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July 10, 14, 15 & 22, 2022 GIANT (1956): NEW 4K RESTORATION The Film Foundation has restored more than 900 movies. Martin Scorsese and fellow board member Steven Spielberg hand-picked Giant as one of the group’s latest restoration projects, working with the Warner Bros. archives team for a year to complete the process. Elizabeth Taylor, […]
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022 Black Baled Films presents: BUFFALO SOLDIERS: FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS POST-FILM DISCUSSION w/ DIRECTOR DRU HOLLEY 6:30p doors / 7pm film Free Screening / All Donations Go to The Women of Color in Leadership Movement Join us for a special screening of Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts, a documentary film […]
Mississippi Masala (1991): New 4K Restoration June 25, July 8 & 21, 2022 $11 GA / $8 OFS The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South come together in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala, a luminous look at the complexities of love in the modern melting pot. Years after her Indian family was […]
Saturday, August 20, 2022 LoveOly SummerFest is brought to you by the Olympia Downtown Alliance and produced by the Olympia Film Society J. GRAVES KELSEY MAGNUSON GREGORY BORTNICHAK 4pm to 7pm Free to Attend J. Graves is passionate dance-punk. Tense relationship rock, sanguine lyricism, guitar music, chord changes that sound like secret longing, a rhythm […]
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022 INTERFAITH WORKS & MEANINGFUL MOVIES PROJECT (OLYMPIA CHAPTER) PRESENT MISSION: JOY FINDING HAPPINESS IN TROUBLED TIMES POST-FILM DISCUSSION w/ TIBETAN BUDDHIST TEACHER GESHE JAMYANG TSULTRIM & SR. ANNA-CAMILLE WOODEN OSB 6:30p doors / 7pm film $10 suggested donation at the door This documentary from 2021 celebrates the interfaith friendship between His […]
Friday, July 15, 2022 Take Warning and Danno Present: ERIC GALES “We regret to inform you that we must cancel Eric Gales’s performance in Olympia this Friday. The reason is that the band is stuck in Germany with no bags or gear due to numerous flight cancelations and lost luggage. Eric has tried every possible option […]
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 OFS Presents WOLF PARADE BEVERLY CRUSHER $30 GA / $25 OFS 7:00PM Doors / 8:00PM Show Every moment spent gazing at our screens is oversaturated with content, an ever-accelerated news cycle conditioning our ever-decreasing attention spans. The struggle to stay present, and to foresee a clear, sustainable future, feels very real. […]
July 9, 2022 BULLETPROOF Post-film Q&A with director Todd Chandler 6:30PM doors / 7:00PM film $11 General Admission & $8 OFS members Bulletproof explores the complexities of violence in schools by looking at the strategies employed to prevent it. The film observes the longstanding rituals that take place in and around American schools: homecoming parades, […]
July 1-17, 2022 OFFICIAL COMPETITION $11 General Admission & $8 OFS members Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas star as two egomaniacs commissioned by a millionaire to make a movie together in this sharp comedy skewering wealth, art, and pride. Dir: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat / 2022 / SPAIN / 115 “Every line delivery is immaculate, […]
FREAKSCENE: THE STORY OF DINOSAUR JR. ONE NIGHT ONLY! ENCORE SCREENING July 9, 2022 3:30PM doors / 4:00PM show $11 GA & $8 OFS Homage of one of the most influential bands on the American East Coast, which inspired the rock scene – an emotional, tragically funny and sometimes noisy roller-coaster ride by a dysfunctional […]