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138 min
2025
United States of America
Ryan Coogler
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Feb 19
136 min
2026
United Kingdom, United States of America
Emerald Fennell
Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England. This latest adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic novel comes from Emerald Fennell, the Academy Award-winning director of "Promising Young Woman" and "Saltburn."
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Feb 19
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180 min
Join us at Sidewalk for a watch party featuring the broadcast of the 41st annual Film Independent Spirit Awards. Hosted by 'Saturday Night Live' alum Ego Nwodim, this program will recognize and honor the best in independent film and television in our lobby area. Enjoy specialty cocktails + mocktails available for purchase at the bar, lobby programming, and a ballot game (with prizes).
*This is a free event. Reservations are strongly recommended but not required. Seating is first come, first served*
121 min
2010
United States of America
David Fincher
Dr. Elliot Panek, Associate Professor of Journalism & Creative Media at The University of Alabama, will present “The science of socials: What two decades of research can tell us about Facebook” with a post-screening discussion following the film.
Film Synopsis: As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Feb 18
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
Feb 19
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.*
Sidewalk Cinema Lobby
Feb 19
Mar 19
80 min
1978
United States of America
Charles Burnett
In Watts, an urban and mostly African-American section of Los Angeles, Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders) spends his days toiling away at a local slaughterhouse. His macabre profession seeps into his personal life as he struggles to keep his family afloat and content. Other life situations also prove to be difficult, since it seems that dark intentions lurk within the people he meets outside his family. The layers of stress cause Stan to question whether a better quality of life is possible.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Feb 19
Feb 22
100 min
2003
United States of America
Tommy Wiseau
Spend a night digging deep into a truly one-of-a-kind movie experience!
Join us for a special evening with Greg Sestero, star of The Room and the New York Times best-selling author of the Oscar-nominated The Disaster Artist.
The event will include a special screening of The Room, live audience script reading and an extended Q&A with Greg! Plus, you’ll get to see bonus content from the making of The Room, and Greg’s upcoming film projects. Your ticket includes a meet & greet opportunity prior to the screening. Please be on the lookout for an email regarding more information on the meet & greet closer to the event date.
Film Synopsis: In San Francisco, an amiable banker's seemingly perfect life is turned upside down when his deceitful bride-to-be embarks on a passionate affair with his best friend.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Feb 19
86 min
2026
United States of America
Suzannah Herbert
After generations of showcasing its antebellum homes and hoop-skirted docents, Natchez, Mississippi, is now reckoning with a romanticized past, an uncertain future and the debt it owes to the descendants of slavery. A cinematic portrait of a tourist town at a crossroads, Natchez follows an array of historic homeowners, activists and tour guides as they tell their versions of the past, and clash over who gets to tell America’s story. Winner of the best documentary feature award and the Black Lens audience choice award at the 2025 Sidewalk Film Festival, we are proud to bring Natchez back for an encore run at the cinema.
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