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May 4, 2023 Man with a Movie Camera (1929) w/ Live Score by Montopolis $15 GA / $12 OFS 6pm Doors / 7pm Show Revered as a visual masterpiece and one of the greatest documentary films ever made, Man with a Movie Camera (1929) gives historical context to the current Russian invasion and lays bare […]
Saturday, May 6, 2023 DOSED: THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME Post-Film Discussion to Follow $15 GA & $12 OFS members Doors 6pm / Show 7pm A loving mother of four is granted the right to legally use magic mushrooms to treat her end-of-life anxiety. She then embarks on a remarkable journey of personal transformation and […]
May 5, 11, 14, 2023 Miracle Mile (1989) Guest Programmed by Olympia Timberland Regional Library Introduced by TRL Film Club facilitator, Zach Havekost, on Friday, March 5 at 7pm After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met Julie, the girl of his dreams. But before they have a chance to go on their first […]
April 20 – April 29, 2023 RETURN TO SEOUL On an impulse to reconnect with her origins, Freddie (Ji-Min Park), 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. The headstrong young woman starts looking for her biological parents in a country she knows […]
April 21 – April 29, 2023 A THOUSAND AND ONE Winner of the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. A.V. Rockwell’s film follows unapologetic and free-spirited Inez (Teyana Taylor), who kidnaps six-year-old Terry from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out […]
April 13, 16 & 20, 2023 DRYLONGSO (1998): 4K RESTORATION A lost treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/ romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying—indeed, “becoming extinct,” as she sees it—brash […]
March 30 – April 9, 2023 REWIND & PLAY In December 1969, legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ended his European concert tour with a performance at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Before the show, he was invited to appear on a French television program to perform and answer questions in an intimate setting. […]
Saturday, April 8, 2023 CHRISTIAN MISTRESS THRONES BLUES FAERIES $15 GA / $12 OFS 7:00PM Doors / 8:00PM Show Few artists of recent memory have proven their originality and devotion to pure American heavy metal like CHRISTIAN MISTRESS. Formed in Olympia, Washington in 2008, the band quickly distinguished themselves through their grit and style as well as […]
April 11, 2023 LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING $12 GA & $9 OFS Doors 6:30pm / Film 7:00pm Little Richard: I Am Everything tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a […]
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Friday, April 7, 2023 Olympia Film Society & Evergreen Present: Electra (1964) Post-Film Discussion w/ Michael Cacoyannis Biographer John Howard Doors 6:00PM / Film 7:00PM $12 GA & $9 OFS This excellent adaptation by Michael Cacoyannis of the famous tragedy by Euripides garnered him his first international success and an award at the 1962 Cannes […]