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96 min
1954
Japan
Ishirō Honda
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
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
Aug 14
141 min
1959
United States of America
Howard Hawks
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Aug 14
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128 min
2025
United States of America
Zach Cregger
When all but one child from the same classroom mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Aug 14
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89 min
1964
Japan
Ishirō Honda
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Aug 14
120 min
Join us for a very special Monthly Movie Trivia at the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema from 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm as we gear up for the 27th annual Sidewalk Film Festival. Hosted by Owen Roberts. There'll be some fun opportunities to win Sidewalk merch, swag, passes and more on the prize wheel. 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
Aug 14
89 min
1968
Japan
Ishirō Honda
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Aug 15
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85 min
1971
Japan
Yoshimitsu Banno
An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Aug 15
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120 min
Join us for a happy hour before the Alabama Spotlight Night Film Screening- you'll enjoy drink specials and mingling with Alabama Filmmakers.
Sidewalk Cinema Lobby
Aug 18
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