17th Annual $10k Party
November 6th @ Workplay
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KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS (1971) DIRECTOR'S CUT
OCTOBER 16 - 29
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BAD MOVIE NIGHT
OCTOBER 21
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AMERICAN DOCTOR
OCTOBER 16 - 22
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KWAIDAN 4K RESTORATION (1964)
OCTOBER 22 @ 6PM
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FILMMAKER FOCUS: JOHN CARPENTER'S THE THING (1982)
OCTOBER 23 - 25
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FILMMAKER FOCUS: JOHN CARPENTER'S PRINCE OF DARKNESS
OCTOBER 23 - 25
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FILMMAKER FOCUS: JOHN CARPENTER'S IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS
OCTOBER 23 - 25
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WITCHES 'N CRAFT NIGHT
OCTOBER 22 @ 8PM
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ALABAMA SHORTS SHOWCASE VOL. 3
Block 1 October 24 / Block 2 October 25
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SIDEWALK FILM + CREATIVE MEADIA COLLEGE FAIR
October 24 @ 10AM - 2PM
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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Book + Film Club October: Fear, Feminism, and Rosemary’s Baby
138 min
1968
United States of America
Roman Polanski
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

Oct 28

6:00 PM
Ken Russell's The Devils (1971): Director's Cut
112 min
1971
United Kingdom
Ken Russell
In 17th-century France, Father Grandier (Oliver Reed) is a priest whose unorthodox views on sex and religion influence a passionate following of nuns, including the sexually obsessed Sister Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave). When the power-hungry Cardinal Richelieu (Christopher Logue) realizes he must eliminate Grandier to gain control of France, Richelieu portrays Grandier as a satanist and spearheads a public outcry to destroy the once-loved priest's reputation. Assembled from the original camera negative, this new 4K restoration presents Ken Russell’s definitive vision of The Devils by referencing the edit he privately constructed in 2004. Ken Russell's The Devils is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned – and the first time the film will be presented restored and in 4K. PLEASE NOTE: This film is rated NC-17 and will be strictly enforced; no one under 17 and under will be admitted.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Oct 28

2:00 PM 4:45 PM 7:30 PM

Oct 29

2:00 PM 4:45 PM 7:30 PM 10:15 PM
Filmmaker Focus - John Carpenter: Halloween (1978)
91 min
1978
United States of America
John Carpenter
On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael Myers steals a car and escapes Smith's Grove. He returns to his quiet hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he looks for his next victims.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Oct 28

2:30 PM 9:15 PM

Oct 29

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

Oct 30

10:15 PM

Oct 31

4:30 PM 10:30 PM
American Horror Story: 13 Finale Watch Party (FREE!)
60 min
Head to the Sidewalk Cinema lobby area for the thrilling season finale of 13, the 13th season of Ryan Murphy's horror anthology TV series 'American Horror Story.' Witness how the show's 13th installment brings justice to everyone's most feared number. Expect AHS themed cocktails on the menu along with cool giveaways, haunted decor and a few special surprises. *This is a free event. Reservations are strongly recommended but not required. SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*
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Sidewalk Cinema Lobby

Oct 29

8:00 PM
SHOUT Movie Night Presented by BAO: The Babadook (2014) (Free)
94 min
2014
Australia, Canada
Jennifer Kent
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: A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Oct 29

7:00 PM 7:00 PM
Chronovisor
99 min
2026
United States of America
Kevin Walker, Jack Auen
While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, an occult device said to reproduce visuals from any point in history on a TV screen. Her obsession with the mysterious machine drags her from her Upper East Side apartment through the depths of New York City’s hidden libraries, to the edge of a breakthrough.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Oct 30

8:00 PM

Oct 31

10:15 AM 6:30 PM

Nov 1

2:15 PM 6:30 PM
NAZA
77 min
2026
United Kingdom, United States of America
Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, this new investigative documentary from Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the four co-directors of the 2024 Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, and James Wilson and Jonathan Glazer, the Oscar-winning team behind The Zone of Interest, reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. NAZA is titled for a military acronym euphemistically used by Israeli intelligence to indicate the number of civilians that it expects will be killed in an airstrike. The film builds on revelations first published by the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine, Hebrew-language outlet Local Call, and the Guardian between 2023 and 2025.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Oct 30

2:00 PM 4:00 PM 6:00 PM

Oct 31

12:30 PM 2:30 PM 8:45 PM

Nov 1

10:15 AM 12:15 PM 4:30 PM 8:45 PM

Nov 4

2:00 PM 4:00 PM 6:00 PM

Nov 5

2:00 PM 4:00 PM 9:30 PM

Nov 6

5:00 PM

Nov 7

12:30 PM 7:45 PM

Nov 8

3:15 PM 8:00 PM
Fjord
146 min
2026
Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Romania, Sweden, United States of America
Cristian Mungiu
A devout Romanian family moves to Norway, but has trouble assimilating with their progressive, secular neighbors. When the parents (Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve) face accusations of child abuse, the family faces intense scrutiny and overwhelming pressure as their legal case grows into a nationwide controversy. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Oct 30

2:30 PM 5:30 PM 8:30 PM

Oct 31

10:00 AM 1:00 PM 4:00 PM 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Nov 1

10:00 AM 1:00 PM 4:00 PM 7:00 PM

Nov 4

2:30 PM 5:30 PM 8:30 PM

Nov 5

2:30 PM 5:30 PM 8:30 PM
Halloween Ball (FREE!)
240 min
Sidewalk Cinema x The Pizitz cordially invites you to the HALLOWEEN 🎃 Ball! 🎊 Enjoy a jam-packed fright night full of Halloween chills 'n thrills...featuring a Halloween costume contest (with a chance to win cash 🤑 prizes, Sidewalk Cinema 🎟️ memberships, swag bags 🛍️ and more) ALONG with a Scaryoke Karaoke 🎙️ Dance Party w/ Michael Myers "Thriller" 🧟‍♂️🎶🧟 Dance-Off - hosted by J Matthew Cobb (J Maxx Events). Other features include astrology 🔮 readings courtesy of @goodwitchmama, a jewelry 🪢making station and FREE Halloween party 🥳essentials. Plus, specialty cocktails + mocktails 🍹 available for purchase at the bar. This is a free event. Reservations are strongly recommended but not required. SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*
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Sidewalk Cinema Lobby

Oct 31

7:00 PM
AUGUST 23-29, 2027

SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL

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