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POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHE February 12, 2022 Poly Styrene was the first woman of color in the UK to front a successful rock band. She introduced the world to a new sound of rebellion, using her unconventional voice to sing about identity, consumerism, postmodernism, and everything she saw unfolding in late 1970s Britain, […]
TORN February 12, 18, 19, 24 On Oct. 5, 1999, legendary climber Alex Lowe was tragically lost alongside cameraman and fellow climber David Bridges in a deadly avalanche on the slopes of the Tibetan mountain, Shishapangma. Miraculously surviving the avalanche was Alex’s best friend and climbing partner, renowned mountaineer Conrad Anker. After the tragedy, Anker […]
LOSING GROUND (1982) Available to your home theater through the Olympia Film Society Streaming tickets now available The inimitable Kathleen Collins’ second film tells the story of two remarkable people, married and hurtling toward a crossroads in their lives: Sara Rogers, a Black professor of philosophy, is embarking on an intellectual quest just as her […]
Saturday, April 2, 2022 Olympia Film Society presents THE BLACK TONES NORDISTA FREEZE KILLER WHALE 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm show $20 GA / $15 OFS Seattle-based rock ‘n’ roll band, The Black Tones, welcome audiences into their musical family every time they take the stage. Once you see them live, you then become a part […]
January 28, 29 & February 6 2022 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) – 4K RESTORATION Passing through the backwoods town of Sparta, Mississippi, Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) becomes embroiled in a murder case. He forms an uneasy alliance with the bigoted police chief (Rod Steiger), who faces mounting pressure from Sparta’s […]
YWCA of Olympia and OFS present SINCE I BEEN DOWN Available to your home theater through the Olympia Film Society Streaming tickets benefit YWCA of Olympia In celebration of YWCA’s Womxn of Achievement, we are presenting encore screenings of Since I Been Down that directly support YWCA of Olympia. Womxn of Achievement is a celebration […]
February 17, 20, 26, 2022 JIMI HENDRIX: LIVE IN MAUI Jimi Hendrix In Maui chronicles Jimi Hendrix’s storied 1970 visit to Maui, his performance on the dormant lower crater of the Haleakala volcano on the island and how the band became ensnared with the ill-fated Rainbow Bridge movie produced by their controversial manager Michael Jeffery. […]
Sunday, February 27, 2022 OFS presents THE MICROPHONES RAGANA 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm show $20 General Admission / $15 OFS member I used to call my recordings a different name. A small clump of albums from 1997-2002 were called “the Microphones,” including some popular ones. But the essence of this project has never really changed: […]
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 […]