OFS - This Month

OFS Board of Directors Meeting

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 2:00:00 +0000

Meetings of the Olympia Film Society Board of Directors are open to the public! Please join us in the OFS office at 416 Washington Street SE, #208, right around the corner from the Capitol Theater.

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

Dir: Daniel Alfredson / 2010 / Sweden / Swedish with English Subtitles / 129 minutes
Based on the international bestseller, The Girl Who Played With Fire is the second film in the thrilling trilogy that began with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. A year has passed and we revisit the tormented goth computer hacker extraordinaire Lisbeth Salander – now on the run from the law. This minor setback doesn’t stop her from joining up with her trusted reporter/ confidant Mikal, as they investigate a complex case of power and corruption that leads them both onto the path of a notorious killer. As the case delves deeper into the seedy underbelly of the societal hierarchy, we unwittingly learn more about Lisbeth’s shadowed past and the true origins behind this mysteriously intriguing woman. A.O. Scott of The NY Times calls The Girl Who Played With Fire “Terrifically compelling.”

Winter's Bone

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

Dir: Debra Granik / 2010 / US / 100 minutes
Winner of two major prizes at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Winter’s Bone is an atmospheric thriller that follows an unwavering young woman on a perilous journey into a hazardous landscape. Ree Dolly (newcomer Jennifer Lawrence) is 17 and the sole caregiver of her impoverished siblings, though the shadow of her neglectful parents still looms. She receives the devastating news that their family home is about to be lost because her jailed father has put it up for collateral in order to get out on bond, which he has now skipped. Determined not to let the remnants of her family become homeless Ree ventures out into the crime riddled, backlands of the Ozarks on a dangerous mission to get back what’s hers, and to confront the delinquent father she’s never known.

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 0:00:00 +0000

Winter's Bone

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

South of the Border

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

Dir: Oliver Stone / 2010 / English and Spanish with English subtitles / 102 minutes
There is a modern-day revolution unfolding in South America at this very moment, but it’s hiding in plain sight. In the eye-opening documentary South of the Border, the Oscar winning director Oliver Stone attempts to reveal the social progress being made in the other American continent as he takes an informative road trip through this lush, foreign land, interviewing prominent foreign leaders, including the controversial Hugo Chavez, all while studying the plight of the residents and the political climate that differs so much from our own. Ray Bennet of The Hollywood Reporter calls South of the Border “Good humored and illuminating.”

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

Antz-Kids/Family Film

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:30:00 +0000

Dir: Eric Darnell & Tim Johnson / 1998 / US / 83 minutes
”Sophisticated ... and joyously subversive animated bug epic. “ Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly.
A rather neurotic ant named Z tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves. Z trades positions with his friend Weaver, a soldier ant, to see the princess during a parade, and then may have to save the ant colony. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times calls Antz “It’s sharp and funny ... one of those hybrids that works on different levels for different ages.” Winner of 3 major film awards.

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

South of the Border

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

South of the Border

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:30:00 +0000

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 1:00:00 +0000

South of the Border

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 3:30:00 +0000

South of the Border

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

South of the Border

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

South of the Border

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

South of the Border

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 0:00:00 +0000

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

South of the Border

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

NOMEANSNO with Tyvek and The Dirty Birds

capitoltheater@olympiafilmsociety.org — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 4:30:00 +0000

Friday, September 10 – OFS Presents
NOMEANSNO with Tyvek and The Dirty Birds 8:00pm doors/8:30pm show $8.00 OFS Members/$10.00 General Admission tickets available online www.brownpapertickets.com , Rainy Day Records, and at the box office night of show.
All Ages
NOMEASNO define post-modernist hardcore. In a word (or several), they are intelligent, articulate, studied, thoughtful, violent, passionate, intense, and playful. Acclaimed by peers and adored by fans, this musically adept trio has consistently thrilled sweaty crowds around the world. The band is a punk rock success story, albeit on their own terms, well hidden beneath the radar of the music industry since the late 70’s! Lo-fi garage rockers Tyvek from Detroit will make you want to shake it and local band The Dirty Birds will wrap it up with a greasy bow on top!

