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. 138 +3

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  2. 177 +2

    Meshes of the Afternoon

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 527 -6

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 7 +2

    Scorpio Rising

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 244 +2

    The Scarecrow

    1920, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 319 +21

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 525 -7

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 156 -

    Entr'acte

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 140 -1

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 242 +2

    Neighbors

    1920, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 247 -

    The Play House

    1921, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 215 +1

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 147 +3

    A Dog's Life

    1918, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 178 -

    At Land

    1944, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 278 +40

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 279 +40

    L'arroseur arrosé

    1895 — a.k.a. The Waterer Watered, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 427 -6

    Le voyage à travers l'impossible

    1904 — a.k.a. The Voyage Across the Impossible, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 37 +58

    Window Water Baby Moving

    1959, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 220 +1

    Un chant d'amour

    1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 145 +2

    Easy Street

    1917, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 95 -11

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 276 -8

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 10 -

    Lucifer Rising

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 6 -2

    Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

    1954, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 41 +3

    Mothlight

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 2 +1

    Fireworks

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 246 +3

    The Haunted House

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 162 -

    Cosmic Ray

    1962, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 5 -3

    Eaux d'artifice

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 214 -

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 9 -3

    Kustom Kar Kommandos

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  32. 404 -9

    Free Radicals

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 4 +4

    Rabbit's Moon

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 536 -334

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 18 -1

    Allures

    1961, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 153 -2

    The Pilgrim

    1923, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 146 -

    The Cure

    1917, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 180 -

    Ritual in Transfigured Time

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 8 -3

    Invocation of My Demon Brother

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 161 -

    A Movie

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 3 +4

    Puce Moment

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  42. 152 -4

    Pay Day

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  43. 235 +1

    Listen to Britain

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 163 -

    Report

    1967, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 241 +1

    Convict 13

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 434 -15

    Le locataire diabolique

    1909 — a.k.a. The Devilish Tenant, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 14 -2

    Castro Street

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 245 -2

    Hard Luck

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 20 +4

    Samadhi

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 456 -8

    L'étoile de mer

    1928 — a.k.a. The Starfish, in 2 top lists Check
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