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parapraxismag.bsky.social @parapraxismag.bsky.social · Aug 6

Announcing
The Parapraxis Film Festival
Friday, September 19 - Thursday, September 25, 2025
361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn
at @lightindustry.bsky.social
Organized by Perwana Nazif and Hannah Zeavin

For program, speaker list, & ticketing information:
lightindustry.org/parapraxis

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Jul 22

Three Films by Martin Arnold
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 7pm
361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn

lightindustry.org/martinarnold

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Jul 22

Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Jul 9

Early Films by Guy Sherwin
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 7pm
Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn

www.lightindustry.org/guysherwin

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Great Tunes Radio @greattunes.net · Jul 6

#nowplaying

Cory Arcangel - Live @ Light Industry 8 of 8

Streaming live on greattunes.net.

Cory Arcangel - Live @ Light Industry 8 of 8

www.youtube.com

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Jul 3

Two Films by Robert Florey
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 7pm
Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn

www.lightindustry.org/florey

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Apr 10

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Apr 10

Next week at Light Industry

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Apr 1

Dear Mom, Tammy Rae Carland, 1995
aletheia, Tran T. Kim-Trang, 1992
Chronicles of a Lying Spirit (by Kelly Gabron), Cauleen Smith, 1992, 16mm
The Girl's Nervy, Jennifer Reeves, 1995, 16mm
My Failure to Assimilate, Cecilia Dougherty, 1995

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Apr 1

German Song, Sadie Benning, 1995
An Epic: Falling Between the Cracks, Nancy Andrews, 1995
True Confessions of an Artist, Kirsten Stoltmann, 1994
The Fight, Jeanine Oleson, 1995
Sapphire and the Slave Girl, L. Franklin Gilliam, 1995
I, Bear, Hendl Helen Mirra, 1995

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Apr 1

No More Sweets for You
Curated by Elisabeth Subrin
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 7pm
Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn

lightindustry.org/nomoresweetsforyou

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Mar 28

Crac!, Frédéric Back, 1981
I’m Curious, Sally Cruikshank, 1992
Face Like a Frog, Sally Cruikshank, 1987
Flatland, Eric Martin, 1965

+ a surprise!

Followed by a drawing workshop with Shaw.

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Mar 28

The Children's Cinema
Presented by Dash Shaw
Saturday, April 12 at 2pm
Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn

lightindustry.org/thechildrenscinemafive

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Philip Leventhal @philipleventhal.bsky.social · Mar 25

Tonight! At 7:30 pm at @lightindustry.bsky.social, join Rob King, author of just-published MAN OF TASTE: THE EROTIC CINEMA OF RADLEY METZGER, as he introduces Metzger's "The Opening on Misty Beethoven," a movie that helped to define the era of porno chic. shorturl.at/BwNwj @columbiaup.bsky.social

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Mar 23

Tuesday at Light Industry

Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Feb 13

The Opening of Misty Beethoven, Radley Metzger (as Henry Paris), 1976, 86 mins
Introduced by Rob King
Tuesday, March 25 at 7:30pm
Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn

lightindustry.org/radley

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Philip Leventhal @philipleventhal.bsky.social · Mar 18

Next Tuesday (3/25) at 7:30 pm at @lightindustry.bsky.social, Rob King, author of MAN OF TASTE: THE EROTIC CINEMA OF RADLEY METZGER, will introduce Metzger's *The Opening of Misty Beethoven,* often labeled the "best" adult film of all time. shorturl.at/BwNwj @columbiaup.bsky.social

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Mar 18

Tonight at Light Industry

Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Feb 27

An Evening with The Last Thing I Saw
Presented by @nicolasrapold.bsky.social
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn

7pm
Fate, Fred Kelemen, 1994, 79 mins

9pm
Elegant Beast, Yūzō Kawashima, 1962, 96 mins

lightindustry.org/lastthingisaw

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Mar 14

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Mar 12

Next week at Light Industry

Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Feb 27

An Evening with The Last Thing I Saw
Presented by @nicolasrapold.bsky.social
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn

7pm
Fate, Fred Kelemen, 1994, 79 mins

9pm
Elegant Beast, Yūzō Kawashima, 1962, 96 mins

lightindustry.org/lastthingisaw

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Mar 5

Mascon: A Massive Concentration of Black Experiential Energy, The Otolith Group, 2024
Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 7pm
Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn

Followed by a conversation with Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun.

lightindustry.org/mascon

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Mar 5

Next week at Light Industry

Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Jan 31

The Cinema of Extractions
A lecture by Brian R. Jacobson @bleudeciel.bsky.social
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 7:30pm
Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn

lightindustry.org/jacobson

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Feb 27

An Evening with The Last Thing I Saw
Presented by @nicolasrapold.bsky.social
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn

7pm
Fate, Fred Kelemen, 1994, 79 mins

9pm
Elegant Beast, Yūzō Kawashima, 1962, 96 mins

lightindustry.org/lastthingisaw

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24/7 Frankie Teardrop Challenge @rarerborealis.bsky.social · Feb 19

a few of the gems from @lightindustry.bsky.social ‘s theater slides show - mashers unwelcome

If Annoyed When Here
Please Tell the Management

ONE MOMENT PLEASE
The operator is adjusting the film! (And crying)

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS
ON THIS SCREEN
AND GET RESULTS
SEE THE MANAGER in a heart with a lovely cow looking around it all on a field of flowers

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Feb 19

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Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Feb 17

Tomorrow

Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social · Jan 23

Early American Theater Slides
Tuesday, February 18, from 6-9pm
Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn
FREE

lightindustry.org/theaterslides

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