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Bad Movie Night (Free!)
120 min
Some hack
All we can tell you is that it's a movie and it's bad. Join us for our celebration of bad cinema. Surprises + Fun and it's free! Grab a drink at our bar, you're going to need it. *This is a FREE event and SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. Registering is strongly recommended to help with the check in process but does not guarantee a seat, and due to the popularity of this event seats can not be saved for folks who have not arrived yet. As always, our lobby bar & concessions are open to the public so if you arrive after the theatre has hit capacity please feel free to stick around for some food, drink, and board games. Also please note that these screenings often have audience engagement occurring during the film.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Apr 15

8:30 PM
Fantasy Life
91 min
2026
United States of America
Matthew Shear
An anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist’s three granddaughters and falls for the girls’ mother (Amanda Peet), an actress in a rocky marriage. A smart, New York-set romantic comedy co-starring Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, and Holland Taylor. Winner of the SXSW Narrative Feature Audience Award.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Apr 15

2:00 PM 6:15 PM
The Drama
105 min
2026
United States of America
Kristoffer Borgli
A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Apr 15

2:15 PM 4:45 PM 7:15 PM

Apr 16

2:15 PM 4:45 PM 7:15 PM

Apr 17

2:15 PM

Apr 18

1:00 PM

Apr 22

5:15 PM

Apr 23

4:45 PM
ChaO (Subtitled)
90 min
2025
Japan
Yasuhiro Aoki
In a fantastical future, humans and mermaids share a troubled coexistence. Stephan, an anxious employee at a shipbuilding company, has big ideas to save the sea. But his life explodes into ecstatic chaos when bubbly mermaid princess Chao proposes marriage out of the blue. Between shopping sprees, giant robots, and actual fireworks, the unlikely pair flounder through their new romance and unlock their true feelings. Crafted over 7 years by the acclaimed STUDIO4°C and veteran animator Yasuhiro Aoki, ChaO is an inventive and genre-defying delight bursting with color and character. Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, ChaO’s singular narrative is an ode to boundless love.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Apr 15

4:15 PM

Apr 16

4:45 PM
Monthly Movie Trivia (FREE!)
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.*
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Sidewalk Cinema Lobby

Apr 16

7:30 PM

May 21

7:30 PM
Filmmaker Networking Nights (Free)
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!
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Sidewalk Cinema Lobby

Apr 16

5:00 PM

May 21

5:00 PM
Sidewalk Film 101: The Adventures of Robin Hood
102 min
1938
United States of America
Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
When King Richard the Lionheart is captured, his scheming brother Prince John (Claude Rains) plots to reach the throne, to the outrage of Sir Robin of Locksley (Errol Flynn), the bandit king of Sherwood Forest. Rounding up his band of men and eventually winning the support of the lovely Maid Marian (Olivia de Havilland), Robin accuses Prince John of treachery and, when the escaped Richard returns covertly to England, joins forces with the king to prevent Prince John from taking the crown.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Apr 16

7:00 PM

Apr 19

1:00 PM
Alpha
128 min
2025
Belgium, France
Julia Ducournau
Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Apr 17

5:00 PM 7:45 PM

Apr 18

3:30 PM 6:15 PM 9:00 PM

Apr 19

3:15 PM

Apr 22

2:15 PM 7:45 PM

Apr 23

2:00 PM
The Christophers
100 min
2026
United Kingdom, United States of America
Steven Soderbergh
Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) was once a star of London’s 1960’s and 70’s pop art explosion, but he hasn’t painted in decades and has been broke for years. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning), desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori, an art restorer and former forger (Michaela Coel), to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access 8 unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in storage. Her plan is to complete them, then return them to storage, where they are to be “discovered” upon Julian’s death.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Apr 17

2:00 PM 4:15 PM 6:30 PM 8:45 PM

Apr 18

10:45 AM 1:00 PM 3:15 PM 5:30 PM 7:45 PM

Apr 19

10:45 AM 1:15 PM 3:30 PM 5:45 PM

Apr 22

2:00 PM 4:15 PM 6:30 PM 8:45 PM

Apr 23

2:15 PM 4:30 PM 6:45 PM

Apr 24

2:15 PM 4:45 PM 7:00 PM 9:30 PM

Apr 25

10:45 AM 1:15 PM 3:45 PM 6:15 PM 8:45 PM

Apr 26

10:45 AM 1:15 PM 3:30 PM 5:45 PM 8:00 PM

Apr 29

2:00 PM 4:15 PM 6:30 PM

Apr 30

2:15 PM 6:45 PM
AUGUST 24-30, 2026

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