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June 17, 19, 23, 2022 UPTIGHT (1968) $11 General Admission & $8 OFS members Scored by Booker T. & the MG’s, Uptight (1968) was a landmark collaboration between activist and actress Ruby Dee and director Jules Dassin. Set in Cleveland in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, a band of black activists begin […]
June 17, 19, 23, 2022 BITTERBRUSH $11 General Admission & $8 OFS members Emelie Mahdavian’s sweeping documentary Bitterbrush follows Hollyn Patterson and Colie Moline, range riders who are spending their last summer herding cattle in remote Idaho. Totally off the grid with only their dogs as companions, Hollyn and Colie brave inclement weather and perilous […]
June 11, 12, 16, 18, 2022 MEN $11 General Admission & $8 OFS members In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as […]
May 12, June 10 & 18, 2022 INLAND EMPIRE Newly Remastered Picture and Soundtrack Supervised by David Lynch $11 General Admission & $8 OFS members A woman in trouble! Director David Lynch’s Inland Empire follows the fragmented and nightmarish events surrounding a Hollywood actress (Laura Dern) who begins to take on the personality of a […]
MARVELOUS AND THE BLACK HOLE Available to your home theater through the Olympia Film Society Streaming tickets now available A teenage delinquent (Miya Cech) befriends a surly magician (Rhea Perlman) who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic. A coming-of-age comedy that touches on unlikely friendships, grief, and […]
May 8, 12, 28, 2022 ANAÏS IN LOVE $11 General Admission & $8 OFS members With shades of The Worst Person in the World, Anais in Love is a buoyant French comedy from filmmaker Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet. Boasting a playfully magnetic performance by star Anaïs Demoustier, the film follows a spirited young woman who falls in […]
PETITE MAMAN May 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 26 Céline Sciamma continues to prove herself as one of the most accomplished and unpredictable contemporary French filmmakers with her follow up to PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, the uniquely emotional, PETITE MAMAN. Following the death of her beloved grandmother, 8-year-old Nelly accompanies her parents to her […]
May 20, 21 & 27, 2022 ALL ABOUT EVE (1950) Post-film discussion w/ Mary Kobayashi (Adult Swim), Mikayla Nicholson (Northwest Film Forum), and Rob Patrick (Olympia Film Society) on 5/21 In Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s devastatingly witty Hollywood classic, backstage is where the real drama plays out. One night, Margo Channing (Bette Davis) entertains a surprise […]
35th Anniversary Screening on Prince’s Birthday SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES – NEW 4K REMASTER June 7, 2022 6:30PM doors / 7:00PM show $11 GA & $8 OFS Music legend Prince and his band perform 13 numbers, most of them from his double album, “Sign ‘o’ the Times.” This is high-energy stuff: neon signs flash above […]
April 15, 17, 24, 28 & May 5, 2022 WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY $11 General Admission & $8 OFS members An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction, and a chance encounter with the past. Propelled by coincidence and imagination, and guided by love’s gentle current, Oscar-winning director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car) presents an […]