Essential Cinema

In 1968, the founders of the Anthology Film Archives in New York organized a collection of films knows as the Essential Cinema Repertory. The collection was designed to be a continuous critical tool in the investigation of the essential works created in cinema and played a significant role in the acceptance of avant-garde films as part of the cinematic canon. Archivist Andrew Lampert presents a selection of works from this groundbreaking collection.

Films will include: Thanatopsis (Ed Emshwiller, 1962), Rhythm in Light, (Mary Ellen Bute, 1934), No. 16: Oz, The Tin Woodman's Dream (Harry Smith, 1967), The Man Who Invented Gold (Christopher Maclaine, 1957), Look Park (Ralph Steiner, 1974), Newsreel of Dreams (Stan Vanderbeek, 1961) and Lights (Marie Menken, 1966).

Unessential Cinema

From the dustbins of time comes this review of the truly marginalized cinema; the mysteries of the archive unleashed. Archivist Andrew Lampert presents orphan film reels that by their very nature demonstrate what archives cannot, will not, and prefer not to save.