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. 319 +21

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 140 -1

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 220 +1

    Un chant d'amour

    1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 215 +1

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 156 -

    Entr'acte

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 95 -11

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 525 -7

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 278 +40

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 235 +1

    Listen to Britain

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 37 +58

    Window Water Baby Moving

    1959, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 178 -

    At Land

    1944, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 276 -8

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 41 +3

    Mothlight

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 2 +1

    Fireworks

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 163 -

    Report

    1967, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 427 -6

    Le voyage à travers l'impossible

    1904 — a.k.a. An Impossible Voyage, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 10 -

    Lucifer Rising

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 214 -

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 6 -2

    Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

    1954, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 242 +2

    Neighbors

    1920, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 247 -

    The Play House

    1921, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 244 +2

    The Scarecrow

    1920, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 279 +40

    L'arroseur arrosé

    1895 — a.k.a. The Waterer Watered, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 145 +2

    Easy Street

    1917, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 153 -2

    The Pilgrim

    1923, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 255 +1

    Unsere Afrikareise

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 455 -8

    Emak-Bakia

    1927, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 165 +8

    Rose Hobart

    1936, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 147 +3

    A Dog's Life

    1918, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 5 -3

    Eaux d'artifice

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 404 -9

    Free Radicals

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 161 -

    A Movie

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 34 -5

    Anticipation of the Night

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 254 -1

    Arnulf Rainer

    1960, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 456 -8

    L'étoile de mer

    1928 — a.k.a. The Starfish, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 246 +3

    The Haunted House

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 194 -

    Symphonie diagonale

    1924 — a.k.a. Symphonie diaganale, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 536 -334

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 180 -

    Ritual in Transfigured Time

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 162 -

    Cosmic Ray

    1962, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 529 -7

    Blow Job

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 146 -

    The Cure

    1917, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 241 +1

    Convict 13

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 14 -2

    Castro Street

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 164 -

    The Flicker

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 193 -

    Anémic cinéma

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
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