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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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August 10 – 18, 2023 Asteroid City The newest film by Wes Anderson takes place in a fictional American desert town circa 1955. The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events. Dir: Wes […]
August 17, 20 & 24, 2023 Lakota Nation vs. United States Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli’s film chronicles the Lakota Indians’ century-long quest to reclaim the Black Hills, sacred land that was stolen in violation of treaty agreements. A searing, timely portrait of resistance, the film explores the ways America has ignored its debt […]
August 15, 2023 Olympia Film Society and PNW Korea Peace Now Grassroots Network present: Free Chol Soo Lee $12 GA & $9 OFS Doors 6pm / Film 7pm In 1970s San Francisco, 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is racially profiled and convicted of a Chinatown gang murder. Sentenced to life, he spends years fighting […]