Le Brady, Movie theater in 10th arrondissement, France
Le Brady is a cinema at 39 Boulevard de Strasbourg in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, with two auditoriums of 100 and 39 seats. Its arched entrance carries a gold band with the name in blue cursive neon, blue and gold mosaic tiles, and a sign reading "Théâtre & Cinéma" naming Jean-Pierre Mocky as artistic director.
The cinema first opened in 1956 and has remained in its original location at Boulevard de Strasbourg ever since. Over more than 60 years, it has stayed active as a fixture in the area's film culture.
The cinema's name echoes Le Brady-Albatros, a 1971 film by Jean-Pierre Mocky, who owned the venue from 1994 to 2011. Since 2017 it has hosted a Bechdel Club founded by journalist Fanny Hubert, screening films that pass the Bechdel test. Saturday-afternoon marathons, usually devoted to one director, and cine-clubs such as Le 7e Genre fill the programme.
Le Brady has two screening rooms, one with 100 seats and one with 39, and the venue is not wheelchair accessible. It sits at 39 boulevard de Strasbourg in the 10th arrondissement, and films usually arrive three to four weeks after their national release. Saturday-afternoon marathons are often built around one director's work.
Since 2018 Le Brady has held Saturday-afternoon marathons, usually built around one director's work, and hosts cine-clubs, the best known being Le 7e Genre. In 2017 it screened films passing the Bechdel test under a "Bechdel Club" founded by journalist Fanny Hubert. Its entrance appears in Christophe Honoré's Les Chansons d'amour (2007).
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