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MEZZANINE ART SPACE Mark Randall Mixed media sculpture wall art Reception: SATURDAY MARCH 28, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Substrates are vintage, worn and distressed, like old signs along the road or objects found in a dusty old barn. When this is juxtaposed with an overriding atmosphere of POP, you get Mark Randall’s art! Mark likes primary […]
Monday, April 27 Members Only Movie Night ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film MEMBERS ONLY NO ADMISSION As you may know, the Olympia Film Society is a non-profit, member-driven organization. Thanks to our supportive membership we’re able to bring the finest in world-class cinema and live entertainment to Olympia. To […]
Sunday, April 12 Marshall Alternative Program presents NAPOLEON DYNAMITE 2:00pm doors / 2:30pm film $8 general admission / $5 OFS members Tickets available at the box office The Marshall Alternative Program (MAP) invites you to our annual movie fundraiser with the hilarious NAPOLEON DYNAMITE! Come join us for this fabulous, funny, fundraising film, amazing bake […]
THE KING AND THE MOCKINGBIRD Based on a Hans Christian Andersen story, the wildly satirical tale follows a chimney sweep and shepherdess on the run from a tyrannical king. A masterpiece of traditional hand-drawn cell animation, The King and the Mockingbird is credited by celebrated Japanese animators Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata as inspiring the […]
May 1 – 7 JAUJA A remote military outpost in Patagonia, 1882, during the so-called “Conquest of the Desert”, a genocidal campaign against the aboriginal population of the region. Acts of savagery abound on all sides. Captain Gunnar Dinesen has come from Denmark with his fifteen-year-old daughter to take an engineering job with the Argentine […]
May 1 -7 ’71 In the tense drama ’71 an inexperienced soldier must survive horrific circumstances. Set in Belfast, Ireland during a violent conflict, Gary Hook is part of a small troop of British soldiers assigned to keep tensions at bay between warring factions. As the men go about their duties on the war-torn streets, […]
April 26 – 30 GIRLHOOD “Bande de filles” In Girlhood, a young woman comes of age among the harsh conditions of working class France. Marieme is 16 and searching for who she wants to be. Attractive and full of promise, she still lives an unrealized life shadowed by low self-esteem. Her prospects change when she […]
April 26 – 30 MERCHANTS OF DOUBT This thought-provoking, well-crafted documentary, inspired by the acclaimed book Merchants of Doubt, goes on a satirical, informative, and dizzying ride into the pits of spinmeisters. Robert Kenner (Food Inc) lifts the veil, exposing secretive groups of highly charismatic, silver-tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific […]
April 17 – 23 MAPS TO THE STARS In Maps to the Stars, director David Cronenberg explores the depths of the bodily fixation that permeates Hollywood. Julianne Moore plays Havana Segrand, a reclusive actress who worries that her career has washed up with her inevitable age. Her only solace lies in her weekly sessions with […]
April 17 – 23 WILD TALES Inequality, injustice and the demands of the world we live in cause stress and depression for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This is a movie about those people. Vulnerable in the face of a reality that shifts and suddenly turns unpredictable, the characters of Wild Tales cross […]