Thank you for all of your questions! I received so many that I'm going to break the answers down into more than one post. First: Movies! If you submitted more than one question about more than one Paris topic I will answer them in the different posts. If you submitted a question not about Paris, i won't answer it this time but feel free to resubmit the next time I do an AMA where it would be on-topic.
Before I answer any specific questions, here are my basic logistical suggestions for life as a cinephile in Paris:
If you are only coming to Paris to see old movies, factor that in to where you decide to stay. Montmartre is beautiful (and one of my favorite restaurants in town is there, as you’ll see in a different post), but it couldn’t be further away from the the movie theaters you’re going to want to go to. Basically, you’ll be spending a lot of time in the 6th arrondissement, with sojourns up to Les Halles to go to Forum des Images and over to the Cinematheque Francaise in the 12th (unless it's the dead of summer, when both of those venues are closed). I have recently been living in the southern part of the 6th, very close to the 14th. I can walk to most of the theaters that show classic films within 25 minutes, and for the first time ever, I can get to the Cinematheque on a single metro train (no transfers). If that’s important to you, when you’re looking for a place to stay look for access to the 6 or 14 lines.
There are two ways to approach figuring out what to see, depending on whether you prefer to be hyper-organized (ie: me), or if you’d prefer to play it by ear.
Option 1: When you arrive in Paris, go straight to a Presse kiosk and ask for “L’officiel des Spectacles.” This costs 2 euro 30, and it has all of the movie listings for the week, in additional to info about theater, art, special events, etc. New issues come out on Wednesdays and they include listings for that day/night, and the following week through the next Tuesday. Every Wednesday morning I make it a point to get to a kiosk and pick up my copy, because there may be something I want to see that day starting as early as 1pm (or 11am in the summer).
Option 2: Show up at any of these theaters and either see whatever’s playing next, or take the printed schedule that they all have available:
Christine Cinema Club and Écoles Cinéma Club (Though these theaters are a healthy 15 minute walk apart, they are operated by the same people and both theaters are printed on the same schedule)
La Filmotheque (I apologize in advance for how long this website takes to load)
Reflet Medicis (they have not been showing a ton of classic American films recently, but I went to a memorable screening of King Vidor’s Our Daily Bread here years ago, so I always check)
Cinematheque Française (this is the one theater in Paris that has a reliable website that lists events more than a week in advance).
This is not a complete list of theaters that show old, English-language movies — mostly because occasionally some random multiplex will do something like randomly show Barry Lyndon on a Wednesday — but if you are in Paris for the length of a typical vacation, it’s enough to keep you busy. Every other theater is listed in L’officiel des Spectacles.
Now, to your questions:
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