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RED ROCKET on 35mm February 2 – 17, 2022 The audacious new film from writer-director Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Tangerine), starring Simon Rex in a magnetic, live-wire performance, Red Rocket is a darkly funny and humane portrait of a uniquely American hustler and a hometown that barely tolerates him. Dir: Sean Baker / 2022 […]
January 8, 15 & 30 2022 THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (1967) Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s director of programming, Rob Patrick on 1/30 “A movie with the best costumes and most batshit B-plot.” – Allie Rosenberg, Guest Programmer Jacques Demy followed up The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with another musical about missed connections and second chances, this […]
NIGHTMARE ALLEY: VISION IN DARKNESS AND LIGHT (Black and White Version) February 18, 19, 20, 24 and March 3 When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this […]
ITALIAN STUDIES February 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 2022 After author Alina Reynolds (Academy Award-nominee Vanessa Kirby) loses her memory, she finds herself adrift on the streets of New York City. She unexpectedly connects with a group of teenagers — in conversations both real and imagined — as she searches for a way home. Dir: […]
CLOSED TODAY, JANUARY 9, 2022 Notice Date: Sunday, Jan 9, 2022 12:15 pm Subject: Notice of Capitol Theater Exposure to COVID-19 We have been notified that one of our volunteers has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Extra precautions are being taken, and the theater will be closed today. As such, staff, volunteers, and patrons at the […]
CANCELED Friday, February 11, 2022 BOY HARSHER HIRO KONE 7:00PM doors / 8:00pm show $20 GA / $15 OFS Tickets go on sale 10/22 @ 10am PST Please contact [email protected] for refunds Since 2014, Boy Harsher have steadily released what some might call the gold standard of darkwave and new industrial. Matthews and Muller met […]
2/24/22 ECSTATIC PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS THE SOUL REBELS HILLSTOMP 7PM DOORS / 8PM SHOW $35 GA / $32 OFS Tickets available online beginning November 17 Unfortunately, the Soul Rebels w/Hillstomp show at Olympia’s Capitol Theater has been cancelled due to our concerns regarding public health and the Covid-19 Omicron variant. We hope to host both of […]
THE FRENCH DISPATCH January 6 – 21, 2022 The French Dispatch brings to life a collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine published in a fictional 20th-century French city. It stars Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen […]
30th Anniversary: THE PRINCE OF TIDES (1991) Available to your home theater through the Olympia Film Society Streaming tickets available beginning on December 10, 2021 Barbra Streisand and Nick Nolte star in the stunning screen adaptation of Pat Conroy’s best-selling novel, THE PRINCE OF TIDES. Nolte is Tom Wingo, a disillusioned Southern coach who must […]
THE SOUVENIR PART II December 11-19, 2021 In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction. Joanna Hogg’s shimmering story of first love and a young […]