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

• Jonas Mekas
  EC: REMINISCENCES OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA
  December 8 at 7:00 PM
  
• EC: GEORGES MÉLIÈS, PROGRAM #1
  December 17 at 4:00 PM
  
• EC: GEORGES MÉLIÈS, PROGRAM #2
  December 18 at 4:00 PM
  
• EC: GEORGES MÉLIÈS, PROGRAM #3
  December 18 at 5:45 PM
  
• EC: MARIE MENKEN
  December 19 at 7:00 PM
  
• F.W. Murnau
  EC: SUNRISE
  December 19 at 8:45 PM
  December 20 at 8:45 PM
  
• ROBERT NELSON
  EC: THE GREAT BLONDINO
  December 20 at 6:45 PM
  
• EC: SIDNEY PETERSON
  December 21 at 7:30 PM
  
• Vsevolod I. Pudovkin
  EC: MOTHER
  December 22 at 7:30 PM
  
• EC: O’NEILL / RICHTER / SHARITS
  January 5 at 7:00 PM
  
• Roberto Rossellini
  EC: THE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS
  January 6 at 7:00 PM
  January 8 at 6:00 PM
  January 8 at 8:15 PM
  
• EC: RUTTMANN / STAUFFACHER
  January 11 at 6:45 PM
  
• EC: PAUL SHARITS
  January 11 at 8:45 PM
  
• EC: HARRY SMITH
  January 12 at 7:00 PM
  
• EC: Harry Smith's FILM NO. 12 (HEAVEN AND EARTH MAGIC)
  January 12 at 8:45 PM
  
• EC: RON RICE / JACK SMITH
  January 13 at 7:00 PM
  
• Jack Smith
  EC: NO PRESIDENT
  January 18 at 7:00 PM
  
• Warren Sonbert
  EC: CARRIAGE TRADE
  January 18 at 8:30 PM
  
• Michael Snow
  EC: WAVELENGTH
  January 19 at 7:00 PM
  
• Michael Snow
  EC: <---> (BACK AND FORTH)
  January 19 at 8:30 PM
  
• Erich von Stroheim
  EC: GREED
  January 30 at 7:00 PM
  January 31 at 7:00 PM