Saturday, March 15, 2025
Today's Events
- 4:00 pm - THE APARTMENT – 4K RESTORATION
- 7:00 pm - NOSFERATU
Film Show Times
- Wed 7PM - Reel Oddities
- Thu - Sun 4PM & 7PM
- Sun 1PM - Kids Club Free for 12 under
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March 14th - 21st
Saturday
March 15, 2025
4:00 pm THE APARTMENT – 4K RESTORATIONMarch 13, 14 & 15, 2025 The Apartment – New 4K Restoration In 1960, following on from the success of their collaboration on Some Like it Hot, director Billy Wilder (Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard) reteamed with actor Jack Lemmon for what many consider the pinnacle of their respective careers: The Apartment. Winner of five […] 7:00 pm NOSFERATUMarch 6 – 15, 2025 Nosferatu Nominated for four Academy Awards, Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. Dir: Robert Eggers / 2024 / US / 132 min “…this is an awesome achievement.” – Matt […] Sunday
March 16, 2025
2:00 pm TRAIL RUNNING FILM FESTIVAL GLOBAL TOUR 2025Sunday, March 16, 2025 Trail Running Film Festival Global Tour 2025 Presented by Brooks General Admission: $18.25 OFS: $15.25 1pm doors / 2pm show All Prices Include Service Fees Rock Candy Running is bringing the Trail Running Film Festival back to the Capitol Theater as part of its new Olympia Trailfest. Join us for the […] Buy Ticket Wednesday
March 19, 2025
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK – 4K RESTORATIONMarch 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2025 Reel Oddities: Picnic at Hanging Rock New 4K Restoration This sensual and striking chronicle of a disappearance and its aftermath put director Peter Weir on the map and helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema. Based on an acclaimed 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at […] Thursday
March 20, 2025
4:00 pm NICKEL BOYSMarch 20 – 23, 2025 Nickel Boys Nominated for two Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. Dir: […] 7:00 pm THE BRUTALISTMarch 20 – 27, 2025 The Brutalist Nominated for ten Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime […]
March 21st - 26th
Friday
March 21, 2025
4:00 pm NICKEL BOYSMarch 20 – 23, 2025 Nickel Boys Nominated for two Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. Dir: […] 7:00 pm THE BRUTALISTMarch 20 – 27, 2025 The Brutalist Nominated for ten Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime […] Saturday
March 22, 2025
4:00 pm NICKEL BOYSMarch 20 – 23, 2025 Nickel Boys Nominated for two Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. Dir: […] 7:00 pm MULHOLLAND DR.March 6, 14 & 22, 2025 Mulholland Dr. A love story in the city of dreams . . . Blonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia (Laura Harring). Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second […] Sunday
March 23, 2025
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: THE WILD ROBOT – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERMarch 9, 23 & 30, 2025 OFS Kids Club Presents: The Wild Robot Free for Kids 12 and Under Nominated for three Oscars, including Best Animated Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the […] 4:00 pm NICKEL BOYSMarch 20 – 23, 2025 Nickel Boys Nominated for two Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. Dir: […] 7:00 pm THE BRUTALISTMarch 20 – 27, 2025 The Brutalist Nominated for ten Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime […] Wednesday
March 26, 2025
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK – 4K RESTORATIONMarch 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2025 Reel Oddities: Picnic at Hanging Rock New 4K Restoration This sensual and striking chronicle of a disappearance and its aftermath put director Peter Weir on the map and helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema. Based on an acclaimed 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at […] Thursday
March 27, 2025
4:00 pm NO OTHER LANDMarch 27 – April 6, 2025 No Other Land Winner of Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films 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 […] 7:00 pm THE BRUTALISTMarch 20 – 27, 2025 The Brutalist Nominated for ten Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime […]
March 28th - April 2nd
Friday
March 28, 2025
