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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 […]
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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Saturday, April 15, 2023 An Olympia Film Society Fundraiser Chimes at Midnight (1966): 6K Restoration Post-Film Discussion w/ Chimes at Midnight’s Producer of Restoration, Michael Dawson Doors 6:00PM / Film 7:00PM $12 GA & $9 OFS After decades of inferior, faded, off-synch 35mm copies, a pristine 6K digital master now exists to fully experience Welles’ […]
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Saturday, March 18, 2023 – SOLD OUT!! The Brotherhood presents: UNWOUND THRONES $30 GA / $25 OFS 7:00PM Doors / 8:00PM Show Tickets on sale 1/19 at 10am PST “Unwound will never reunite so get over it.” —VICE UNWOUND 1991-2091 Born in 1991 in the Pacific Northwest as the Riot Grrrl and grunge musico-social movements […]
Saturday, April 1, 2023 ON THE BACKSTAGE: IQU, SELECT LEVEL + GUESTS $12 GA / $10 OFS 7:00PM Doors / 8:00PM Show IQU (formerly icu, more on that in a second) began in DJ KO’s (aka Kento Oiwa) Olympia, WA basement in 1996. While in Olympia, he found a kinship with Michiko Swiggs and a […]
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March 5, 12 & 19, 26 2023 OFS KIDS CLUB PRESENTS: FINDING NEMO (2003) FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDER Marlin (Albert Brooks), a clown fish, is overly cautious with his son, Nemo (Alexander Gould), who has a foreshortened fin. When Nemo swims too close to the surface to prove himself, he is caught by […]
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 […]
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April 6, 9 & 13, 2023 THE HEROIC TRIO (1993) – 4K RESTORATION The supernova star power of Hong Kong cinema icons Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, and Anita Mui propels this gloriously unrestrained action extravaganza from genre maestro Johnnie To, which injects its martial-arts mayhem with a blast of comic-book lunacy. They are the knife-throwing, […]
Saturday, May 6, 2023 DOSED: THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME Post-Film Discussion to Follow $15 GA & $12 OFS members Doors 6pm / Show 7pm A loving mother of four is granted the right to legally use magic mushrooms to treat her end-of-life anxiety. She then embarks on a remarkable journey of personal transformation and […]
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Friday, April 14, 2023 Cozy Comedy presents KYLE KINANE: LIVE! Featuring Alyssa Yeoman Hosted by Olympia’s own Sam Miller! $30 GA & $25 OFS members Doors 7pm / Show 8pm Kyle Kinane is a comedian from Addison, Illinois. According to Wikipedia, he is a notable person from that town. Other notable residents of Addison have […]
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