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September 17, 30 & October 1, 2023 Wayne’s World Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Greg Bortnichak on 9/17 When a sleazy TV exec offers Wayne and Garth a fat contract to tape their late-night public access show at his network, they can’t believe their good fortune. But they soon discover the road from basement to […]
August 4, 6 & 10, 2023 2023 Summer Return Tour: Shiva Baby Celebrate the third anniversary of director Emma Seligman’s Shiva Baby. A college student (Rachel Sennott) attends a family shiva where she is accosted by her relatives, outshined by her ex-girlfriend, and face-to-face with her sugar daddy and his family. We’re one of just […]
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July 28 – August 6, 2023 Past Lives Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in […]
September 1 – 15, 2023 Oppenheimer on 35mm Only available on a handful of 35mm prints, Oppenheimer arrives at the Capitol Theater in its intended format this September. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, the epic thriller thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order […]
Thursday, August 31, 2023 Evergreen Experimental Animation and More! Short Q&A w/ Artists to Follow Screening 3:30pm doors / 4pm Films Free Admission Now in our second decade with this extraordinary course, every summer a few intrepid Evergreeners embark on an intensive adventure to create cameraless animation on 16mm and 35mm film using a myriad […]
8/27, 9/2 & 9/7 The Elephant 6 Recording Co. One of our most requested movies! An inside look at The Elephant 6 Recording Co., the ’90s rock collective that launched Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Apples in Stereo, and other bands. Around 1985, a group of Louisiana high schoolers began experimenting with […]
August 6, 13, 20, 27, 2023 OFS Kids Club Presents: Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Free for Kids 12 and Under Sweet, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Gillman is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible. She’s math-tutoring her skater-boy crush (Jaboukie Young-White), who only seems to admire her for her fractals, […]
Friday, August 25, 2023 Olympia Film Society presents: Sage Francis Sleep Myles Bullen Sammy Warm Hands $25 GA & $20 OFS 7pm doors / 8pm show All ages w/ 21+ lounge Sage Francis (CEO of Strange Famous Records) is widely considered one of our generation’s greatest lyricists. His gifted wordplay creates vivid narratives to instigate […]
8/26, 8/27 & 8/31, 2023 But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Anna Claire White on August 26 at 7pm This 1999 cult classic follows Megan (Natasha Lyonne), a teenager whose suburban existence is filled with friends, cheerleading, and all-American fun. Everything seems fine until her straight-laced parents suspect she may be […]
Sunday, September 10, 2023 Olympia Film Society & Temple Beth Hatfiloh present A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff Post-Film Q&A w/ Alicia J. Rose, Alicia Jo Rabins & Lara Cuddy Moderated by Rabbi Seth Goldstein $12 GA & $9 OFS Members 6pm doors & 7pm film A hybrid of musical memoir and narrative fantasy, A Kaddish […]
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