Tuesday Night Cinema
Paris is a great city for moviegoers. A quick glance through the movie listings of last week's Pariscope shows treats such as a Wes Anderson retrospective and a Martin Scorsese festival alongside the latest French, US and European releases. There's even an association, Forum des Images, supported by the city of Paris, which has among its goals fostering discussion and debate on films and the questions they pose in our daily lives.
One of the coolest offerings of the Forum des Images is the "Cine-Mardy' program. Once a month on a Tuesday, classic films are shown at the Max Linder Panorama theater at Grands Boulevard. On May 13, you can see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and prior showings include Psycho and Ben-Hur Make no mistake, though, this is not just an old film showing at a second-run theater. The event includes a master of ceremonies and the promotional materials promise "surprises' in addition to the feature presentation, and the Max Linder Panaroma is a showcase theaters. Opened in 1914 by burlesque actor Max Linder, the theater, with its 1930s style architecture (marble floors, frescoed murals on the walls) seats 700 on three levels and boasts an 18 meter panoramic screen.
If you can't make it next week, the next screening is West Side Story in early June. Also, keep in mind that Cine-Mardy is just one of the interesting programs sponsored by the Forum des Images. See their website for other offerings, like your chance for an individual viewing of one of the films in the collection of over 6000 meant to be an audio-visual history of Paris.
http://www.forumdesimages.fr/fr/cycle.php?ccl_id=313
http://www.maxlinder.com/