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We’re returning in 2026! Named one of the “Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” by MovieMaker Magazine, the Capitol Theater has hosted the Olympia Film Festival since 1984. The gathering is a five-day, around-the-clock extravaganza of films, filmmakers, and film-related guests, special performances, discussion panels, and educational workshops. It attracts between 5,000 and […]
December 14, 21 & 28, 2025 OFS Kids Club Presents: Elf Free for Kids 12 and Under Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn’t fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in […]
Thursday, December 4, 2025 Hundreds of Beavers: Northwoods Christmas 6:30pm doors & 7pm film $16.25 GA & $13.25 OFS (includes service fees) All new introduction! Hundreds of Beavers, one of the most entertaining independent films of the past decade, is coming to the Capitol Theater on December 4. Called “gonzo cinema distilled from Buster Keaton […]
December 21 – 28, 2025 Train Dreams Nominated for two Golden Globes, including Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. Based on the beloved novella by Denis Johnson, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier (Golden Globe-nominee Joel Edgerton), whose life unfolds during an era of unprecedented change […]
Saturday, December 20, 2025 Cozy Comedy presents: Sam Miller’s Annual Christmas Show Featuring Sam Miller Marc Moreno Emma Jonas Travis Sherer + Surprise Musical Guest! $23.25 GA & $20.25 OFS $33.25 VIP (first two rows of main floor) $33.25 VIP (first row of balcony) All listed prices include service fees 7pm doors 8pm show Sam […]
Thursday, December 25, 2025 Temple Beth Hatfiloh & Olympia Film Society present: Fiddler on the Roof Coat and Blanket Drive 3:00pm doors / 4pm film $16.25 GA & $13.25 OFS All Ticket Prices Include Service Fees Directed by Norman Jewison, the critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of […]
December 6, 11 & 12, 2025 Hausu on 35mm How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi’s indescribable 1977 movie House (Hausu)? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby-Doo as directed by Mario Bava? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six […]
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 Female Trouble A Portion of Each Ticket Sale Benefits Olympia Books to Prisoners 6pm doors & 7pm film $14 GA & $11 OFS Glamour has never been more grotesque than in Female Trouble, which injects the Hollywood melodrama with anarchic decadence. Divine, director John Waters’ larger-than-life muse, engulfs the screen with […]
November 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2025 Reel Oddities: Céline and Julie Go Boating Whiling away a summer in Paris, director Jacques Rivette, working in close collaboration with his stars and coconspirators Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier, set out to rewrite the rules of cinema in the spirit of pure play—moviemaking as an anything-goes romp […]
November 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2025 Animation Tuesdays: Perfect Blue – 4K Restoration A brand new restoration! Perfect Blue marks the directorial debut of Satoshi Kon, who fascinated audiences around the world with Paprika, Millennium Actress, and Tokyo Godfathers. Hailed as the first animated film to feature an authentic psychological suspense story, this film […]