Cyrus

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

Dir: Jay and Mark Duplass / 2010 / US / 91 minutes
In the daring black comedy Cyrus, a mother and son's unconventional relationship is revealed in hilariously creepy detail. John (John C. Reilly) is a schluby single guy who has been alone for what seems like forever. So when he meets Molly (Marissa Tomei), he can hardly believe this sexy single mom with a killer perm is hitting on him of all people. But all is not what it seems when he is finally invited to his new girlfriend's home. It's there that John meets Molly's 21 year old son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill), still living at home and still strangely attached to his mom. Quickly a bizarre battle of wills begins between the two men, and John is stunned to find the shocking lengths Cyrus will go to stay the one and only object of his mother's affection. Full of irreverent humor and prickly laughs, Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun Times calls Cyrus "freakishly intriguing".

The Kids Are All Right

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

Dir: Lisa Cholodenko / 2010 / US / 95 minutes
In the refreshingly down to earth comedy The Kids Are All Right, a family is thrown into upheaval due to an unconventional circumstance. Nic (Annette Benning) and Jules (Julianne Moore) have been in a committed relationship for years. They've raised two kids who have grown into well-adjusted teenagers, and all together they form an admirably normal family. Problems arise when the children decide to track down the sperm donor who helped contribute to their existences. At first the laid back Paul (Mark Ruffalo) seems too good to be true: the super cool dad (read sperm donor) who grows organic vegetables and provides remarkable insight as a casual observer to the kid's lives. But things go awry when relationships come into play and the family dynamic is threatened by this informal strangers sudden arrival. Surprisingly openhearted and filled with fantastic performances, Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly says, "Don't miss this warm, funny, sexy, smart movie".

The Kids Are All Right

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:30:00 +0000

Cyrus

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 1:00:00 +0000

The Kids Are All Right

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 3:30:00 +0000

The Kids Are All Right

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

Cyrus

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

Cyrus

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

The Kids Are All Right

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

The Kids Are All Right

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

Cyrus

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

The Kids Are All Right

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 0:00:00 +0000

Cyrus

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

The Kids Are All Right

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

Documentary Festival-Restrepo

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

RESTREPO Dir: Sebastian Junger & Tim Hetherington/ 2010 / USA / In English / 93 minutes

Winner of the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for documentaries, Restrepo, co-directed by Sebastian Junger (A Perfect Storm) and Tim Hetherington, follows the 15 month deployment of one US Army platoon in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley, at the time an extremely dangerous assignment. Focusing on the soldiers’ viewpoints both during and after deployment, the film has no experts or strategy, simply the day-to-day experience of combat and preparation for the next attack. A rare illustration of what it actually is like to serve during wartime, this film should not be missed.

Documentary Festival-Ready, Set, Bag!

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

Ready, Set, Bag! Dir: Alex D. da Silva & Justine Jacob/ 2010/ US/ 90 minutes

Every February competitive grocery baggers from across the country meet in Las Vegas to vie for the title of National Best Bagger. READY, SET, BAG! explores the lives of eight state champions, following these delightfully fun, quintessentially American characters from local contests to their moment on the national stage.

No matter where we are in life or what we do for a living -- we all shop at the grocery store. And the checker or bagger is often the last personal contact we have with an employee. It is here at the end of the checkout aisle that READY, SET, BAG! shows the pride and effort these individuals put into their job to be the best at what they do - capturing the spirit of working class Americans.

But Americans don’t only work hard, they also like to have fun and the world of competitive grocery bagging is often bizarrely entertaining and unexpected. Contestants unveil their competitive side as they train and take the competition - but never themselves - seriously. Spanning the US, they are the heart of the bagging competition, their workplaces and of READY, SET, BAG!