4:00 pm DRAGON INNMarch 28, 29 & 30, 2025 Dragon Inn Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Joaquin de la Puente on 3/28 at 4pm The art of martial-arts filmmaking took a leap into bold new territory with this action-packed tale of Ming-dynasty intrigue. After having the emperor’s minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail […] 7:00 pm GOODBYE, DRAGON INNMarch 28, 29 & 30, 2025 Goodbye, Dragon Inn Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Joaquin de la Puente on 3/28 at 7pm Like the Royal Theater in The Last Picture Show and the title movie house in Cinema Paradiso, the Fu-Ho is shutting down for good. The Fu-Ho’s valedictory screening is King Hu’s 1967 wuxia […] Saturday
March 29, 2025
4:00 pm DRAGON INNMarch 28, 29 & 30, 2025 Dragon Inn Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Joaquin de la Puente on 3/28 at 4pm The art of martial-arts filmmaking took a leap into bold new territory with this action-packed tale of Ming-dynasty intrigue. After having the emperor’s minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail […] 7:00 pm GOODBYE, DRAGON INNMarch 28, 29 & 30, 2025 Goodbye, Dragon Inn Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Joaquin de la Puente on 3/28 at 7pm Like the Royal Theater in The Last Picture Show and the title movie house in Cinema Paradiso, the Fu-Ho is shutting down for good. The Fu-Ho’s valedictory screening is King Hu’s 1967 wuxia […] Sunday
March 30, 2025
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: THE WILD ROBOT – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERMarch 9, 23 & 30, 2025 OFS Kids Club Presents: The Wild Robot Free for Kids 12 and Under Nominated for three Oscars, including Best Animated Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the […] 4:00 pm DRAGON INNMarch 28, 29 & 30, 2025 Dragon Inn Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Joaquin de la Puente on 3/28 at 4pm The art of martial-arts filmmaking took a leap into bold new territory with this action-packed tale of Ming-dynasty intrigue. After having the emperor’s minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail […] 7:00 pm GOODBYE, DRAGON INNMarch 28, 29 & 30, 2025 Goodbye, Dragon Inn Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Joaquin de la Puente on 3/28 at 7pm Like the Royal Theater in The Last Picture Show and the title movie house in Cinema Paradiso, the Fu-Ho is shutting down for good. The Fu-Ho’s valedictory screening is King Hu’s 1967 wuxia […] Thursday
April 3, 2025
4:00 pm JULIE KEEPS QUIETApril 3 – 6, 2025 Julie Keeps Quiet Star of an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the sport that she loves; when her coach is investigated and quickly suspended from his duties, Julie decides to keep quiet. Dir: Leonardo Van Dijl / 2025 / French and Dutch with English Subtitles / 97 min […] 7:00 pm NO OTHER LANDMarch 27 – April 6, 2025 No Other Land Winner of Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films 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 […]
April 4th - 9th
Friday
April 4, 2025
4:00 pm NO OTHER LANDMarch 27 – April 6, 2025 No Other Land Winner of Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films 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 […] 7:00 pm JULIE KEEPS QUIETApril 3 – 6, 2025 Julie Keeps Quiet Star of an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the sport that she loves; when her coach is investigated and quickly suspended from his duties, Julie decides to keep quiet. Dir: Leonardo Van Dijl / 2025 / French and Dutch with English Subtitles / 97 min […] Saturday
April 5, 2025
8:00 pm COZY COMEDY PRESENTS: KYLE KINANESaturday, April 5, 2025 Cozy Comedy presents: Kyle Kinane – Live! w/ Sam Miller and Monica Nevi $30 GA & OFS $45 VIP main (first three rows main floor) $45 VIP balcony (first row of balcony) 7pm doors 8pm show Cozy Comedy is bringing back the hilarious Kyle Kinane to the Capitol Theater. Kyle is […] Buy Ticket Sunday
April 6, 2025
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: PADDINGTON IN PERU – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERApril 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2025 OFS Kids Club Presents: Paddington in Peru Free for Kids 12 and Under When Paddington discovers his beloved aunt has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears, he and the Brown family head to the jungles of Peru to find her. Determined to solve the mystery, they […] 4:00 pm JULIE KEEPS QUIETApril 3 – 6, 2025 Julie Keeps Quiet Star of an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the sport that she loves; when her coach is investigated and quickly suspended from his duties, Julie decides to keep quiet. Dir: Leonardo Van Dijl / 2025 / French and Dutch with English Subtitles / 97 min […] 7:00 pm NO OTHER LANDMarch 27 – April 6, 2025 No Other Land Winner of Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films 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 […] Thursday
