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* * * Opening FRIDAY, July 3rd * * *
30th Anniversary 4K Restoration!
​One of the great indie debuts of the 90s, Harron’s curiously moving portrait of the notorious Valerie Solanas (a note-perfect Lili Taylor) captures the outsider feminist revolutionary infamous for her S.C.U.M. Manifesto (an acronym for The Society for Cutting Up Men) and her attempted assassination of the king of Pop Art. With Jared Harris, Martha Plimpton, Michael Imperioli and, as Candy Darling, Stephen Dorff.
Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor) is an aspiring writer who moves to NewYork City and supports herself with prostitution. Valerie meets
controversial artist Andy Warhol (Jared Harris) and a host of other eccentrics in the New York art scene. While a book publisher wants Valerie to write a sexually explicit novel, Valerie sets out to convince Warhol to produce her play "Up Your Ass." Based on a true story, the film follows Valerie's journey from ambitious author to obsessed, delusional assassin.
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Drama/Biography | R | 1h 43m
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Playing ONLY thru THURSDAY, July 2nd
Our hero (voiced by rapper ACE COOL), called by a different name in each chapter of his life, becomes a J-pop idol, an outcast, a leader, and an oracle in this hundred-year chronicle spanning the past, present, and future. Through a chance encounter with a transfer
student, he trains to become an idol, starting his search for self-identity and a journey toward greatness beyond superstardom. Written, directed, edited and entirely hand-drawn by newcomer Ryuya Suzuki over eighteen months, JINSEI (meaning "life" in Japanese) is an anime tour-de-force that announces Suzuki to the world as a bold new talent in independent animation.
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Anime/Drama/Sci-fi | NR | 1h 33m
(In Japanese, with English subtitles)
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Playing thru THURSDAY, July 9th
From writer/director Michael Sarnoski and starring Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, Murray Bartlett and Noah Jupe comes a retelling of the mythic Robin Hood story. Grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, Robin Hood finds himself gravely injured after a battle he thought would be his last. In the hands of a mysterious woman, he is offered a chance at salvation.
Adventure/Drama | R | 2h 3m
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​From the Director of FIRE OF LOVE.
Renowned Icelandic poet and author, Andri Snær Magnason, is chasing something elusive. As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a cinematic time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he loves slips away. Using his own collected archives, his grandparents’ photographs and films as well as traditional songs and folktales, Andri interlaces his family’s story with that of the land around him. From Academy Award®-nominated director Sara Dosa, TIME AND WATER is a universal reflection on the power of home and what it means to be alive amid profound epochal change.
Documentary | PG | 1h 33m
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Dates subject to change.
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Opens FRIDAY, July 10th
Comedian, writer, and actor John Early's critically acclaimed directorial debut starring himself as Maddie, a plucky dishwasher who leaps to viral superstardom at a trendy food content creation company. While her life seems picturesque -- complete with an adoring husband (Eric Rahill), ride-or-die best friend (Kate Berlant) and a cupboard full of woman-owned ethically-sourced chili crisp to boot -- mounting professional pressures threaten to reawaken a hidden secret from her troubled past. A pitch-perfect blend of satire, melodrama, daring tonal shifts and intimate performances, the film marks a bold new voice in contemporary cinema.
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Comedy/Drama | R | 1h 38m
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Opens FRIDAY, July 17th
Kiyoshi Kurosawa Double Feature!!
CHIME Theaterical Premiere
A masterclass in escalating dread and shocking violence, CHIME reaffirms Kiyoshi Kurosawa as one of modern horror’s most innovative and unpredictable visionaries. During a class, culinary instructor Matsuoka (Mutsuo Yoshioka) witnesses the suicide of a young student (Seiichi Kohinata), driven to insanity by what he claims is a chiming sound that controls his mind. Soon, Matsuoka begins hearing it, too, and descends into a mental abyss that warps his perception of reality and gives vent to his darkest impulses. Expertly blending psychological portraiture and hallucinatory mystery, Kurosawa offers a chilling depiction of madness that interrogates the very stability of our everyday existence, with the director’s patented creeping tracking shots and complex sound design fashioning an immersively terrifying and unnerving cinematic experience. (1924)
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Horror | NR | 45m
(In Japanese, with English subtitles)
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SERPENT'S PATH 4K Restoration
Straight off Cure, his international breakthrough, Kiyoshi Kurosawa directed two low-budget films using the same basic premise and the same lead actor (Sho Aikawa) to completely different ends. The experiment first resulted in SERPENT'S PATH, a dark gangland thriller with philosophical overtones. Obsessed with avenging his young daughter’s murder, yakuza subordinate Miyashita (Teruyuki Kagawa) recruits Nijima (Aikawa), a brilliant yet strangely detached math teacher, to help carry outcarry out a scheme to kidnap and torture the man allegedly responsible. But the plan goes awry when their target, Otsuki (Yurei Yanagi), fingers another mobster as the mastermind behind Miyashita’s tragedy. As the two partners ascend the yakuza chain of command in search of the true culprit, Miyashita and Nijima follow the cold, calculating logic of revenge, descending into a moral abyss from which they may never surface. Featuring Kurosawa’s patented long takes and his claustrophobic arrangement of space, SERPENT'S PATH is one of the legendary director’s most chilling investigations into the endless cycle of violence and the evil that lodges in every heart. (1998)
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Drama/Thriller/Crime | NR | 1h 25m
(In Japanese, with English subtitles)
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Opens FRIDAY, July 24th
Three decades ago, the Rose of Nevada vanished at sea, along with its crew. Now, it has returned. In a remote fishing village, its reappearance is embraced as an auspicious sign, with the local citizens convinced the luck of their economically devastated community may turn, if only the ship sails again. Joining the crew is Nick (George MacKay), desperate to provide for his young family, and Liam (Callum Turner), a mysterious drifter eager to escape his past. After a successful voyage, they return to harbor, only to find that nothing is as they remember it. Shooting on a 16mm Bolex camera and constructing all the sound in post, Mark Jenkin writes, directs, edits and scores a haunting and hallucinatory time-travel mystery that further solidifies him as one of the most distinct, singular artists working in film today. Jenkin conducts a cinematic séance, conjuring a portal into another world that forces us to confront the past and our relationship to it.
