Olympia Film Society

09/26/2026

09/26/2026

A new 4K restoration of Akira opens at the Capitol Theater on October 14 🏍️

Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark cyberpunk classic obliterated the boundaries of Japanese animation and forced the world to look into the future.

"It's still an all-time classic, and has never looked better." - Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle

09/25/2026

Dead Pioneers and The Gobs play the Backstage on December 10

Dead Pioneers are a Denver-based punk band led by multidisciplinary artist and vocalist Gregg Deal. Rooted in Deal's work around Indigenous identity, resistance, history, and contemporary political life, the band pairs his sharp spoken-word delivery with urgent, increasingly expansive punk.

Tickets are now on sale through the link in our bio!

09/24/2026

Ken Russell's The Devils opens at the Capitol Theater on November 13 😈

An enduring, singular masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, Ken Russell's The Devils is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption, and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell.

Assembled from the original camera negative, this new 4K restoration presents Ken Russell's definitive vision of The Devils by referencing the edit he privately constructed in 2004. Ken Russell's The Devils is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned - and the first time, the film will be presented restored and in 4K.

09/22/2026

Mary and the Witch's Flower opens on October 4 🐈‍⬛

Children 12 and under receive free admission!

From Academy Award-nominated Hiromasa Yonebayashi - animator on Studio Ghibli masterpieces Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and Ponyo, and director of When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty - comes a dazzling adventure about a young girl named Mary, who discovers a flower that grants magical powers, but only for one night.

Based on Mary Stewart's 1971 classic children's book The Little Broomstick, Mary and the Witch's Flower is an action-packed film full of jaw-dropping imaginative worlds, ingenious characters, and the simple, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to find a place in the world.

09/22/2026

Supporting the Olympia Film Society just got sweeter! 🍨

OFS is joining Pints for a Purpose, a community fundraising program hosted by our friends at Humble Cow Ice Cream!

From 9/21 - 10/4, Humble Cow will donate $4 for every pint preordered through the Pints for a Purpose website.

Stock your freezer, treat a friend, or scoop up something delicious for your next movie night—all while supporting film, music, and art in Olympia. Locally made ice cream for a great cause? We’ll take two!

Here’s how it works:

• Go to the Pints for a Purpose Ordering site
• Select the number of pints you wish to order
• Select Olympia Film Society as the benefiting organization
• Select your pickup location (either Olympia or Lacey)
• Pay for your order
• Pick up your pints between October 10th - 18th 🥄

09/21/2026

The Innocents arrive at the Capitol Theater on October 7 🕯️

This genuinely frightening, exquisitely made supernatural gothic stars Deborah Kerr as an emotionally fragile governess who comes to suspect that there is something very, very wrong with her precocious new charges.

A psychosexually intensified adaptation of Henry James’s classic The Turn of the Screw, cowritten by Truman Capote and directed by Jack Clayton, The Innocents is a triumph of narrative economy and technical expressiveness, from its chilling sound design to the stygian depths of its widescreen cinematography by Freddie Francis.

For complete times and advance tickets, visit our website!

09/19/2026

Megan Rico, Kade Atwood and Adi Madden Cabrera of the new film, Edie Arnold is a Loser, appeared at the Capitol Theater tonight for a special post-film Q&A 😈

Thanks for partying with us, Olympia!

📸 Maren Moreno

09/18/2026

A new 4K restoration of Gandahar opens at the Capitol Theater on October 6

Featuring stunningly surreal creatures and wondrously bizarre environments designed by renowned comic-book artist Caza, Gandahar is a visceral, visionary head-trip in which animation opens a gateway to the furthest reaches of the imagination.

For advance tickets, visit the link in our bio!