Upcoming Events
97 min
2014
United States of America
Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi
Join us for our family matinee series on select Saturday and Sunday mornings. Come cozy in your PJs and from 10am - 2pm enjoy light breakfast options for the whole family, plus a Bloody Mary and Mimosa bar for the grown-ups. Bloody Mary mix courtesy of LeNell's Beverage Boutique in Norwood!
Film Synopsis: An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Oct 11
Oct 12
119 min
2025
France, United States of America
Raoul Peck
George Orwell was one of the most visionary authors of the 20th Century, whose novels 1984 and Animal Farm foretold a chilling, all-to-believable authoritarian future. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck (Academy Award-nominated I Am Not Your Negro), working in collaboration with the Orwell Estate, seamlessly interweaves historical clips, readings from Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and dynamic modern day footage to craft not only a definitive portrait of the writer himself, but an entirely fresh take on how remarkably relevant and prophetic his work has become. Peck doesn't just present the information but shows new ways of seeing it, drawing patterns and connections we might not otherwise realize, championing Orwell as a man from the past who just might hold the key to the world's future.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Oct 11
Oct 12
Oct 16
125 min
2025
United Kingdom, United States of America
Ronan Day-Lewis
A former soldier reunites with his brother after living in isolation in the woods of Northern England for 20 years.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Oct 11
Oct 12
Oct 16
Oct 17
Oct 18
Oct 19
Oct 23
117 min
2025
United States of America
Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman
The Alabama Solution, directed by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, is an HBO documentary that exposes conditions inside Alabama’s prisons – overcrowding, abuse, forced labor, corruption, and cover-ups – through firsthand cell phone footage captured by men incarcerated in Alabama prisons. We're proud to host a free community screening in collaboration with community partners, Offenders Alumni Association, Redemption Earned, The Healing Network, and UAB, through a grant from One for Justice. Following each screening, there will be a 30-minute panel discussion with Beth Shelburne, Chris England, Dena Dickerson, and Erick Buchanan.
We're proud to host a free community screening of The Alabama Solution, an HBO Documentary Film exposing the crisis inside Alabama's prisons. This screening is a collaboration between community partners Offenders Alumni Association, Redemption Earned, Healing Network and UAB through a grant from One for Justice. Each screening will be followed by a 30 minute panel discussion with Beth Shelburne, Chris England, Dena Dickerson and Erick Buchanan.
*This is a free event. Reservations are strongly recommended but not required. PLEASE NOTE: SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED*
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Oct 15
120 min
Join us for our free Monthly Filmmaker Networking night sponsored by Film Birmingham.
Network, pitch ideas, and enjoy some special happy hour drinks. We'll see you there!
Sidewalk Cinema Lobby
Oct 16
Nov 20
Dec 18
104 min
1939
United States of America
Raoul Walsh
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie’s partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Oct 16
Oct 19
120 min
Join us at the Sidewalk Cinema for Monthly Movie Trivia from 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, immediately following Networking Nights. Hosted by Owen Roberts. Invite your friends and school your contemporaries over some movie trivia. We'll see you there!
*This is a FREE event and SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*
Sidewalk Cinema Lobby
Oct 16
Nov 20
Dec 18
104 min
1998
United States of America
Griffin Dunne
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov — and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Oct 17
Oct 18
Oct 19
Oct 23
86 min
1988
United States of America
Stephen Chiodo
When teenagers Mike and Debbie see a comet crash outside their sleepy small town, they investigate and discover a pack of murderous aliens who look very much like circus clowns. They try to warn the local authorities, but everyone assumes their story is a prank. Meanwhile, the clowns set about harvesting and eating as many people as they can. It's not until they kidnap Debbie that Mike decides it's up to him to stop the clowns' bloody rampage.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
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