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. 246 +3

    The Haunted House

    1921, in 3 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. 244 +2

    The Scarecrow

    1920, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 247 -

    The Play House

    1921, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 242 +2

    Neighbors

    1920, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 241 +1

    Convict 13

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 245 -2

    Hard Luck

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 526 -6

    Taris, roi de l'eau

    1931 — a.k.a. Taris, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 525 -7

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 146 -

    The Cure

    1917, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 145 +2

    Easy Street

    1917, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 95 -11

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  14. 143 -

    A Night in the Show

    1915 — a.k.a. A Night at the Show, in 1 top list Check
  15. 144 -

    A Woman

    1915, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 149 +5

    A Day's Pleasure

    1919, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 38 +49

    The Dead

    1960, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 29 +63

    The Wonder Ring

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 103 -76

    23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 27 +8

    Desistfilm

    1954, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 88 +1

    The Machine of Eden

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 41 +3

    Mothlight

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 71 -45

    23rd Psalm Branch: Part I

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 35 -1

    Cat's Cradle

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 147 +3

    A Dog's Life

    1918, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 6 -2

    Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

    1954, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 72 -25

    Scenes from Under Childhood Section #1

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 10 -

    Lucifer Rising

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 177 +2

    Meshes of the Afternoon

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 152 -4

    Pay Day

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  31. 153 -2

    The Pilgrim

    1923, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 37 +58

    Window Water Baby Moving

    1959, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 214 -

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 516 -3

    Kino-pravda no. 21 - Leninskaia Kino-pravda....

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  35. 4 +4

    Rabbit's Moon

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 215 +1

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 7 +2

    Scorpio Rising

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 100 -3

    The Wold Shadow

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 5 -3

    Eaux d'artifice

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 2 +1

    Fireworks

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 151 +2

    The Idle Class

    1921, in 1 top list Check
  42. 8 -3

    Invocation of My Demon Brother

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 3 +4

    Puce Moment

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  44. 150 -1

    Sunnyside

    1919, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 9 -3

    Kustom Kar Kommandos

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  46. 140 -1

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 178 -

    At Land

    1944, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 156 -

    Entr'acte

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 180 -

    Ritual in Transfigured Time

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 272 new

    Towed in a Hole

    1932, in 2 top lists Check
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