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. 51 +17

    15 Song Traits

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  2. 71 -45

    23rd Psalm Branch: Part I

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 103 -76

    23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 115 -10

    69

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  5. 116 -10

    70

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  6. 95 -11

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 252 -

    Adebar

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 185 -4

    Aerograd

    1935 — a.k.a. Frontier, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 13 -2

    All My Life

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 79 +4

    American 30's Song

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  11. 193 -

    Anémic cinéma

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 90 -62

    Angels'

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  13. 87 -2

    The Animals of Eden and After

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  14. 34 -5

    Anticipation of the Night

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 254 -1

    Arnulf Rainer

    1960, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 289 +52

    Arroseur et arrosé

    1896, in 1 top list Check
  17. 182 -

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 69 +17

    The Art of Vision

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 178 -

    At Land

    1944, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 123 -4

    Au hasard Balthazar

    1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 276 -8

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 277 +106

    Barque sortant du port

    1895 — a.k.a. La sortie du port, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 269 new

    Be Big!

    1931, in 1 top list Check
  24. 158 -1

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 467 -7

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 224 +2

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 212 +1

    Blonde Cobra

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 52 -22

    Blood's Tone

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  29. 529 -7

    Blow Job

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 40 -8

    Blue Moses

    1962, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 53 -20

    Bluewhite

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  32. 195 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  33. 426 +2

    La cascade de feu

    1904 — a.k.a. The Firefall, in 1 top list Check
  34. 14 -2

    Castro Street

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 35 -1

    Cat's Cradle

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 169 -1

    Centuries of June

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 220 +1

    Un chant d'amour

    1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 522 -35

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  39. 534 -6

    Chelsea Girls

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 357 +29

    Chicago défilé de policemen

    1897 — a.k.a. Chicago Police Parade, in 1 top list Check
  41. 449 -8

    Chichi ariki

    1942 — a.k.a. There Was a Father, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 138 +3

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  43. 166 +8

    Children's Party

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  44. 458 -7

    Chumlum

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  45. 202 -1

    La chute de la maison Usher

    1928 — a.k.a. The Fall of the House of Usher, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 537 -8

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  47. 155 -10

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  48. 121 +3

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 241 +1

    Convict 13

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 162 -

    Cosmic Ray

    1962, in 3 top lists Check
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