UPCOMING EVENTS

97 min
2015
United States of America
Michael Almereyda
Catherine Wright will present “Torture: All the Cool Kids are Doing it. But Why?” as a post-screening discussion following the film. Film Synopsis: In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans' willingness to obey authority. Catherine holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the College of Charleston and a Master of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Alabama. She has been a professor of anthropology at Jefferson State Community College since 2010. Her fieldwork in Fiji focused on ethnoarchaeology, and her thesis research examined bone fracture patterns. Her interests also include behavioral economics, primate evolution, travel, food and wine, and ethnographic film. Oh yeah, and she's also the Director of Development at Sidewalk. The Science on Screen® grant initiative brings science to cinemas nationwide by pairing current and classic films with expertise from the world of science, technology, and medicine.

Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 23

6:00 PM
145 min
2026
United States of America
Steven Spielberg
If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people.

Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 24

2:00 PM 5:00 PM 8:00 PM

Jun 25

8:00 PM

Jun 26

4:15 PM 7:10 PM 10:15 PM

Jun 27

10:45 AM 1:45 PM 4:45 PM 7:45 PM

Jun 28

10:45 AM 1:45 PM 4:45 PM 8:00 PM

Jul 1

2:00 PM 5:00 PM 8:00 PM

Jul 2

2:00 PM 5:15 PM 8:15 PM
93 min
2025
Japan
Ryuya Suzuki
Our hero, called by a different name in each chapter of his life, becomes a J-pop idol, an outcast, a leader, and an oracle in this hundred-year chronicle spanning the past, present, and future. Through a chance encounter with a transfer student, he trains to become an idol, starting his search for self-identity and a journey toward greatness beyond superstardom.

Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 24

2:15 PM 6:45 PM
93 min
2026
Iceland, United States of America
Sara Dosa
An Icelandic writer preserves vanishing glaciers, departed grandparents, family memories, and flowing time in his personal archives, transforming loss into a time capsule. From Academy Award nominee Sara Dosa, director of Sidewalk Cinema documentary favorite Fire of Love.

Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 24

4:30 PM 9:00 PM
134 min
2005
Canada, United States of America
Ang Lee
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: In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 25

7:00 PM
82 min
2026
United States of America
Elliot Tuttle
Drawn by the promise of easy money and anonymous sex, queer camboy Aaron Eagle is shocked to discover a personal connection with the mysterious stranger who has paid for his company. Over the course of one night, the two men engage in a war of words and emotions as they wrestle with the impact of a tainted and shared past.

Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 26

10:00 PM

Jun 27

1:15 PM 9:00 PM

Jun 28

10:30 AM 9:30 PM
147 min
2001
France, United States of America
David Lynch
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 26

7:00 PM

Jun 27

3:15 PM

Jun 28

12:45 PM 6:30 PM
129 min
2025
France, Latvia, Switzerland, United States of America
Kristen Stewart
Plagued by an abusive childhood, a woman finds escape in competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before ultimately finding her voice through writing.

Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 26

4:30 PM

Jun 27

10:30 AM 6:15 PM

Jun 28

3:45 PM

Jul 2

4:15 PM
240 min
Culture's biggest night. BET Awards 2026. Hosted by Druski. Join us at the Sidewalk lobby + bar for a festive watch party celebrating and honoring the individuals who contribute to Black culture as writers, musicians, filmmakers, philanthropists and more. *This is a free event. Reservations are strongly recommended but not required. SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*

Sidewalk Cinema Lobby

Jun 28

7:00 PM

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