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Tuesday 3:30pm - 9:30pm Wednesday 3:30pm - 9:30pm Thursday 3:30pm - 9:30pm Friday 3:30pm - 9:30pm Saturday 10:30am - 1pm 3:30pm - 9:30pm Sunday 1pm - 9pm

Olympia Film Society

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Olympia Film Society

To present film, music, and art that engages our community and preserves the Capitol Theater.
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We present film screenings, concerts, film festivals, art, and other events seven days a week inside the Capitol Theater, a grand old 765-seat venue built in 1924.

08/08/2026

A new 4K restoration of Manhunter: The Final Cut arrives at the Capitol Theater on October 25

This new remaster, overseen by Michael Mann, enhances the film's depth, visual clarity and sound, offering audiences the ultimate immersive version. Shot in 1986, Manhunter was on a frontier in both its subject matter and film form, initiating an impressive list of subsequent movies and series.

This special screening is brought to you by Olympia Timberland Library Reels & Restorations series. True Crime (and serial killer tales in general) remains one of the most checked-out genres at the library, and one can argue its ongoing mass popularity began with Manhunter and Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon, on which it is based.

For the October 25th library-sponsored screening, free tickets can be picked up at the Olympia and West Olympia library starting on October 12. You can also show your library card at the box office, but tickets are preferred. This showing will be introduced by Library Film Club facilitator Zach Havekost.

https://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/movie/olympia-library-film-club-presents-manhunter-the-final-cut---4k-restoration

08/07/2026

Wild Inside opens at the Capitol Theater on August 9 🦉

What would happen if a captive-born owl with no survival skills tried to make it on his own in New York City? In director Penny Lane's new documentary, we discover the answer is more incredible, and more consequential, than we could have ever imagined.

"What makes Wild Inside such a moving and even wrenching experience is that we’re stirred by the creature Flaco was, and it’s the story he lived that made him that creature." - Owen Gleiberman, Variety

https://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/movie/wild-inside

08/06/2026

25 Cats from Qatar screens at the Capitol Theater on September 28 🐈

Director Mye Hoang will be present for a special post-film Q&A!

Qatar has a street cat population equal to the entire human population of the entire country - and is growing fast. Disease is rampant, and local adoption is rare. 25 Cats from Qatar follows one mission - led by a network of multinational underground animal rescuers in Doha and a Milwaukee flight attendant/cat cafe owner - to transport out 25 lucky felines and find homes for them abroad, all the while searching for a long-term solution to the crisis.

https://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/movie/25-cats-from-qatar-post-film-qa-w-mye-hoang

08/05/2026

Broadcast News screens at the Capitol Theater on August 28

Join Lana Schwartz, author of Set Piece, for a screening of James L. Brooks's 1987 classic. Lana will intro the movie and there will be a post-film discussion about romantic comedies following the showing.

Lana will be signing copies of her book thanks to our friends at Orca Books Co-op!

Lana Schwartz's romance novella Set Piece was published by 831 Stories in May 2025. It received praise from Bustle, TheSkimm, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, and more, and was referred to as "brisk and delightfully contemporary" by Publisher's Weekly.

https://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/movie/broadcast-news-post-film-qa-w-author-lana-schwartz

08/03/2026

CatVideoFest 2026 opens at the Capitol Theater on August 7 🐈‍⬛

Oscilloscope Laboratories presents a compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses.

A portion of each ticket benefits Concern For Animals!

https://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/movie/catvideofest-2026

07/31/2026

Teenage S*x and Death at Camp Miasma opens at the Capitol Theater on August 27 🏕️

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

"What [Gillian] Anderson does here, as a 1990s scream queen turned glamorous, eccentric recluse, is sublime, and her co-star Hannah Einbinder keeps pace with her every minute." - Stephanie Zacharek, TIME Magazine

https://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/movie/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma

07/30/2026

Hundreds of Beavers returns to the Capitol Theater on September 3 for one night only 📚

In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

"It's been a long time since I was this clueless about what was going to happen next in a film; the feeling was exhilarating." - Odie Henderson, Boston Globe

"You'd do well to satisfy your craving for knockabout lunacy by checking out 'Hundreds of Beavers, as visionary as any indie in many a moon, and a dam site (ahem) more fun." - Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

https://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/movie/hundreds-of-beavers

07/25/2026

Wet Hot American Summer opens at the Capitol Theater on August 14 ☀️

It's the last day of Camp Firewood's season, but there's still time for the big talent show, a little romance... and for everyone to be wiped out by the piece of NASA's Skylab that's hurtling toward Earth.

Directed by David Wain and co-written by David Wain and Michael Showalter, Wet Hot American Summer is widely regarded as one of the most influential cult comedies of all time, introducing audiences to one of the most remarkable comedy ensembles of its generation, featuring Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Molly Shannon, Christopher Meloni, Michael lan Black, Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Ken Marino, Joe Lo Truglio and Michael Showalter.

https://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/movie/wet-hot-american-summer-25th-anniversary

07/24/2026

Wild Inside opens at the Capitol Theater on August 9 🦉

What would happen if a captive-born owl with no survival skills tried to make it on his own in New York City? In director Penny Lane's new documentary, we discover the answer is more incredible, and more consequential, than we could have ever imagined.

In February 2023, an Eurasian Eagle-Owl named Flaco escaped from the Central Park Zoo and set off on a magical odyssey through the island of Manhattan. Wild Inside is an underdog story of resilience and self determination.

https://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/movie/wild-inside

07/22/2026

Black Narcissus opens at the Capitol Theater on August 5 🔔

This explosive work about the conflict between the spirit and the flesh is the epitome of the sensuous style of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

A group of nuns—played by some of Britain’s finest actresses, including Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron, and Flora Robson—struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, and altitude all conspire to drive the sisters mad.

A darkly grand film that won Oscars for Alfred Junge's art direction and Jack Cardiff's cinematography, Black Narcissus is one of the greatest achievements by two of cinema’s true visionaries.

https://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/movie/reel-oddities-black-narcissus

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206 5th Avenue SE
Olympia, WA
98501

Opening Hours

Tuesday	3:30pm - 9:30pm
Wednesday	3:30pm - 9:30pm
Thursday	3:30pm - 9:30pm
Friday	3:30pm - 9:30pm
Saturday	10:30am - 1pm
	3:30pm - 9:30pm
Sunday	1pm - 9pm

Website

http://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/

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