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April 17, 18 & 27, 2025 The Thin Man Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Aimee Hughes on 4/17 Between cocktails, urbane, dry-witted detectives and sophisticates Nick and Nora Charles attempt to find a mysterious murderer. When New York City private eye Nick Charles (William Powell) married wealthy Nora (Myrna Loy), he thought he was going […]
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Olympia Film Society presents: Phantom of the Opera w/ Live Score by Invincible Czars $15 GA & $12 OFS 6pm doors / 7pm show The iconic moment when Mary Philbin removed Lon Chaney’s mask in The Phantom of the Opera (1925, dir. Rupert Julian) is one of cinema’s most enduring images. […]
Saturday, April 19, 2025 Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Salmon Defense, and the Olympia Film Society present: Fish War Post-film Q&A w/ Willie Frank III, Nisqually; Kadi Bizyayeva, Stillaguamish; Lisa Wilson, Lummi; and WDFW Director Kelly Susewind GA $16.25 & OFS $13.25 6pm doors / 7pm film All Prices Include Service Fees When the state of Washington made […]
April 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 […]
April 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, […]
April 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 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 22, 28 & 29, 2025 The Encampments The Encampments follows student organizers at some of the world’s most prestigious universities as they take a historic stand against their institutions’ investments in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, igniting one of the largest student movements in history which continues to have far-reaching effects on US and […]
April 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 […]
March 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 […]