RESIDENT EVIL
SEPTEMBER 17 - OCTOBER 1
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DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES
SEPTEMBER 18 - 24
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SOUTHERN CIRCUIT: WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS
with filmmaker DAWN PORTER in attendance SEPTEMBER 18
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DEAD MEDIA
with filmmaker JOSEPH SCRIMSHAW and SAM LANDMAN in ATTENDANCE SEPTEMBER 18
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PJ PARTY: THE NEVERENDING STORY
SEPTEMBER 19 + 20
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Dreams in Nightmares
128 min
2026
France, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States of America
Shatara Michelle Ford
With their second film, Shatara Michelle Ford (Test Pattern) puts their singular stamp on the American road movie. Dreams in Nightmares, which stars Denée Benton (The Gilded Age) and Jasmin Savoy Brown (Yellowjackets, Scream 7) follows a group of queer friends in their mid-30s navigating love, identity, and belonging across America. Anchored in themes of chosen family and self-discovery, the film blends humor and emotional depth against the backdrop of a journey through the Midwest and beyond. Dreams in Nightmares is an expansive and tender ode to the chosen family and to the radical act of claiming space to dream—and to exist—in an increasingly fraught country.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 23

2:15 PM 5:00 PM 7:45 PM

Sep 24

2:00 PM 4:30 PM 9:15 PM
Resident Evil
90 min
2026
France, Germany, United States of America
Zach Cregger
Bryan, a medical courier, unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 23

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

Sep 24

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

Sep 25

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

Sep 26

10:00 AM 12:15 PM 2:30 PM 4:45 PM 7:00 PM 9:15 PM

Sep 27

10:00 AM 12:15 PM 2:30 PM 4:45 PM 7:00 PM

Sep 30

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

Oct 1

2:00 PM 4:15 PM 6:30 PM 8:45 PM
Heated Rivalry Reheated Watch Party (FREE!)
120 min
Time to go back to the cottage...this September. Head to the Sidewalk lobby for RE-HEATED watch parties of the award-winning hit series Heated Rivalry along with themed cocktails, giveaways, door prizes, fan zones and music + vibes before and after screenings. Two episodes each week. For mature audiences. REHEATED SCHEDULE: 9/16 • Ep. 1: Rookies + Ep. 2: Olympians 9/23 • Ep. 3: Hunter + Ep. 4: Rose 9/30 • Ep. 5: I'll Believe in Anything + Ep. 6: The Cottage Reservations are strongly recommended but not required. SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*
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Sidewalk Cinema Lobby

Sep 23

9:00 PM

Sep 30

9:00 PM
SHOUT Movie Night Presented by BAO: The Wizard of Oz (1939) (Free)
102 min
1939
United States of America
Victor Fleming
SHOUT Movie Night is a film series presented and curated by BAO (Birmingham AIDS Outreach) in conjunction with Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema. Our goal is to offer a diverse and inclusive film series that ensures all members of our community are represented.*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 anyone who has not arrived.* Film Synopsis: When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route they meet a Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) that needs a brain, a Tin Man (Jack Haley) missing a heart, and a Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) who wants courage. The wizard asks the group to bring him the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) to earn his help.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 24

7:00 PM
You Had to Be There
98 min
2026
Canada
Nick Davis
Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Paul Shaffer, and other entertainment icons got their start in a 1972 Toronto production of the musical Godspell. Featuring interviews with the surviving cast members, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mike Myers, and more, the film recounts a pivotal moment in comedy history, in hilarious, moving, and inspiring detail. Executive produced by Judd Apatow.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 25

2:30 PM 4:45 PM

Sep 26

10:30 AM 12:45 PM 3:00 PM 5:15 PM 10:00 PM

Sep 27

10:30 AM 12:45 PM 3:00 PM

Sep 30

2:15 PM 4:30 PM 9:15 PM

Oct 1

2:15 PM 4:30 PM 9:00 PM
ONE NIGHT ONLY: Portal to Hell (with Cast Q&A)
93 min
2025
United States of America
Woody Bess
Dunn, a debt collector working on the fringes of legality, finds his routine disrupted when a portal to hell opens inside a neighborhood laundromat. A demon informs him that his elderly neighbor is bound for eternal punishment and offers a deal: deliver three souls in exchange for the man’s release.Reluctant at first, Dunn resists the arrangement, but events begin to draw him into the agreement. As he navigates encounters tied to the pact, the situation places him deeper within its consequences, where each step brings him closer to fulfilling the terms. Join us for a special screening of this Sidewalk Film Festival favorite with a Q&A from star Trey Holland.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 25

7:00 PM
ONE NIGHT ONLY: Manhunter: The Final Cut (1986)
122 min
1986
United States of America
Michael Mann
A retired criminal profiler (William Petersen) reluctantly returns to the FBI to help track down a serial killer of families and is forced to consult an expert—the imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox in a subtly chilling performance). The third feature written and directed by Michael Mann is a gripping adaptation of the first of Thomas Harris's four novels featuring the iconic murderer Lecktor, and benefits from the filmmaker's typically striking visuals as well as a top-notch supporting cast, including Tom Noonan as the hunted killer and three-time Oscar nominee Joan Allen as his blind love interest. This new 4K Final Cut, overseen by 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 films and series.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 26

7:30 PM
Filmmaker Focus: Babel (2006) with post-film discussion
143 min
2006
France, Mexico, United States of America
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
This screening of our Festival de Cine Filmmaker Focus: Alejandro González Iñárritu series will be preceded by an intro and followed by a post-film talkback from Gareth Jones, film scholar and professor at UAB and co-host of Sleep In Cinema. Synopsis: Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 27

6:00 PM
Book + Film Club September: Editing Ferris
103 min
1986
United States of America
John Hughes
Sidewalk’s Book + Film Club unites movie and book lovers for a monthly film screening. Each session is $35 and the includes book, film screening, and discussion. Select the $15 option for access to the film screening and post film discussion. Dates, descriptions, and registration deadlines below.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 30

7:00 PM
AUGUST 23-29, 2027

SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL

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