Lighthouse Cinema
116 Suffolk Street,
New York,
NY
10002
116 Suffolk Street,
New York,
NY
10002
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The last of true experimental film houses in Manhattan, the Lighthouse Cinema ran everything from Japanese avant-garde shorts to vintage gay porn from its opening in 1996 to closing a year later in 1997.
In 2017 it is the Spreadhouse cafe. By July 2019 it was in use as a film production office.
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Al Alvarez
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The Lighthouse had 75 seats.
The Lighthouse Cinema was owned and operated by Dennis Nyback. It was in business for less than one year; closing in the fall of 1996.
I actually attended a screening at this cinema. I was literally the only person in the audience, and Dennis was kind enough the screen the film for me. The film was “Vampira: About Sex, Death and Taxes.” You can find my review of the experience on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114823/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_12
To be fair, the Lighthouse didn’t always screen to audiences of one. A short time after my experience there, I hear of (but did not attend) a sold out standing-room only screening of a 1960s documentary featuring Mike Wallace. It was a television documentary titled The Homosexuals and you can read about it here: https://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2012/04/09/mike-wallace-and-homosexuals
Why the name Lighthouse?
The Kuchar event at the Lighthouse is available to read.
http://www.seattlestar.net/2018/08/the-kuchars-at-the-lighthouse/
That is a great article, Dennis. Thank you for sharing that here!
More about the Lighthouse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MdXjGpPjmA