You’ll meet Jacob, the once shy and overweight teenager who blossomed and found friends when he got his first job at the grocery store; Brenda, who works beside her devoted daughter and rides Harleys with her hunting-obsessed husband; James, the athletic team player who must survive the “Thunderdome of Bagging”; Kim, whose posse of 45-80 year-olds gives her a Vegas sendoff she’ll never forget; Roger, a Chinese/Trinidadian immigrant who sees the prize money as his gateway to the American Dream; Ryan, the African-American home-schooled farm boy everyone loves; Brian, a returning state champion determined to redeem himself after the mistake that cost him the National title last year; and Jon, the stoic Minnesotan who has one last chance to prove that he can snag the bagging gold before he hits fifty.

Documentary Festival-Butte, America w/ Filmmaker Q & A

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

Butte, America w/ Filmmaker in Attendance for Q & A Dir: Pam Roberts/ 2010 /US/ 60 minutes

Narrated by Golden Globe winner Gabriel Byrne, Butte, America recounts the sometimes glorious, often sorrowful, but always fascinating story of the most lucrative hard rock mining town in United States history, "the Richest Hill on Earth," "the town that plumbed and electrified America," the Pittsburgh of the West. In Butte, the Industrial Revolution collided with the romance of the frontier, corporate capitalism battled organized labor, and human appetite laid waste to land and water, yielding vast fortunes for a few and a tragic environmental legacy for the people left behind. Those people are the heart of the film--miners, their families, the working class neighborhoods they created amidst danger and hardship. In a copper crucible, they forged a community whose toughness and solidarity speak to what's missing in America today. Butte, America combines historic fact and first-person narrative to bring to life the highly compelling but largely untold story of this legendary city.

As more countries pursue an urban-industrial lifestyle, at great social and environmental cost, the story of Butte becomes a story for the world.

Documentary Festival-Castles In The Sky (new surf /travel film)

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

New Surfing/Travel Film-Castles In The Sky Dir: Taylor Steele/ 2010 / US / 80 minutes
You a see a photo in a book. You scour the coastline on a map for the best surfing. You hear stories from other travelers. And now you just have to find out for yourself.

It begins with a dream. A vision seeded in your mind. But the next step is the one that counts. The first step. Onto the plane. Into the sky. From that moment on, the journey takes on a life of its own. You step off the plane and into the jetstream of travel and surfing.

A few years back, Taylor Steele and Dustin Humphrey explored this concept in their film/book collaboration Sipping Jetstreams, discovering how new veins of travel enhance the experience of riding waves. For his new film, Castles In The Sky, Taylor Steele pioneered new coastlines on every corner of the globe, dove into the cultural stew of global exploration and brought it all to life through a visual whirlwind of inspiration.

Dane Reynolds in Iceland. Rob Machado in Peru. Dave Rastovich in India. Jordy Smith in Africa. These are just a few of the adventures forming Castles In The Sky.

Castles In the Sky is a visual whirlwind that follows surfers to the farthest reaches of the known surf world and beyond. Castles in the Sky is a completely new approach to surf filmmaking. Filmed in five countries over three years, the movie delves into the true heart of the locations while the surfers travel through them with a sense of open-minded awe. With never-before seen waves, an original score, and some of the best surfers in the world such as Jordy Smith, Dane Reynolds, Rob Machado and Dave Rastovich contributing their art, passion and athleticism, this is as close to the experience of pioneering new coastlines as you can get without getting on a plane.

Documentary Festival-Restrepo matinee screening

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:30:00 +0000

Documentary Festival-The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 1:00:00 +0000

