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April 20 – April 29, 2023 RETURN TO SEOUL On an impulse to reconnect with her origins, Freddie (Ji-Min Park), 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. The headstrong young woman starts looking for her biological parents in a country she knows […]
April 21 – April 29, 2023 A THOUSAND AND ONE Winner of the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. A.V. Rockwell’s film follows unapologetic and free-spirited Inez (Teyana Taylor), who kidnaps six-year-old Terry from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out […]
April 13, 16 & 20, 2023 DRYLONGSO (1998): 4K RESTORATION A lost treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/ romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying—indeed, “becoming extinct,” as she sees it—brash […]
March 30 – April 9, 2023 REWIND & PLAY In December 1969, legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ended his European concert tour with a performance at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Before the show, he was invited to appear on a French television program to perform and answer questions in an intimate setting. […]
April 11, 2023 LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING $12 GA & $9 OFS Doors 6:30pm / Film 7:00pm Little Richard: I Am Everything tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a […]
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Friday, April 7, 2023 Olympia Film Society & Evergreen Present: Electra (1964) Post-Film Discussion w/ Michael Cacoyannis Biographer John Howard Doors 6:00PM / Film 7:00PM $12 GA & $9 OFS This excellent adaptation by Michael Cacoyannis of the famous tragedy by Euripides garnered him his first international success and an award at the 1962 Cannes […]
March 5 – 16, 2023 2023 OSCAR SHORTS: DOCUMENTARY The Elephant Whisperers – Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, India, 40 min. The Elephant Whisperers follows an indigenous couple as they fall in love with Raghu, an orphaned elephant given into their care, and tirelessly work to ensure his recovery and survival. Haulout – Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim […]
March 3 – 16, 2023 2023 OSCAR SHORTS: LIVE-ACTION An Irish Goodbye – Tom Berkeley and Ross White, UK, 23 min. On a farm in rural Northern Ireland, estranged brothers Turlough and Lorcan are forced to reunite following the untimely death of their mother. Ivalu– Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan, Denmark, 17 min. Ivalu is gone. Her little […]
February 19 – March 3, 2023 2023 OSCAR SHORTS: ANIMATION The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud, UK, 33 min. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a story of kindness, courage, and hope in traditional hand-drawn animation, following the unlikely friendship of the […]
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023 REEL ODDITIES: BUBBA HO-TEP (2002) This movie is best explained by Roger Ebert: “Elvis and JFK did not die, and today they’re roommates in an East Texas nursing home whose residents are being killed by an ancient Egyptian Soul Sucker named Bubba Ho-Tep.” Eat your heart out, Austin […]
PATTON OSWALT: November 14, 15 & 16
SAM MILLER’S CHRISTMAS SHOW - Saturday, December 20
Saturday, December 13
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
PATTON OSWALT: November 14, 15 & 16
SAM MILLER’S CHRISTMAS SHOW - Saturday, December 20
Saturday, December 13
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
PATTON OSWALT: November 14, 15 & 16
SAM MILLER’S CHRISTMAS SHOW - Saturday, December 20
Saturday, December 13
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
PATTON OSWALT: November 14, 15 & 16
SAM MILLER’S CHRISTMAS SHOW - Saturday, December 20
Saturday, December 13
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
PATTON OSWALT: November 14, 15 & 16
SAM MILLER’S CHRISTMAS SHOW - Saturday, December 20
Saturday, December 13
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
PATTON OSWALT: November 14, 15 & 16
SAM MILLER’S CHRISTMAS SHOW - Saturday, December 20
Saturday, December 13
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
PATTON OSWALT: November 14, 15 & 16
SAM MILLER’S CHRISTMAS SHOW - Saturday, December 20
Saturday, December 13
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
PATTON OSWALT: November 14, 15 & 16
SAM MILLER’S CHRISTMAS SHOW - Saturday, December 20
Saturday, December 13
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
PATTON OSWALT: November 14, 15 & 16
SAM MILLER’S CHRISTMAS SHOW - Saturday, December 20
Saturday, December 13
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
PATTON OSWALT: November 14, 15 & 16
SAM MILLER’S CHRISTMAS SHOW - Saturday, December 20
Saturday, December 13
FEMALE TROUBLE: A BENEFIT FOR OLYMPIA BOOKS TO PRISONERS: 12/24
Comedy with JOSH BLUE: March 21, 2026