April 10, 2025
4:00 pm BLUE VELVET: 4K RESTORATIONApril 10, 11 & 18, 2025 Blue Velvet 4K Restoration Home from college, Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) makes an unsettling discovery: a severed human ear, lying in a field. In the mystery that follows, by turns terrifying and darkly funny, writer-director David Lynch burrows deep beneath the picturesque surfaces of small-town life. Driven to investigate, […] 7:00 pm RARE PRINTS: PRIVATE LIVES (1931) ON 35MMApril 10, 11 & 13, 2025 Rare Prints: Private Lives on 35mm Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Director of Programming, Rob Patrick, on 4/10 A rarely screened 35mm print from the Warner archives. True wit meets marital grit in this timeless Noel Coward comedy about two bon vivants who can’t live without – or with […] -
March 14th - 21st
Friday
March 14, 2025
4:00 pm THE APARTMENT – 4K RESTORATIONMarch 13, 14 & 15, 2025 The Apartment – New 4K Restoration In 1960, following on from the success of their collaboration on Some Like it Hot, director Billy Wilder (Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard) reteamed with actor Jack Lemmon for what many consider the pinnacle of their respective careers: The Apartment. Winner of five […] 7:00 pm MULHOLLAND DR.March 6, 14 & 22, 2025 Mulholland Dr. A love story in the city of dreams . . . Blonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia (Laura Harring). Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second […] Saturday
March 15, 2025
4:00 pm THE APARTMENT – 4K RESTORATIONMarch 13, 14 & 15, 2025 The Apartment – New 4K Restoration In 1960, following on from the success of their collaboration on Some Like it Hot, director Billy Wilder (Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard) reteamed with actor Jack Lemmon for what many consider the pinnacle of their respective careers: The Apartment. Winner of five […] 7:00 pm NOSFERATUMarch 6 – 15, 2025 Nosferatu Nominated for four Academy Awards, Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. Dir: Robert Eggers / 2024 / US / 132 min “…this is an awesome achievement.” – Matt […] Sunday
March 16, 2025
2:00 pm TRAIL RUNNING FILM FESTIVAL GLOBAL TOUR 2025Sunday, March 16, 2025 Trail Running Film Festival Global Tour 2025 Presented by Brooks General Admission: $18.25 OFS: $15.25 1pm doors / 2pm show All Prices Include Service Fees Rock Candy Running is bringing the Trail Running Film Festival back to the Capitol Theater as part of its new Olympia Trailfest. Join us for the […] Buy Ticket Wednesday
March 19, 2025
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK – 4K RESTORATIONMarch 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2025 Reel Oddities: Picnic at Hanging Rock New 4K Restoration This sensual and striking chronicle of a disappearance and its aftermath put director Peter Weir on the map and helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema. Based on an acclaimed 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at […] Thursday
March 20, 2025
4:00 pm NICKEL BOYSMarch 20 – 23, 2025 Nickel Boys Nominated for two Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. Dir: […] 7:00 pm THE BRUTALISTMarch 20 – 27, 2025 The Brutalist Nominated for ten Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime […]
March 21st - 26th
Friday
March 21, 2025
4:00 pm NICKEL BOYSMarch 20 – 23, 2025 Nickel Boys Nominated for two Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. Dir: […] 7:00 pm THE BRUTALISTMarch 20 – 27, 2025 The Brutalist Nominated for ten Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime […] Saturday
March 22, 2025
4:00 pm NICKEL BOYSMarch 20 – 23, 2025 Nickel Boys Nominated for two Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. Dir: […] 7:00 pm MULHOLLAND DR.March 6, 14 & 22, 2025 Mulholland Dr. A love story in the city of dreams . . . Blonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia (Laura Harring). Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second […] Sunday
March 23, 2025
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: THE WILD ROBOT – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERMarch 9, 23 & 30, 2025 OFS Kids Club Presents: The Wild Robot Free for Kids 12 and Under Nominated for three Oscars, including Best Animated Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the […] 4:00 pm NICKEL BOYSMarch 20 – 23, 2025 Nickel Boys Nominated for two Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. Dir: […] 7:00 pm THE BRUTALISTMarch 20 – 27, 2025 The Brutalist Nominated for ten Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime […] Wednesday