The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls Dir: Leanne Pooley/ 2010 / NZ / 84 minutes
"A docu that has you falling in love with two of the crazier people you've never met, "The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls" could well add Jools and Lynda Topp to a list that includes spring lamb and "Lord of the Rings" -- that is, gifts from New Zealand to a world that usually doesn't pay it any attention. The Topps defy logic. "On paper," says their comedy-writer friend, Paul Horan, "yodeling lesbian twins don't really work." But for the better part of three decades, the Topp sisters have been gleefully defying accepted wisdom about mainstream entertainment and homophobia, and have become crew-cut demi-goddesses in a country where the national character includes a warped sense of humor." The Topps are shown onstage in various incarnations, but they also re-create their various personae directly for Pooley's camera, which then morphs them back into themselves. What we see are transformations worthy of world-class actresses, which the Topps certainly are, regardless of any denials they might issue -- either as themselves, or as Belle and Bell Gingham, the hilarious Camp Mother and Camp Leader, or the Bowling Ladies.
"We're not comedians," Lynda Topp says. "We're singers who are funny." But their cast of characters -- beery farmers Ken Smythe and Ken Moller in their bad polyester, or the Posh Socialites Prue and Dilly Ramsbottom -- are so fully realized and such a part of New Zealand pop culture that Lynda Topp's disclaimer has to be chalked up to modesty. Someone dubs them "an anarchist variety act," and that's a good description." Variety, John Anderson

Documentary Festival-Deep Green w/ Filmmaker Q & A

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 3:30:00 +0000

Deep Green w/ Filmmaker in Attendance for Q & A Dir: Matt Briggs / 2010 / US /102 minutes

Based on six years of intensive research and devoted exclusively to solutions to man-made global warming, “Deep Green” cuts through the clutter to bring new clarity to an increasingly-urgent situation. The best applications worldwide in energy efficiency, green building, de-carbonizing transportation, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and smart grids, and forest restoration. Some profoundly personal and practical—like what one person can do to lower their carbon load in their own house, with their 0wn Lifestyle, on their own land. Others necessarily complex, such as Southern California Edison’s quest to find the best batteries to electrify transportation.
We hear compelling insights from dozens of prominent thinkers, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers and government officials on de-carbonizing energy and restoring the natural environment. Included are legendary authors Lester Brown and Michael Pollan; renowned scientists Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute and Dr. David Suzuki; powerful voices in China like Barbara Finamore, Huang Ming, and Zhang Wei; and green energy pioneers in seven countries across Europe.
Through rare new footage, we go behind-the-scenes of China’s green revolution. High speed train lines under construction, subways in every city, 120 million electric bicycles, and Chinese-made electric cars that will surprise you. Massive Mongolian wind farms and giant factories to make solar electric and solar hot water systems dazzle as we discover just how fast China is moving toward a green energy future. We visit a state-of-the-art Ultra Super Critical Coal plant that eliminates 97% of sulphuric dioxide emissions and more than 99% of dust emissions, though still guilty of releasing 30,000 tons of CO2 per day. The biggest surprise? Despite a GNP 1/3 of the United States, and almost the same huge carbon emissions, China, as a percentage of its GDP, has surpassed the U.S. in green technology spending by over 600% in their effort to both lower carbon emissions and dominate the green tech industry of the 21st century.
We also journey to France for a close-up of Alstom’s 224-mph high-speed trains with a carbon footprint 4-5 times less than an airplane. In Sweden, we drop into “the greenest city in Europe” to hear their secrets. We listen in on a town hall meeting in Marburg, Germany–a community like many others that is grappling with wanting to do the right thing, but concerned about how to pay for it. In Germany and Spain, we’re given a preview of the just-approved, mind-boggling Project DESERTEC—a super-sized smart grid to supply diverse renewable energies to all of Europe and North Africa.

Restrepo

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

Dir: Sebastian Junger & Tim Hetherington / 2010 / US / English / 93 minutes
Winner of the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for documentaries, Restrepo, co-directed by Sebastian Junger (A Perfect Storm) and Tim Hetherington, follows the 15 month deployment of one US Army platoon in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, at the time an extremely dangerous assignment. Focusing on the soldiers viewpoints both during and after deployment, the film has no experts or strategy, simply the day-to-day experience of combat and preparation for the next attack. A rare illustration of what it actually is like to serve during wartime, this film should not be missed.

