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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 […]
March 5 – 16, 2023 2023 OSCAR SHORTS: DOCUMENTARY The Elephant Whisperers – Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, India, 40 min. The Elephant Whisperers follows an indigenous couple as they fall in love with Raghu, an orphaned elephant given into their care, and tirelessly work to ensure his recovery and survival. Haulout – Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim […]
March 3 – 16, 2023 2023 OSCAR SHORTS: LIVE-ACTION An Irish Goodbye – Tom Berkeley and Ross White, UK, 23 min. On a farm in rural Northern Ireland, estranged brothers Turlough and Lorcan are forced to reunite following the untimely death of their mother. Ivalu– Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan, Denmark, 17 min. Ivalu is gone. Her little […]
February 19 – March 3, 2023 2023 OSCAR SHORTS: ANIMATION The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud, UK, 33 min. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a story of kindness, courage, and hope in traditional hand-drawn animation, following the unlikely friendship of the […]
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023 REEL ODDITIES: BUBBA HO-TEP (2002) This movie is best explained by Roger Ebert: “Elvis and JFK did not die, and today they’re roommates in an East Texas nursing home whose residents are being killed by an ancient Egyptian Soul Sucker named Bubba Ho-Tep.” Eat your heart out, Austin […]
Friday, March 31, 2023 Olympia Surfrider Chapter & the South Sound Surfrider Chapter Presents: Coextinction Post-Film Discussion w/ Victoria Obermeyer, Coextinction’s executive producer and videographer and John Rosapepe, Endangered Species Coalition $12 GA & $9 OFS members Doors 6pm / Show 7pm Impending extinction comes to a tipping point for one of the world’s most iconic […]