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OLYMPIA SHORT CUTS FILM FESTIVAL April 20-21, 2019 Click to Submit Celebrating film around the world, OLYMPIA SHORT CUTS brings the freshest short films off the festival market to the Capitol Theater’s screen. Two days of brand new shorts. Narration. Documentary. Animation. Experimental. Anything’s game! Filmmakers are encouraged to submit their latest masterpieces by April […]
SUNDAY MARCH 24 MCSI Presents MRS. DOUBTFIRE 1:30pm doors / 2:30pm film $10 general / $7 members Troubled that he has little access to his children, divorced Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) hatches an elaborate plan. With help from his creative brother Frank (Harvey Fierstein), he dresses as an older British woman and convinces his ex-wife, […]
February 8 – 13 OSCAR SHORTS: ANIMATION Bao – Domee Shi and Becky Neimann-Cobb, USA, 8 minutes In Disney•Pixar’s “BAO,” an aging Chinese mom suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy. Mom excitedly welcomes this new bundle of […]
February 8 – 12 OSCAR SHORTS: LIVE ACTION Madre – Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Maria del Puy Alvarado, Spain, 19 minutes A single mother receives a call from her seven-year-old son who is on vacation with his father in the French Basque Country. At first the call is a cause for joy, but soon it becomes […]
May 14 NOSFERATU with LIVE SOUNDTRACK BY THE INVINCIBLE CZARS Sponsored by Dillingers and Harlequin Productions $10 GA / $7 OFS Doors 7:00PM / Show 8:00PM Austin’s most adventurous band, The Invincible Czars, bring their new tastefully modern score for the 1922 German silent film Nosferatu (1922 F.W. Murnau) to the Capitol Theater! Nosferatu is […]
Saturday, January 26 – Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum Present: “Reel Olympia” & 2019 Annual Meeting 1:00 pm FREE ADMISSION Join the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum for their Annual Meeting on Saturday, January 26, 2019, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Historic Capitol Theater 206 5th Avenue SE. Open […]
Join us for our 2019 annual meeting at 6:30 PM, Monday, February 25, at the Capitol Theater. We will present the 2018 year in review, discuss the new year plans, and you will get a chance to meet the new group of nominated candidates joining the OFS Board of Directors! A full agenda and more […]
March 2, 3, 9 POLICE STORY: 4K RESTORATION $9 GA / $6 OFS The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in Jackie Chan’s breathtakingly inventive martial-arts comedy, a smash hit that made him a worldwide icon of daredevil action spectacle. The director/star/one-man stunt machine plays Ka-Kui, a Hong Kong police inspector who goes rogue […]
February 1 – 7 MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Nominated for both best costume design and best hair and makeup, Mary Queen of Scots is a retelling of the turbulent life of Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan), based on the book “Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart” by Dr. John Guy. Queen of France […]
January 18 – 24 BEST OF FEST: THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE 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 are undefined by age, gender, profession or background, but for them, […]