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December 15, 23 & 24, 2023 Carol Including a special pre-recorded introduction by film critic Kristen Yoonsoo Kim A Christmas movie that cuts deep and leaves you sighing like a forlorn Douglas Sirk character. Aspiring photographer Therese (Rooney Mara) spots the beautiful, elegant Carol (Cate Blanchett) perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department […]
December 8, 10 & 14, 2023 The Running Man Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Jeff Windley on 12/10 The Arnold Schwarzenegger classic! By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in […]
Sunday, December 3, 2023 The Citizen Science Institute (CSI) at Thurgood Marshall presents: Elf 12:00pm doors / 12:30pm ugly sweater contest / 1:00pm film $12 general / $9 members Tickets available online or at the box office one hour prior to showtime. Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler […]
Saturday, November 4, 2023 OFS and The Ton Present I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle + The Passenger 6:30 pm doors / 7:00 pm show $9 OFS Members / $12 General Admission / $5 wristband holders (at the door only) Advance tickets available online or at the box office night of show Join us for the […]
November 9 – 16, 2023 Fremont Donya, a lonely Afghan refugee and former translator, spends her twenties drifting through a meager existence in Fremont, California. Shuttling between her job writing fortunes for a fortune cookie factory and sessions with her eccentric therapist, Donya suffers from insomnia and survivor’s guilt over those still left behind in […]
Friday, December 1, 2023 The Bridge Music Project Presents: Flowcase 6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show Free admission – donations accepted at the door At the Capitol Theater, youth artists from The Bridge Music Project have collaborated on original music for the last eight weeks. These artists will debut their music live at the Flowcase! Come […]
Thursday, November 30, 2023 KAOS Community Radio Present: Oh, Rose Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon $22 GA & OFS 7pm doors / 8pm show In 1973 Olympia was the place to be. That’s the year that Rainy Day Records started. At that same time, deep in the woods at the Evergreen State College a group of […]
November 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2023 Reel Oddities: After Hours Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman (Rosanna Arquette). So begins the wildest night of his life, as bizarre occurrences—involving underground-art punks, a distressed waitress, a crazed […]
November 26, 2023 Joan Baez: I Am a Noise Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, this immersive documentary moves back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her farewell tour […]
November 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2023 OFS Kids Club Presents: Labyrinth Free for Kids 12 and Under When teen Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she summons Jareth the Goblin King (David Bowie) to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve […]