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Anthology Film Archives

32 Second Ave., New York, NY 10003 40.724719 -73.990438
at 2nd St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-505-5181 Send to Phone

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  • Subway Stops: F at Second Ave.; 6 at Bleecker St.
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Theater Profile

This repertory movie house specializes in rare, forgotten, hard-to-categorize, and sometimes hard-to-understand films. Housed in the former Second Avenue Courthouse, Anthology Film Archives has two screening rooms: the intimate, 72-seat Maya Deren (beware the less-than-comfortable seats), and the majestic, 187-seat Courthouse Theater. Cineastes trust AFA for high-quality prints, avant-garde narratives, rarely-seen director’s cuts, and intriguing documentaries from auteurs like Hollis Frampton, Stan Brakhage, and Jean Vigo. The theater also houses a print preservation center, and while the 20,000 films therein aren’t available for check out, the reference library�containing the world’s largest collection of reference materials on experimental film�is worth a rainy day’s visit. — Charles Curtis

Special Offerings

Tickets are discounted for students, seniors with ID, and members of the Archives.