Magic Lantern to show Oscar shorts Jan. 30

If you're a fan of the Magic Lantern — and most lovers of alternative cinema are — you need to know that Spokane's only movie arthouse won't be opening anything new on Friday. But in the same message, ML manager Jonathan Abramson announced that on Friday, Jan. 30, the theater will open the 2015 Oscar-nominated live-action and animated shorts.

The 2015 Oscar nominations themselves will be announced this coming Thursday.

Below is a trailer for the 2014 live-action Oscar winner, "Helium." (And that's the animated winner, "Mr. Hublot," up above.)