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Opening FRIDAY 2/14
2025 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS
(May contain violence, adult language & nudity
and may not be suitable for younger audiences.)
2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films
-- DOCUMENTARY --
Screening FRI - MON (2/14 - 2/17) ONLY
PG=13 | 2h 39m
DEATH BY NUMBERS – Kim A. Snyder, 33 min., USA (in English)
Chronicles Samantha Fuentes’ journey four years after being shot with an AR-15 during the Parkland High School shooting.
I AM READY, WARDEN – Smriti Mundhra, 37 min., USA (in English)
A thoughtful look at the death penalty in the U.S. through one man’s story, raising deep questions about justice.
INCIDENT – Bill Morrison, 30 min., USA (in English)
A reconstruction of a 2018 police killing in Chicago using archival footage, presented in Morrison’s signature style.
INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART – Ema Ryan Yamazaki, 23 min., Japan (in Japanese)
About first graders in a Tokyo public elementary school who are tasked with performing “Ode to Joy” for incoming students.
THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA – Molly O’Brien, 34 min., USA (in English)
Highlights groundbreaking double bassist Orin O’Brien, the first woman hired by the New York Philharmonic.
2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films
-- ANIMATED--
PG=13 | 1h 30m
MAGIC CANDIES - Daisuke Nishio, 21 min., Japan (In Japanese)
Tells the story of a boy who sees the world in new ways after enjoying a bag of enchanted sweets.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS - Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, 20 min., Iran
Living in a house by the sea with his daughter, a former captain with PTSD leads a tough and secluded life.
YUCK! (Beurk !) - Loïc Espuche, 13 min., France (In French)
Tells the story of a group of kids who are grossed out when they witness an older couple kissing in the park.
WANDER TO WONDER - Nina Gantz, 13 min., Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK (In English)
Three sentient miniature TV characters are left in the studio to slowly decay after their creator dies.
BEAUTIFUL MEN - Nicolas Keppens, 18 min., Netherlands/Belgium/France (In Dutch)
A touching story about three balding brothers who travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant and whose insecurities grow faster than their hair.
2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films
-- LIVE ACTION --
PG=13 | 1h 44m
A LIEN – Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz, 15 min., USA (In English)
On the day of their green card interview, a young couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.
ANUJA – Adam J. Graves, 22 min., USA (In Hindi)
Tells the story of a gifted nine-year-old girl who, alongside her sister Palak, faces a life-changing opportunity that tests their bond and mirrors the struggles of girls worldwide.
I’M NOT A ROBOT – Victoria Warmerdam, 22 min., Belgium/Netherlands (In Dutch)
After repeatedly failing CAPTCHA tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: could she be a robot?
THE LAST RANGER – Cindy Lee, 28 min., South Africa (In isiXhosa, English)
When young Litha is introduced to the magic of a game reserve by the last remaining ranger, they are ambushed by poachers. In the ensuing battle to save the rhinos, Litha discovers a terrible secret.
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT – Nebojsa Slijepcevic, 13 min., Croatia (In Croatian)
In the middle of winter, a passenger train is stopped by paramilitary forces. As they arrest innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 dares to stand up to them.
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In honor of Black History Month
Magic Lantern Theatre partners with
Eastern Washington University's African Studies program
to present
SELMA
Monday, February 17, 2025 at 12pm
Tickets $10 at Door
FREE for students
ABOUT THE FILM
Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 legally desegregated the South, discrimination was still rampant in certain areas, making it very difficult for Blacks to register to vote. In 1965, an Alabama city became the battleground in the fight for suffrage. Despite violent opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his followers pressed forward on an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, and their efforts culminated with President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
PG-13 | 2h 8m
Reviews: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/selma

Magic Lantern Theatre
Presents
David Lynch Tribute Film Screenings
Wednesday, Feb 19th & 26th, 7pm, $10
Tickets Available NOW!
With the recent passing of legendary director David Lynch, Magic Lantern will be remembering & celebrating this local icon with deep Washington roots. He was born in the Pacific NW, spent his childhood as a Spokane resident, and created the cult classic TWIN PEAKS, filmed and set in Western WA.
In tribute, we'll be screening two of Lynch's cinematic masterpieces:
WILD AT HEART
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage) reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune (Laura Dern). Lula's mother, Marietta (Diane Ladd), desperate to keep them apart, hires a hit man to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru (Willem Dafoe), an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they covet.
R | 2h 5m
BLUE VELVET
College student Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) returns home after his father has a stroke. When he discovers a severed ear in an abandoned field, Beaumont teams up with detective's daughter Sandy Williams (Laura Dern) to solve the mystery. They believe beautiful lounge singer Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) may be connected with the case, and Beaumont finds himself becoming drawn into her dark, twisted world, where he encounters sexually depraved psychopath Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper).
R | 2h 0m
Screening WEDNESDAY 2/19 at 7pm
Screening WEDNESDAY 2/26 at 7pm
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Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrian Brody) Yarrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pierce) recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost.
R | 3h 35m
Reviews:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_brutalist
Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
PG-13 | 1h 47m
Reviews:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_room_next_door
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Dates subject to change.
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Special Screening Event on SUN 2/16
Officially Opens 2/21
A documentary based on the half decade Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, spent filming his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with a journalist from the other side who joins his fight.
NR | 1h 36m
Reviews:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/no_other_land
Opens 2/28
Original Title: Ainda Estou Aqui
A mother (Fernanda Torres) is forced to reinvent herself when her family's life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971. The film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.
(In Portuguese with English subtitles)
PG-13 | 2h 15m
Reviews:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/im_still_here_2024
Parthenope, born in the sea of Naples in 1950, searches for happiness over the long summers of her youth, falling in love with her home city and its many memorable characters. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino comes a monumental and deeply romantic story of a lifetime.
(In Italian with English subtitles)
R | 2h 16m
Reviews:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/parthenope
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