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THE ODYSSEY
Through August 6
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SUMMER OF SPIKE
Through August 6
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THE POPCORN LIST: REMAINING NATIVE
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CINEMA ALL'ITALINA THROUGH AUGUST 2
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SUMMER OF SPIKE: Clockers (1995)
128 min
1995
United States of America
Spike Lee
Join Sidewalk Cinema for the Summer of Spike, where we will be showcasing films by filmmaker Spike Lee all summer long! Nineteen-year-old Strike Dunham (Mekhi Phifer) is a small-time street drug dealer for Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo), who wants Strike to kill a former dealer who stole from him. When the man turns up dead, Strike is suspected. But before homicide detective Rocco Klein (Harvey Keitel) has a chance to investigate, Strike's brother, Victor (Isaiah Washington), confesses to the crime — and Klein suspects that Victor, a virtuous family man, is trying to cover up for Strike.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jul 24

5:30 PM

Jul 25

1:00 PM

Jul 26

2:30 PM

Jul 29

2:00 PM
SUMMER OF SPIKE: Malcolm X (1992)
202 min
1992
Netherlands Antilles, United States of America
Spike Lee
Join Sidewalk Cinema for the Summer of Spike, where we will be showcasing films by filmmaker Spike Lee all summer long! Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his eventual assassination.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jul 24

8:15 PM

Jul 25

3:45 PM

Jul 26

10:30 AM

Jul 30

3:00 PM
The Odyssey
172 min
2026
United Kingdom, United States of America
Christopher Nolan
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jul 24

2:15 PM 5:45 PM 9:15 PM

Jul 25

10:45 AM 2:15 PM 5:45 PM 9:15 PM

Jul 26

10:45 AM 2:15 PM 5:45 PM

Jul 29

2:15 PM 5:45 PM

Jul 30

2:00 PM 5:45 PM

Jul 31

2:15 PM 5:45 PM 9:15 PM

Aug 1

10:45 AM 2:15 PM 5:45 PM 9:15 PM

Aug 2

10:45 AM 2:15 PM 5:45 PM

Aug 5

2:15 PM 6:00 PM

Aug 6

2:00 PM 5:45 PM
The Popcorn List Pop Up Series: Remaining Native (One Night Only!)
87 min
2025
United States of America
Paige Bethmann
Ku Stevens (17) is the solo runner at his high school with no coach. Living on the Yerington Paiute reservation in Northwest Nevada he needs more to be seen by his dream school, the University of Oregon. As Ku trains, unreconciled emotions unearth the memory of his great-grandfather, Frank Quinn. At 8 years old, Frank ran 50 miles across the desert to escape an Indian boarding school. Frank's story becomes interwoven with Ku's journey to run a collegiate qualifying time. Will Ku outrun his history or will he learn to run in parallel with it to achieve his dreams?
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jul 25

7:30 PM
SUMMER OF SPIKE: Crooklyn (1994)
114 min
1994
United States of America
Spike Lee
Join Sidewalk Cinema for the Summer of Spike, where we will be showcasing films by filmmaker Spike Lee all summer long! As her teacher mother, Carolyn (Alfre Woodard), and her jazz musician father, Woody (Delroy Lindo), worry over monthly bills, grade-schooler student Troy Carmichael (Zelda Harris) banters and bonds with her four brothers. Against her will, Troy is sent to her aunt's southern home for a summer visit, but when she returns to her bustling Brooklyn neighborhood, she learns that a family member is gravely ill. Already mature, Troy is forced to face to some very grown-up facts about life and loss.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jul 25

10:30 AM 9:30 PM

Jul 29

4:30 PM
Cinema All’Italiana: The Conformist (1970) with post-film discussion
113 min
1971
France, Germany, Italy
Bernardo Bertolucci
Marcello Clerici is a member of the secret police in Mussolini's Fascist Italy. He and his new bride, Giulia, travel to Paris for their honeymoon, where Marcello also plans to assassinate his former college professor Luca Quadri, an outspoken anti-Fascist living in exile. But when Marcello meets the professor's young wife, Anna, both his romantic and his political loyalties are tested. Each one of our Cinema All'Italiana screenings will be preceded by an intro from film scholar Kate Burney and followed by a post-film talkback.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jul 26

6:00 PM
Book + Film Club July: 007 + Goldfinger
110 min
1964
United Kingdom
Guy Hamilton
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

Jul 29

7:00 PM
SHOUT Movie Night Presented by BAO: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) (Free!) + Festival Sneak Peek!
108 min
1995
United States of America
Beeban Kidron
For this special edition of SHOUT Movie Night, please join the Sidewalk Film Festival programmers for an exclusive Sneak Peek of what's coming up for the SHOUT LGBTQ+ line-up at the 28th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival! Come early for Happy Hour at the bar starting at 5:00pm, Sneak Peek at 7:00pm, and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar! at 7:30 PM. Film Synopsis: Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jul 30

7:00 PM
SUMMER OF SPIKE: Bamboozled (2000)
136 min
2000
United States of America
Spike Lee
Join Sidewalk Cinema for the Summer of Spike, where we will be showcasing films by filmmaker Spike Lee all summer long! A blistering satire of network television's pitfalls and prejudices, a humorous look at how race, ratings and the pursuit of power lead to a television writer's stunning rise and tragic downfall. Pierre Delacroix, a young, Harvard-educated man, who is the sole person of color, writing for an upstart network with floundering ratings. Despite several attempts, Delacroix has yet to see any of his concepts go into production. When he proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, it becomes a hit, much to his chagrin.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jul 31

7:30 PM

Aug 1

6:15 PM

Aug 5

7:30 PM

Aug 6

3:00 PM
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