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 Cocteau
  EC: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
  September 11 at 6:30 PM
  
• Jean Cocteau
  EC: ORPHEUS
  September 11 at 8:45 PM
  
• EC: JOSEPH CORNELL
  September 14 at 3:45 PM
  
• EC: CONNER / CONRAD
  September 15 at 4:00 PM
  
• EC: MAYA DEREN
  October 3 at 7:00 PM
  
• EC: CAVALCANTI / CROCKWELL
  October 3 at 8:45 PM
  
• Alexandr Dovzhenko
  EC: ZVENIGORA
  October 5 at 4:45 PM
  
• Alexandr Dovzhenko
  EC: ARSENAL
  October 5 at 7:15 PM
  
• Alexandr Dovzhenko
  EC: EARTH
  October 6 at 5:30 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: THE PARSON’S WIDOW
  October 6 at 8:00 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: MICHAEL
  October 9 at 6:30 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
  October 9 at 8:45 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: VAMPYR
  October 11 at 7:00 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: DAY OF WRATH
  October 11 at 9:00 PM
  October 16 at 6:45 PM
  October 16 at 9:15 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: ORDET
  October 20 at 4:00 PM
  
• Carl Th. Dreyer
  EC: GERTRUD
  October 24 at 7:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: STRIKE
  October 26 at 5:00 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
  October 27 at 5:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: OCTOBER
  October 28 at 7:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: OLD AND NEW
  October 30 at 7:30 PM
  
• Sergei Eisenstein
  EC: IVAN THE TERRIBLE: PARTS 1 & 2
  October 31 at 6:45 PM