Movie Ticket Prices: OFS members $5.00/General(non-members) $8.00/Kids 12 & under $3.00
Matinee Ticket prices: Sundays at 2:30 OFS members $4.00/General(non-members)$7.00
The Girlfriend Experience-starts June 27 thru July 2
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Set in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election, The Girlfriend Experience is five days in the life of Chelsea, an ultra high-end Manhattan call girl who offers more than sex to her clients, but companionship and conversation – “the girlfriend experience.” Chelsea thinks she has her life totally under control—she feels her future is secure because she runs her own business her own way, makes $2000 an hour, and has a devoted boyfriend who accepts her lifestyle. But when you’re in the business of meeting people, you never know who you’re going to meet.
Sugar-starts June 21 thru July 2
Filmmakers Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden (Half Nelson) weave this fictional introspective sports drama concerning a talented Dominican baseball player who longs to break into the American big league and earn the money needed to support his family. Miguel Santos is a talented pitcher who might just have what it takes to earn a prized spot on a Major League Baseball team, but before that happens he’ll have to prove his worth in the minor leagues. Advancing into the United States’ minor league system at the tender age of 19, Miguel is warmly welcomed into the small-town Iowa home of his host family, but can’t help but struggle with language and cultural barriers despite the kindness of strangers. “A moving, surprising and provocative baseball flick that rises immediately to No. 1 with a bullet on my personal list.” Salon.com Andrew O’Hehir
The Limits of Control-starts July 4
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch/ 2009/ USA/ 112 minutes
The Limits Of Control is the latest super cool offering from avant-garde filmmaker, Jim Jarmusch. The film introduces us to a mysterious figure called The Lone Man, as he partakes on an enigmatic journey into the unknown. He travels alone and by foot. He doesn’t speak Spanish and he likes double shots of espresso served in two separate cups. He exchanges messages with assorted accomplices who lay in awe in his wake. He may be an assassin. He may be a savior. All the while we follow his deadpan voyage into the abyss thoroughly entertained and mystified in this intriguing comedy. The Limits of control stars John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray and Gael Garcia Bernal, to name just a few.
Shall We Kiss?-starts July 4
Directed by: Emmanuel Mouret/ 2009/ France/ French with English subtitles/ 102 minutes
Shall We Kiss? is a light and fizzy French romantic comedy, in the very best sense of the word. Gabriella and Emile are friends coming home from a business trip when a romantic dinner ends in a little something more. The only problem is Emile can’t seem to get up the nerve to kiss her. His hesitation leads to Emile telling Gabriella a cautionary tale of another couple, Judith and Nicholas, and the trials and tribulations that result as the close friends decide to become more than just friends. Bright and breezy, and oh so very romantic and true, this story told within a story is conveyed with the utmost skill of the best French farce, which makes, Shall We Kiss? into a perfect date movie for friends or lovers alike.
Dust & Illusions w/filmmaker Q & A (new Burning Man doc.)-July 11 only
(Pre-sale tickets at BuyOlympia.com plus tickets available at theater nite of show)
Dust & Illusions looks at 30 years of history of Burning Man all the way back to the late 1970s deep into the origins of the event. Through 21 interviewees the film presents the philosophies that fueled the creation of the festival, and its evolution from a small gathering of friends to the largest “counter-cultural” event in North America. It offers a new perspective of the meaning of the event, and questions whether its organizers are more concerned about making sure the show is ready when the gate opens or they still truly engage in building a community and fostering art.
Burning Man started officially in 1986, on a god-like vision of Larry Harvey… well at least that’s what he says. Harvey had been living a pretty hermit like life with his girlfriend in Oregon until 1978 when he moved to San Francisco. There he met diverse groups of creative people, that certainly influenced him to go down to Baker beach with his friend Jerry James and other carpenters and burn the first little Wicker Man like effigy.
Later on the event kept happening on Baker Beach until 1990, where police stopped them from burning it. The San Francisco Cacophony Society was organizing a Zone Trip (excursion of their own) to the Black Rock Desert 2 months later and invited the Burning Man to come with them on Labor Day of 1990 (September). There were 89 people.
Eventually the little gathering grew into a large scale festival, that features a large amount of Art specifically built for the event by people from all over the world, but mostly within the United States. Nowadays what makes the event still unique is its location (the Black Rock desert is a federally protected natural preserve 200km from the first city Reno), its concept (the organizers take care of the legal permits, the infrastructure, but do not bring any of the Art and entertainment available during the event. That is brought by the participants themselves to their own costs) and its length (it goes on for 8 full days).