The Kids Are All Right

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

The Kids Are All Right

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

Restrepo

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

Restrepo

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

The Kids Are All Right

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

Restrepo

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 0:00:00 +0000

The Kids Are All Right

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

Restrepo

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

What You Got Festival!

capitoltheater@olympiafilmsociety.org — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 8:00:00 +0000

Friday, September 24 and Saturday, September 25 7^th Annual What You Got Festival!BANDS – MOVIES – ART – WORKSHOPS Admission is $5.00 each night and $8.00 for weekend pass available at www.brownpapertickets.com or at the box office night of show.Plus outdoor music stage and SKATE JAM!For a complete schedule: www.olympiafilmsociety.org/festivals or www.facebook.com/whatyougotfest

The youth volunteers at the Olympia Film Society are presenting our 7^th annual What You Got Festival. It is the goal of this festival to foster the vitality of our community by providing a venue for vivacious and creative youth. In regards to inspiring a variety of youth self-expression, this festival is a 2-day celebration of youth-teen culture; showcasing movies, bands, artwork, and workshops organized by folks 21 and younger, but you can be any age to check it out!

What You Got Festival!

capitoltheater@olympiafilmsociety.org — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 8:00:00 +0000

Dogtooth

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:30:00 +0000

Dir: Giorgos Lanthimos / 2010 / Greece / Greek with English subtitles / 94 min
Dogtooth presents a completely isolated trio of fictional unnamed siblings in their late teens/early twenties who have been raised as prisoners by their clearly disturbed controlling parents. Brainwashed to believe that the world outside their fenced-off compound is full of children-eating cats and other fatal dangers, they have never set foot outside of their home and its grounds. Mom and Dad(the only one allowed to leave home, to go to work) have also given their offspring a patently false education‚ and trained them to behave upon command as dogs. The siblings exist in an unending inertia, creating their own odd amusements to pass the time. The inevitable collapse begins when Dad brings an employee home to sexually service the son, and things spirals out of control from there. Variety.com says, "think an eternal Big Brother house as designed by Lars von Trier and that the consistently troubling atmosphere is what keeps audiences hooked".

Restrepo

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 1:00:00 +0000

Dir: Sebastian Junger & Tim Hetherington / 2010 / US / 93 minutes
Winner of the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for documentaries, Restrepo, co-directed by Sebastian Junger (A Perfect Storm) and Tim Hetherington, follows the 15 month deployment of one US Army platoon in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, at the time an extremely dangerous assignment. Focusing on the soldiers viewpoints both during and after deployment, the film has no experts or strategy, simply the day-to-day experience of combat and preparation for the next attack. A rare illustration of what it actually is like to serve during wartime, this film should not be missed.

Dogtooth

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 3:30:00 +0000

Dogtooth

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

Restrepo

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

Restrepo

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 2:30:00 +0000

Dogtooth

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 5:00:00 +0000

Melvins, with Totimoshi, and Bone Sickness

capitoltheater@olympiafilmsociety.org — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 4:30:00 +0000

Wednesday, September 29 – OFS Presents Melvins, with Totimoshi, and Bone Sickness8:00pm doors/8:30pm show$15.00 OFS Members/ $20.00 General Admission tickets available www.brownpapertickets.com, Rainy Day Records, Phantom City Records, and at the box office night of show.All Ages The Melvins have been a band for over 25 years...The Melvins have made a crud load of albums.... How many is a crud load? No one really knows. The Melvins have four members.

King Buzzo... Longest surviving and only original member left. When they get around to replacing him there will be no original members! Dale Crover... Long standing drummer and part time guitar player. Dale likes his booze in a High Ball glass. Jared Warren... Bass player, singer and part time drama geek. Jared also plays in the band Big Business. Coady Willis... Drummer. Coady has a funny story about trying to play a gig in leather pants. Ask him, it's funny as shit! Coady also plays drums in Big Business. You know how the rest of the story goes!

Dogtooth

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 0:00:00 +0000

Restrepo

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 2:30:00 +0000

Dogtooth

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 5:00:00 +0000