Film Screenings / Programs / Essential Cinema
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
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EC: THE NAVIGATOR + NEIGHBORS
March 19 at 7:00 PM
March 20 at 7:00 PM
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Dimitri Kirsanoff
EC: RAPT
March 23 at 5:15 PM
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EC: KUBELKA / LYE
March 24 at 5:45 PM
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EC: GEORGE & MIKE KUCHAR
March 30 at 5:15 PM
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EC: GEORGE LANDOW, AKA OWEN LAND
March 30 at 7:15 PM
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EC: LAUREL AND HARDY
March 31 at 5:30 PM
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William A. Seiter
EC: SONS OF THE DESERT
March 31 at 7:30 PM
April 3 at 7:00 PM
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EC: LÉGER & MURPHY / PICABIA & CLAIR / MAN RAY & DUCHAMP
April 5 at 6:30 PM
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EC: CHRISTOPHER MACLAINE
April 5 at 8:45 PM
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Jonas Mekas
EC: WALDEN (DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES)
April 6 at 6:00 PM
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Jonas Mekas
EC: REMINISCENCES OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA
April 7 at 7:30 PM
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EC: MARIE MENKEN
April 11 at 6:30 PM
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EC: ROBERT NELSON
April 11 at 8:30 PM
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F.W. Murnau
EC: SUNRISE
April 12 at 7:30 PM
April 13 at 7:30 PM
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EC: GEORGES MÉLIÈS, PROGRAM #1
April 13 at 5:45 PM
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EC: GEORGES MÉLIÈS, PROGRAM #2
April 14 at 4:15 PM
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EC: GEORGES MÉLIÈS, PROGRAM #3
April 14 at 5:45 PM
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Yasujiro Ozu
EC: I WAS BORN, BUT…
April 20 at 6:00 PM
April 21 at 7:30 PM
April 22 at 7:00 PM
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Yasujiro Ozu
EC: THERE WAS A FATHER
April 20 at 8:30 PM
April 21 at 5:15 PM
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EC: SIDNEY PETERSON
April 24 at 7:30 PM
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Vsevolod I. Pudovkin
EC: MOTHER
April 28 at 4:45 PM
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EC: O’NEILL / RICHTER / SHARITS
April 28 at 7:30 PM
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EC: O’NEILL / RICHTER / SHARITS
April 28 at 7:30 PM