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September 8 – 17, 2022 FUNNY PAGES $11 General Admission & $8 OFS members A bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teenage cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul. Dir: Owen Kline / 2022 / US / 86 min “A fresh and uncompromising feature debut” – Jordan […]
PRE-CODE PARTY: BLONDE CRAZY (1931) September 18, 2022 $11 GA / $8 OFS In the pre-code era of the 1930s, Barbara Stanwyck would lay haymakers and Joan Blondell could carelessly ash cigarettes over expensive furniture. It was a lawless period of filmmaking where cocktails, sexuality, and rolling smoke inundated the screen. Olympia Film Society’s Pre-Code […]
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Olympia Film Society presents: Screen Scores NOSFERATU: 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY LIVE SCORE BY INVINCIBLE CZARS $15 GA & $12 OFS members Doors 7pm / Show 8pm “Gorgeous” – Metal Sucks “Bizarre, haunting scores” – Kerrang! “(The Invincible Czars’ soundtrack for Nosferatu is) a brilliantly realized wedding of contemporary musical sensibility and […]
SECOND SHOW: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 – SOLD OUT Bikini Kill Hurry Up 7:00PM Doors / 8:00PM Show $25 GA & OFS All ages w/ 21+ lounge Limit four (4) tickets per purchase General Admission tickets available Friday, December 13 at 9am PST Bikini Kill is a feminist punk band that was based in Olympia, […]
September 3, 4 & 9, 2022 SWEET CHARITY (1969): 4K RESTORATION ROADSHOW VERSION $11 GA / $8 OFS Shirley MacLaine gives one of her greatest performances in this spectacular musical. Director Bob Fosse broke new cinematic ground with this freewheeling, visually stunning story of a lovelorn New York dance hall hostess, Charity Hope Valentine, who […]
August 5-11, 2022 BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE $11 General Admission & $8 OFS members Juliette Binoche is Sara, a woman whose life spirals out of control when she becomes involved in a passionate love triangle. From acclaimed writer-director Claire Denis. Dir: Claire Denis / 2022 / France / 116 “Denis is a masterful director […]
July 17-31, 2022 CRIMES OF THE FUTURE $11 General Admission & $8 OFS members As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin (Kristen […]
Thursday, August 25, 2022 EVERGREEN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION & MORE Free Admission 3:30PM Doors / 4:00PM Show Introduced by “Visual Music…” faculty Devon Damonte Short Q&A w/ Artists Now in our 10th year, every summer a few intrepid Evergreeners embark on an intensive adventure to create cameraless animation on 16mm and 35mm film using a myriad […]
July 24 & August 5, 13, and 28, 2022 LOST HIGHWAY (1997): NEW 4K RESTORATION In Lost Highway, we are introduced to brooding jazz saxophonist Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) while he lives in a simmering state of jealousy with his listless and possibly unfaithful wife Renee (Patricia Arquette). About one hour in, a rupture fundamentally […]
August 26 – September 2, 2022 BODIES BODIES BODIES $11 General Admission & $8 OFS members When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game goes awry in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong. Dir: Halina […]