March 26, 2025
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK – 4K RESTORATIONMarch 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2025 Reel Oddities: Picnic at Hanging Rock New 4K Restoration This sensual and striking chronicle of a disappearance and its aftermath put director Peter Weir on the map and helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema. Based on an acclaimed 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at […] Thursday
March 27, 2025
4:00 pm NO OTHER LANDMarch 27 – April 6, 2025 No Other Land Winner of Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films 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 […] 7:00 pm THE BRUTALISTMarch 20 – 27, 2025 The Brutalist Nominated for ten Oscars at the 2025 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime […]
March 28th - April 2nd
Friday
March 28, 2025
4:00 pm DRAGON INNMarch 28, 29 & 30, 2025 Dragon Inn Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Joaquin de la Puente on 3/28 at 4pm The art of martial-arts filmmaking took a leap into bold new territory with this action-packed tale of Ming-dynasty intrigue. After having the emperor’s minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail […] 7:00 pm GOODBYE, DRAGON INNMarch 28, 29 & 30, 2025 Goodbye, Dragon Inn Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Joaquin de la Puente on 3/28 at 7pm Like the Royal Theater in The Last Picture Show and the title movie house in Cinema Paradiso, the Fu-Ho is shutting down for good. The Fu-Ho’s valedictory screening is King Hu’s 1967 wuxia […] Saturday
March 29, 2025
4:00 pm DRAGON INNMarch 28, 29 & 30, 2025 Dragon Inn Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Joaquin de la Puente on 3/28 at 4pm The art of martial-arts filmmaking took a leap into bold new territory with this action-packed tale of Ming-dynasty intrigue. After having the emperor’s minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail […] 7:00 pm GOODBYE, DRAGON INNMarch 28, 29 & 30, 2025 Goodbye, Dragon Inn Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Joaquin de la Puente on 3/28 at 7pm Like the Royal Theater in The Last Picture Show and the title movie house in Cinema Paradiso, the Fu-Ho is shutting down for good. The Fu-Ho’s valedictory screening is King Hu’s 1967 wuxia […] Sunday
March 30, 2025
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: THE WILD ROBOT – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERMarch 9, 23 & 30, 2025 OFS Kids Club Presents: The Wild Robot Free for Kids 12 and Under Nominated for three Oscars, including Best Animated Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the […] 4:00 pm DRAGON INNMarch 28, 29 & 30, 2025 Dragon Inn Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Joaquin de la Puente on 3/28 at 4pm The art of martial-arts filmmaking took a leap into bold new territory with this action-packed tale of Ming-dynasty intrigue. After having the emperor’s minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail […] 7:00 pm GOODBYE, DRAGON INNMarch 28, 29 & 30, 2025 Goodbye, Dragon Inn Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Joaquin de la Puente on 3/28 at 7pm Like the Royal Theater in The Last Picture Show and the title movie house in Cinema Paradiso, the Fu-Ho is shutting down for good. The Fu-Ho’s valedictory screening is King Hu’s 1967 wuxia […] Thursday
April 3, 2025
4:00 pm JULIE KEEPS QUIETApril 3 – 6, 2025 Julie Keeps Quiet Star of an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the sport that she loves; when her coach is investigated and quickly suspended from his duties, Julie decides to keep quiet. Dir: Leonardo Van Dijl / 2025 / French and Dutch with English Subtitles / 97 min […] 7:00 pm NO OTHER LANDMarch 27 – April 6, 2025 No Other Land Winner of Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films 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 […]
April 4th - 9th
Friday
April 4, 2025
4:00 pm NO OTHER LANDMarch 27 – April 6, 2025 No Other Land Winner of Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films 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 […] 7:00 pm JULIE KEEPS QUIETApril 3 – 6, 2025 Julie Keeps Quiet Star of an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the sport that she loves; when her coach is investigated and quickly suspended from his duties, Julie decides to keep quiet. Dir: Leonardo Van Dijl / 2025 / French and Dutch with English Subtitles / 97 min […] Sunday
April 6, 2025
