Magic Lantern

At a theater readying for digital conversion, 22-year-old projectionist Mitch inserts himself into the tragic love story that unspools on the screen. He sets out to find the missing woman in a dreamscape Los Angeles, in a film about love, obsession and movies.

Director: Amir Naderi

Cast: Thelonius Serrell-Freed, Sophie Lane Curtis, Robert Beltran, Jacqueline Bisset, James Jagger, Brandon Sklenar, Ella Edwards, Jeannie Elise Mai

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.