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Mystery/Horror/Fantasy/Sci-Fi | NR | 1h 54m
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT -- Playing July 25th (Sat), 26th (Sun) & 29th (Wed) ONLY
Over one snowy winter day, a series of dying patients and their families meet with Dr. Linda Vobernik (Colleen Madden), a palliative care ("the care that doesn't cure") physician fighting for compassion at end of life in a system built for efficiency and other priorities.
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Medical Drama | NR | 2h 36m
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Opens FRIDAY, July 31st
When fresh-faced Elliot (Cooper Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Olivia Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.
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Comedy/Drama/Romance/Thriller | R | 1h 30m
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Opens FRIDAY, July (Date TBD)
Joe (Seth Rogan) and Angela's (Olivia Wilde) marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their
enigmatic upstairs neighbors (Edward Norton, Penelope Cruz) for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?
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Comedy/Drama | R | 1h 47m
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Opens FRIDAY, Aug 7th
Mark your calendars -- It's back!!
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Oscilloscope Laboratories presents CATVIDEOFEST 2026, a compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. Each year, across the country, local theaters partner with nearby cat-focused charities, animal welfare associations and shelters alike — a portion of ticket proceeds from every CATVIDEOFEST 2026 show at Magic Lantern goes directly to Spokanimal to support local cats in need.
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Compilation/Short Films | Family Friendly | 1h 10m
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Opens FRIDAY, Aug 14th
When Lord Murashige Araki (Masahiro Motoki) rises up against the tyrannical Nobunaga Oda (Shingo Bando), he finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Isolated, he is confronted with a series of mysterious crimes that shatter the fragile order of his court, plunging the fortress into fear and suspicion. With Oda’s army closing in and a traitor hiding among his ranks, Murashige is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kanbei Kuroda (Masaki Suda), a brilliant yet dangerous strategist held prisoner in the dungeon. Helped by his wife Chiyoho (Yuriko Yoshitaka) and his most loyal generals, Murashige must uncover the truth before the castle falls.
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Mystery/Thriller/Historical Drama/Crime |
NR | 2h 27m
(In Japanese, with English subtitles)
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Opens FRIDAY, August (Date TBD)
In 1976, a nineteen-year-old Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa) wants to be a writer but takes a summer job at a Provincetown, MA restaurant, initiating him into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, under the tutelage of a Brazilian chef and restauranteur (Antonio Banderas), and setting him on a course shapes the rest of his life. Based on parts of Bourdain's 2000 memoir "Kitchen Confidential".
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Biography/Drama | R | 1h 46m
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( ( ( Special Events THIS WEEK & Coming Soon!) ) )
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NEXT Month!
SPECIAL SCREENING EVENT
Presented by Magic Lantern Theatre
BLACK LAGOON HORROR FILM CLUB
MONTHLY SECRET SCREENING
​Black Lagoon Film Club is a new horror-centric film club hosted by the Magic Lantern Theatre once monthly,
every month of the year!
We aim to screen a wide variety of horror films, from just about every decade & sub-genre of horror.
Next month's Secret Screening takes place on
​​SUNDAY, July (Date TBD)​ at 7 PM ​​​​​​​
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For info on TICKETS or answers to questions please email: blacklagoonfilmclub@gmail.com,
or follow/message us on instagram at: blacklagoon.fc.
Wheelchair seating available. Open-Caption screenings available upon request.
Please contact: boxoffice@magiclanternonmain.com
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Fri - Sun $12
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$8
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