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: PADDINGTON IN PERU – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERApril 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2025 OFS Kids Club Presents: Paddington in Peru Free for Kids 12 and Under When Paddington discovers his beloved aunt has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears, he and the Brown family head to the jungles of Peru to find her. Determined to solve the mystery, they […] 4:00 pm JULIE KEEPS QUIETApril 3 – 6, 2025 Julie Keeps Quiet Star of an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the sport that she loves; when her coach is investigated and quickly suspended from his duties, Julie decides to keep quiet. Dir: Leonardo Van Dijl / 2025 / French and Dutch with English Subtitles / 97 min […] 7:00 pm NO OTHER LANDMarch 27 – April 6, 2025 No Other Land Winner of Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films 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 […] Thursday
April 10, 2025
4:00 pm BLUE VELVET: 4K RESTORATIONApril 10, 11 & 18, 2025 Blue Velvet 4K Restoration Home from college, Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) makes an unsettling discovery: a severed human ear, lying in a field. In the mystery that follows, by turns terrifying and darkly funny, writer-director David Lynch burrows deep beneath the picturesque surfaces of small-town life. Driven to investigate, […] 7:00 pm RARE PRINTS: PRIVATE LIVES (1931) ON 35MMApril 10, 11 & 13, 2025 Rare Prints: Private Lives on 35mm Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Director of Programming, Rob Patrick, on 4/10 A rarely screened 35mm print from the Warner archives. True wit meets marital grit in this timeless Noel Coward comedy about two bon vivants who can’t live without – or with […] -
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March 28th - April 2nd
April 4th - 9th
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November 9th - 16th
Friday
November 9, 2018
8:00 pm THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO: POST-FILM Q&A w/ WHIT STILLMANFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival 20TH ANNIVERSARY: THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO Post-film Q&A w/ THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO writer and director Whit Stillman Moderated by Diana Arens, MPA 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm film Alice is such a Scorpio. The Last Days of Disco bridges the carbonated euphoria of music […] 11:00 pm DISCO DANCE PARTY at OCTAPAS CAFE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival DISCO DANCE PARTY featuring DJ Mr. Mike LOCATED AT OCTAPAS CAFE 10:30pm doors / 11:00pm dancing $5 general admission or free with your ticket stub from The Last Days of Disco After Whit Stillman’s The Last Days of Disco, join us at Octapas for cocktails, […] Saturday
November 10, 2018
11:00 am Oly Federal Savings Presents Kids Club: SATELLITE GIRL AND MILK COWSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Federal Savings Presents SATELLITE GIRL AND MILK COW (ENGLISH DUB) 10:30am doors / 11:00am film An out of commission satellite picks up a lovelorn ballad on her radio antenna and descends to Earth to find the source of such sincere emotions. But on the way […] 1:00 pm THE GYRO SPOT PRESENTS: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS on 35mm w/ AVERY TRUFELMANSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival The Gyro Spot presents: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS on 35mm Presented by Avery Trufelman of 99% Invisible 12:30pm doors / 1:00pm film Colin (Eddie O’Connell), an aspiring young British photographer and jazz aficionado, falls for Crepe Suzette (Patsy Kensit), a model on the rise. When she leaves him […] 4:00 pm HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENINGSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film Love and Happiness reverberating behind a blinking bulb in a nameless yard. Sweat hitting the concrete like pop rocks. The moon sizzling like wet pancake batter. Pollen and rustling leaves. Comprised of intimate and unencumbered moments of […] 6:30 pm COMPASS ROSE & CAPTAIN LITTLE PRESENT: METROPOLITAN: POST-FILM Q&A w/ WHIT STILLMANSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Captain Little and Compass Rose Presents METROPOLITAN Post-Film Q&A w/ Whit Stillman Moderated by Michael Radelich 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film An ironically comic look at Manhattan’s endangered debutante scene, Metropolitan chronicles the rise and ultimate decline of a group of young Park Avenue socialites who gather […] 10:00 pm SPEAKEASY Presents: MAKE OUT PARTY: Q&A w/ EMILY ESPERANZA, EVE RYDBERG, MOLLY HEWITTSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival MAKE OUT PARTY featuring a Q&A w/ director Emily Esperanza, producer Eve Rydberg, and actor Molly Hewitt 9:30pm doors / 10:00pm film Make Out Party is a no-budget, high-style comedy of errors that follows three vibrant characters though a day of misadventure as they set out […] Sunday
