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Olympia Film Society & Crackpot Crafters presents… 35isAlive! Free Experimental Animated FILM Screening Monday, June 29 at 6:30 pm (program runs 60-90 minutes) Your Olympia Film Society and Crackpot Crafters have teamed up to adopt the newly-orphaned medium of good ole 35mm cinema. In two workshops so far we’ve done unspeakable cameraless things to motion picture […]
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May 17 – May 21 ADULT BEGINNERS In the dramatic comedy Adult Beginners, a brother and sister reunite under adverse circumstances. Jake is in his late thirties, lives in Manhattan, and is about to helm an innovative tech breakthrough. He feels invincible—until the competition gets there first and everything implodes. Now an abject failure, Jake […]
The Hunting Ground (social/news) From the Academy Award-nominated filmmaking team behind THE INVISIBLE WAR, comes a startling exposé of sexual assault on U.S. campuses, institutional cover-ups and the brutal social toll on victims and their families. This film has the power to fuel the movement to end campus assault, but we need to show a […]
The Mask You Live In (social/news) The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity. Pressured by the media, their peer group, and even the adults in their lives, our protagonists confront messages encouraging them to disconnect from their […]
SAT 5/30 4:00; SUN 5/31 5:00 (above times are correct – this week’s Olympian listed incorrect times.) The Grand Rescue (Action Adventure) Q&A with rescuers Rick Reese, Bob Irvine, and the Sinclair family will follow each screening. Dir: Jenny Wilson / William Kerig / Meredit Lavitt Williams / 2014 / USA / HD Cam The Grand Rescue […]
Something Better to Come (Biography) Right outside of Moscow – home to the highest number of billionaires pr. capita – you’ll find the largest junkyard in the world: The Svalka. It’s a hard place run by the Russian mafia. And it’s where Yula lives with her mother, her friends and many other people. Life is […]
Saturday, June 6 OLYMPIA COMICS FESTIVAL 10:30am doors / 11:00am show $6 general admission Tickets available at the box office day of show The Olympia Comics Festival Stage Show features two hours of goofy hipsters who swear they aren’t hipsters talking about comics, doing funny things, showing funny things, and generally just making the audience […]
June 12 – June 18 WHITE GOD In the dramatic thriller White God, outcasts stage an uprising against authority. Thirteen-year-old Lili and her beloved dog, Hagen, are inseparable until the fateful day she’s forced to live with her father. Her dad is selfish and has no love for animals, especially a dog for which he […]
June 5 – June 11 TRUE STORY Having been fired from The New York Times in disgrace for taking liberties with the facts in a high-profile investigative piece, Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill) had retreated to Montana to attempt to resurrect his career, when he was informed that his identity had been used as an alias […]
May 29 – June 3 ABOUT ELLY In director Asghar Farhadi’s (A Separation, The Past) latest affecting drama, a group of friends are confronted with a tragic mystery. Three couples set off on a luxurious weekend at a seaside resort. Two are married, and the other are acquaintances set up by well-meaning friends. Elly is […]