For the seriously committed film-freak, the best movie venues in Paris are the cinémathèques. The Cinémathèque Française (www.cinemathequefrancaise.com) is currently housed in two separate locations: the Salle du Palais Chaillot, 7 av Albert-de-Mun, 16e (M° Trocadéro; tel 01.56.26.01.01), and the Salle Grands Boulevards, 42 bd Bonne Nouvelle, 10e (M° Bonne-Nouvelle; closed Mon; tel 01.56.26.01.01). By 2005 the whole thing should be reunited, along with the museum of cinema, at 51 rue de Bercy. It gives you a choice of more than fifty different films a week, many of which would never be shown commercially, and tickets are only €5 (€3 for students and members). The Forum des Images (tel 01.44.76.62.00, www.forumdesimages.net), in the Forum des Halles, is another excellent-value venue for the bizarre or obscure on screen. Their repertoires are always based around a particular theme, often with some connection to Paris. The €5.50 entrance fee (€4.50 for anyone under 30 or over 60) allows you access all day to as many screenings as you can stomach, as well as private video viewings in the archive, or vidéothèque.Cultural institutions also have their own cinemathèques, notably the Auditorium du Louvre, Palais du Louvre, 1er (M° Palais-Royal-Louvre; tel 01.40.20.84.00, www.louvre.fr), and the Pompidou Centre, place Georges-Pompidou, 4e (M° Ramb-uteau; tel 01.44.78.12.33).
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