November 11, 2018
11:00 am OLYMPIA FEDERAL SAVINGS Presents: KIDS CLUB: BEST OF NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVALSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Federal Savings presents: KIDS CLUB: BEST OF NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL 10:30am doors / 11:00am film With a compelling range of styles and themes, this selection from the New York International Children’s Film Festival offers clever, thought-provoking films sure to inspire audiences […] 2:00 pm MAKEUP WORKSHOP @ OCTAPAS CAFESUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival MAKEUP WORKSHOP featuring local makeup artist Abby Hartung LOCATED AT OCTAPAS CAFE 1:30pm doors / 2:00pm event Free Admission Come to Octapas at 2:00pm to see local makeup artist Abby Hartung, the “blood queen.” Ask Abby any questions you want about makeup, what products to use, […] 2:30 pm THE BLACK AND THE GREEN on 16mm w/ VIOLET LUCCASUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival THE BLACK AND THE GREEN on 16mm Introduction by Violet Lucca 2:00pm doors / 2:30pm film Director St. Clair Bourne’s celebrated film documents a conversation between activists. The meeting, held in Ireland, explores similarities between the Black American and Irish liberation strugle. Dir. St. Clair Bourne […] 5:00 pm NEW TRADITIONS Presents: DISCOVERY IN CINEMA: SYMPOSIUMSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival DISCOVERY IN CINEMA: SYMPOSIUM Sponsored by New Traditions Featuring Avery Trufelman, Violet Lucca, Isabella L. Price, Molly Hewitt, Eve Rydberg, Emily Esperanza, Chris Day, Kanani Koster 4:30pm doors / 5:00pm discussion Free Admission A discussion about the importance of discovery and independence in cinema, from the viewpoint […] Buy Ticket 7:30 pm DAMSELS IN DISTRESS: POST-FILM Q&A w/ WHIT STILLMANSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival DAMSELS IN DISTRESS Post-film Q&A w/ DAMSELS IN DISTRESS writer and director Whit Stillman Moderated by Ned Hayes 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm film Led by Whit Stillman’s deliciously sardonic and lemon-wrung dialogue, Damsels in Distress revolves around a troupe of mannered students whose expectations are to […] 11:00 pm ARCHIBALD SISTERS PRESENTS: QUEERAMA + STATE FAIRSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Archibald Sisters presents: QUEERAMA 10:30pm doors / 11:00pm film Director Daisy Asquith’s Queerama is a powerful assembly of shifting images and ethereal compositions. Archival footage ebbs and courses, while music from Hercules & Love Affair, John Grant, and Goldfrapp provide a buoyant chorus of fluttering notes […] Buy Ticket Monday
November 12, 2018
4:00 pm TRANS YOUTHMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival TRANS YOUTH 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film This feature length documentary trails a handful of young trans Austinites as they forge and fortify their adult identities. While trans identity is more visible than ever — the subject of television shows, talked about in the media, and tied […] 6:30 pm I WANT MORE, I WANT LESS: POST-FILM Q&A w/ BRYCE RICHARDSON, VIOLET LUCCA & CHRISTOPHER DAYMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival I WANT MORE, I WANT LESS Post-film Q&A w/ director Bryce Richardson, producer Violet Lucca & composer Christopher Day 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film An accountant in Queens rents out the front of her store to a young man who repairs cell phones…and sometimes pickpockets them […] 9:00 pm PACIFIC STAGE Presents: SHORT FILM SHOWCASE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Pacific Stage Presents SHORT FILM SHOWCASE Introductions by filmmakers Sophy Romvari, Devan Scott, and Megan Hattie Stahl 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film NORMAN NORMAN A young woman grapples with the declining health of her beloved dog in this film about mortality, cloning, and Barbra Streisand. […] Tuesday
November 13, 2018
