEORGE & MIKE KUCHAR
  December 15 at 7:30 PM
  
• Ken Jacobs
  EC: TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON
  December 19 at 7:30 PM
  
• EC: HUGO / JACOBS / LEVITT / MAAS
  December 20 at 6:15 PM
  
• EC: LAWRENCE JORDAN
  December 20 at 8:00 PM
  
• EC: JENNINGS / KIRSANOFF
  December 21 at 5:45 PM
  
• Buster Keaton
  EC: THE GENERAL
  December 21 at 7:30 PM