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Thursday, December 4, 2025 Hundreds of Beavers: Northwoods Christmas 6:30pm doors & 7pm film $16.25 GA & $13.25 OFS (includes service fees) All new introduction! Hundreds of Beavers, one of the most entertaining independent films of the past decade, is coming to the Capitol Theater on December 4. Called “gonzo cinema distilled from Buster Keaton […]
December 6, 11 & 12, 2025 Hausu on 35mm How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi’s indescribable 1977 movie House (Hausu)? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby-Doo as directed by Mario Bava? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six […]
November 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2025 Reel Oddities: Céline and Julie Go Boating Whiling away a summer in Paris, director Jacques Rivette, working in close collaboration with his stars and coconspirators Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier, set out to rewrite the rules of cinema in the spirit of pure play—moviemaking as an anything-goes romp […]
November 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2025 Animation Tuesdays: Perfect Blue – 4K Restoration A brand new restoration! Perfect Blue marks the directorial debut of Satoshi Kon, who fascinated audiences around the world with Paprika, Millennium Actress, and Tokyo Godfathers. Hailed as the first animated film to feature an authentic psychological suspense story, this film […]
November 2, 6 & 20, 2025 It Was Just an Accident Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid gathers several former prisoners, all abused by that same captor, to try and confirm Eghbal’s identity. As the bickering group […]
The one and only Patton Oswalt will be guest programming two films at the Capitol Theater on November 15 & 16 🍿 The actor, comedian, and writer has chosen to screen McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) and Pig (2021) – two Pacific Northwest staples After each film concludes, Patton will be discussing the titles […]
November 7, 13 & 23, 2025 Rare Prints: Supernatural on 35mm Introduced by Rob Patrick, Olympia Film Society’s Director of Programming, on 11/13 In a departure from her usual comedy roles, screen legend Carole Lombard co-stars with western icon Randolph Scott in this chilling tale of the supernatural. Experience haunting paintings, maniacal laughing, outstretched hands, […]
November 20 – 28, 2025 One Battle After Another Bob is a washed-up revolutionary who lives in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited and self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces and Willa goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her as both father and daughter battle the consequences […]
Saturday, November 15, 2025 McCabe & Mrs. Miller Post-Film Discussion w/ Guest Programmer Patton Oswalt Moderated by Jonathan Marlow of Scarecrow Video 6pm Doors & 7pm Film $43.25 GA & $38.25 OFS (Includes Service Fees) This unorthodox dream western by Robert Altman may be the most radically beautiful film to come out of the New […]
Sunday, November 16, 2025 Pig Post-Film Discussion w/ Guest Programmer Patton Oswalt Moderated by Jas Keimig 6pm Doors & 7pm Film $43.25 GA & $38.25 OFS (Includes Service Fees) A truffle hunter (Nicolas Cage) who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig […]
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
THE OLYMPIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION PRESENTS: GABRIEL RUTLEDGE: Saturday, April 18, 2026
ECSTATIC SOUND COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: THE RUMBLE w/ TOUBAB KREWE: Thursday, March 26, 2026
HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL – SPRING 2026: Saturday, February 28
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
THE OLYMPIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION PRESENTS: GABRIEL RUTLEDGE: Saturday, April 18, 2026
ECSTATIC SOUND COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: THE RUMBLE w/ TOUBAB KREWE: Thursday, March 26, 2026
HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL – SPRING 2026: Saturday, February 28
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
THE OLYMPIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION PRESENTS: GABRIEL RUTLEDGE: Saturday, April 18, 2026
ECSTATIC SOUND COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: THE RUMBLE w/ TOUBAB KREWE: Thursday, March 26, 2026
HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL – SPRING 2026: Saturday, February 28
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
THE OLYMPIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION PRESENTS: GABRIEL RUTLEDGE: Saturday, April 18, 2026
ECSTATIC SOUND COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: THE RUMBLE w/ TOUBAB KREWE: Thursday, March 26, 2026
HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL – SPRING 2026: Saturday, February 28
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
THE OLYMPIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION PRESENTS: GABRIEL RUTLEDGE: Saturday, April 18, 2026
ECSTATIC SOUND COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: THE RUMBLE w/ TOUBAB KREWE: Thursday, March 26, 2026
HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL – SPRING 2026: Saturday, February 28
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
THE OLYMPIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION PRESENTS: GABRIEL RUTLEDGE: Saturday, April 18, 2026
ECSTATIC SOUND COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: THE RUMBLE w/ TOUBAB KREWE: Thursday, March 26, 2026
HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL – SPRING 2026: Saturday, February 28
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
THE OLYMPIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION PRESENTS: GABRIEL RUTLEDGE: Saturday, April 18, 2026
ECSTATIC SOUND COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: THE RUMBLE w/ TOUBAB KREWE: Thursday, March 26, 2026
HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL – SPRING 2026: Saturday, February 28
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
THE OLYMPIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION PRESENTS: GABRIEL RUTLEDGE: Saturday, April 18, 2026
ECSTATIC SOUND COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: THE RUMBLE w/ TOUBAB KREWE: Thursday, March 26, 2026
HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL – SPRING 2026: Saturday, February 28
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
THE OLYMPIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION PRESENTS: GABRIEL RUTLEDGE: Saturday, April 18, 2026
ECSTATIC SOUND COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: THE RUMBLE w/ TOUBAB KREWE: Thursday, March 26, 2026
HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL – SPRING 2026: Saturday, February 28
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
THE OLYMPIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION PRESENTS: GABRIEL RUTLEDGE: Saturday, April 18, 2026
ECSTATIC SOUND COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: THE RUMBLE w/ TOUBAB KREWE: Thursday, March 26, 2026
HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL – SPRING 2026: Saturday, February 28