4:00 pm THE PET WORKS Presents: OLD DOG + LONESOME WILLCOXTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival The Pet Works presents OLD DOG 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film New Zealand farmer Paul Sorenson has a unique connection with his colleagues — a team of sheep dogs. For 40 years, he’s worked to develop smarter and more intuitive training methods for fellow farmers, while grappling […] 6:30 pm FAKE TATTOOS + SILVERLAKE AFTERNOONTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival FAKE TATTOOS 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film A film about music, the ephemera of meet-cutes, and the trauma of living. Director Pascal Plante’s Fake Tattoos revolves around Theo (Anthony Therrien) and Mag (Rose-Marie Perreault), two teenagers who ascend into the void of friendship and flirtation in […] 9:00 pm OLYMPIA COFFEE ROASTERS PRESENT: WHEN SHE RUNS + ROOM TONETUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Coffee Roasters presents: WHEN SHE RUNS 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film A young mother of limited means puts everything on the line to pursue her dream of becoming a competitive runner. Her marriage failing, exhausted and broke, Kirstin has left her husband, Ivan, and their very […] Wednesday
November 14, 2018
4:00 pm COMMENCEMENT BANK PRESENTS: HAL + THE VELVET UNDERGROUND PLAYED AT MY HIGH SCHOOLWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Commencement Bank presents: HAL 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film Although Hal Ashby directed a remarkable string of acclaimed, widely admired classics throughout the 1970s — Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, Shampoo, Coming Home, Being There — he is often overlooked amid the crowd of luminaries from […] 4:00 pm LOCAL FILMMAKER PANEL at OCTAPASWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival LOCAL FILMMAKER PANEL at Octapas Featuring Jason Connelly, Jonah Barrett, Rachel Millena Saul, Emme Williamson, Cody Castillo, Sylas Dall, Nat Murphy 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm discussion Free Admission Itching to tell a story, but don’t know where the hell to start? Local filmmakers in the South […] 6:30 pm FOREST AVENUE PRESS PRESENTS: VIRUS TROPICAL + IN A LONG ABSENCEWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Forest Avenue Press presents: VIRUS TROPICAL 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film Adapted from the graphic novel memoir by Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist Powerpaola, Virus Tropical is a thoughtful and deeply affecting coming-of-age story that begins on the night Paola is conceived – in a stylized but anatomically complete sequence […] 9:00 pm BROWSERS BOOKS PRESENTS: BOOGER + ABSENT: POST-FILM Q&A w/ JONAH BARRETT, ISABELLA CUEVAS PIERSON, RACHEL MILLENA SAULWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Browsers Books presents: BOOGER Post-film Q&A with Booger director Jonah Barrett, Absent director Isabella Cuevas Pierson, and filmmaker/moderator Rachel Millena Saul 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film Child of the Boogeyman, Mehitable Pachad (Meh for short) is a 109 year-old demon who is tired of living a life […] Thursday
November 15, 2018
4:00 pm OLD SCHOOL PIZZERIA Presents: HOW THEY GOT OVERL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Old School Pizzeria Presents HOW THEY GOT OVER 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film The story of how African American gospel quartets like the Soul Stirrers, Dixie Hummingbirds and the Blind Boys developed a spirit and style that were hugely influential on early rock and roll. […] 6:30 pm LUKENS TREE PRESERVATION PRESENTS: THIS MOUNTAIN LIFETHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Lukens Tree Preservation presents: THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film The awe that mountainous landscapes evoke is universal. Yet in a province that is 75% mountains, most of us seldom venture into true wilderness. Living amongst us is a special breed of people. They […] 8:00 pm SideWalk Presents: LIVE LOCAL COMEDY with SAM MILLER at OctapasThursday 11/15 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival SideWalk Presents LIVE LOCAL COMEDY with Sam Miller, Nathaniel Wolfe, Khadija Hassan, Kento Azegami, and more! at Octapas Cafe 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm show $10 suggested donation Proceeds benefiting SideWalk Come early for dinner! Headlined by Olympia’s own (unfortunately) Sam Miller, you’ll be sure to bust up laughing […] 9:00 pm THE BROTHERHOOD PRESENTS: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BROWN BUFFALO + TWILIGHTTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival The Brotherhood present: 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo is a fresh and genre-defying film about the life of radical Chicano lawyer, author and countercultural icon, Oscar Zeta Acosta — the basis for the character Dr. Gonzo in Fear and […]
