Anthology Film Archives's Essential Cinema

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A very special series of films screened on a repertory basis, the Essential Cinema Repertory collection consists of programs of shorts and hundreds of features 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. The titles are still being screened under the brand of "Essential Cinema". Now and then additional titles are added to the collection.

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  1. 457 -7

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 271 -1

    The Music Box

    1932, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 154 +1

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 155 -10

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  5. 139 -1

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 248 -

    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 527 -6

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 279 +40

    L'arroseur arrosé

    1895 — a.k.a. The Waterer Watered, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 243 +2

    One Week

    1920, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 150 -1

    Sunnyside

    1919, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 275 new

    Way Out West

    1937, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 493 -7

    Der Firmling

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  13. 143 -

    A Night in the Show

    1915 — a.k.a. A Night at the Show, in 1 top list Check
  14. 149 +5

    A Day's Pleasure

    1919, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 145 +2

    Easy Street

    1917, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 144 -

    A Woman

    1915, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 146 -

    The Cure

    1917, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 148 +4

    Shoulder Arms

    1918, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 289 +52

    Arroseur et arrosé

    1896, in 1 top list Check
  20. 361 -36

    Douche après le bain

    1897, in 1 top list Check
  21. 245 -2

    Hard Luck

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 246 +3

    The Haunted House

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 247 -

    The Play House

    1921, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 425 -1

    Le revenant

    1903 — a.k.a. The Apparition, in 1 top list Check
  25. 269 new

    Be Big!

    1931, in 1 top list Check
  26. 241 +1

    Convict 13

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 273 -2

    Them Thar Hills

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  28. 321 +68

    Les tribulations d'un concierge

    1896, in 1 top list Check
  29. 147 +3

    A Dog's Life

    1918, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 370 +14

    Les joueurs de cartes arrosés

    1897, in 1 top list Check
  31. 153 -2

    The Pilgrim

    1923, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 272 new

    Towed in a Hole

    1932, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 244 +2

    The Scarecrow

    1920, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 274 -2

    Tit for Tat

    1935, in 1 top list Check
  35. 270 -1

    County Hospital

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  36. 434 -15

    Le locataire diabolique

    1909 — a.k.a. The Devilish Tenant, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 242 +2

    Neighbors

    1920, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 448 -6

    Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo

    1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check
  39. 151 +2

    The Idle Class

    1921, in 1 top list Check
  40. 152 -4

    Pay Day

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  41. 186 +2

    Prästänkan

    1920 — a.k.a. The Parson's Widow, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 532 -7

    Harlot

    1965, in 1 top list Check
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