Oscar-nominated shorts fill movie screen at The Flicks

Don’t have enough time to catch every Oscar-nominated movie before the Academy Awards on Feb. 26? Do the next best thing: See every animated and live-action short. They’re packaged into separate, unrated “Oscar shorts” screenings at The Flicks. In 87 minutes, you can enjoy all five animated shorts plus three runners-up, each ranging in time from 5 to 9 minutes. (Pixar’s 6-minute baby-sandpiper adventure, “Piper” is so darn cute.) There’s one exception: “Pear Cider and Cigarettes” is notable both for the fact that it’s 35 minutes long and not for children. While the animated shorts are a combination of American and foreign films, all five live-action shorts are from another part of the globe. They tend to run longer, too — 15 to 30 minutes, totaling 134 minutes — so splurge on an extra-large bowl of popcorn.

This story was originally published February 14, 2017 at 3:51 PM.