November 16th - 21st
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November 16, 2018
4:00 pm OLYMPIA FOOD CO-OP PRESENTS: FOOD FOR CHANGEFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Food Co-op presents: FOOD FOR CHANGE with opening comments by Ramon Torres of Cooperativa Tierra Y Libertad. 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film Food For Change is an 82-minute documentary by filmmaker Steve Alves, focusing on food co-ops as a force for dynamic social and economic change […] Buy Ticket 4:00 pm WTF IS A PRODUCER WORKSHOP at OCTAPAS CAFEFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival WTF IS A PRODUCER WORKSHOP LOCATED AT OCTAPAS CAFE Sponsored by They Reach 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm event Free Admission What is a film producer? And why would a production need one? Those are questions answered in the workshop, WTF is a Producer, with local producers Jason Connelly, J Arthur […] 6:30 pm DUMPSTER VALUES & PSYCHIC SISTER PRESENT: LGBTQ REPRESENTATION IN FILMFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Dumpster Values and Psychic Sister presents A Panel on LGBTQ Representation in Film Moderated by filmmaker Jonah Barrett and featuring Danny Tayara, Ricky German, Mary Anne Carter, Eliaichi Kimaro, and Stacy Peck 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm discussion Free Admission Danny Tayara Danny is a film director, writer, […] 9:00 pm RAINY DAY RECORDS Presents: MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Rainy Day Records presents: MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge’s Sundance award winning MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. is a startlingly personal profile of the critically […] 11:59 pm THEY REACH Presents: MIDNIGHT MAYHEM – ONE CUT OF THE DEADFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival ONE CUT OF THE DEAD Sponsored by They Reach 11:30pm doors / 12:00am film One Cut of the Dead opens in a run-down, abandoned warehouse where a film crew are making a zombie film. Yet, this is no ordinary warehouse. It’s been said that it’s the […] Saturday
November 17, 2018
11:00 am OLYMPIA FEDERAL SAVINGS PRESENTS: KIDS CLUB – THE BIG BAD FOX & OTHER TALESSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Federal Savings presents THE BIG BAD FOX & OTHER TALES 10:30am doors / 11:00am film The countryside isn’t always as calm and peaceful as it’s made out to be, and the animals on this farm are particularly agitated: a fox who mothers a family of […] 4:00 pm Olympia Farmers Market Presents: SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM: POST-FILM Q&A w/ PAUL ESPINOSASATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Farmers Market presents: SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM Post-Film Q&A w/ director Paul Espinosa 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film “Singing Our Way to Freedom” is a vibrant, multilayered look at the life of Chicano musician, composer and community activist, Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez. The film chronicles […] 6:30 pm CULTURAL SPACES: THIS PLACE MATTERSSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Cultural Spaces: This Place Matters 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm show Free Admission Cultivating communities through cultural space is perhaps the most effective method of invested, interested engagement. Through its preservation and promotion, you expose people to new opportunities for exploration, as well as bringing together vastly […] 8:30 pm Marijuana Mart Presents… BOOM: A FILM ABOUT THE SONICS Post-film Skype Q&A w/director Jordan AlbertsenSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Marijuana Mart Presents… BOOM: A FILM ABOUT THE SONICS Post-film Skype Q&A w/director Jordan Albertsen Moderated by Jimmi Davies; Sonics songwriter and local musician 8:00pm doors / 8:30pm film ‘Boom’ tells the untold story of one of rock ‘n’ roll’s wildest and most influential bands, The Sonics. For […]
November 23rd - 28th
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November 30th - December 5th
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