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The Last Class with Special Guests
The 7:00pm screenings on May 5th and 6th will feature a in person post-show talkback with Elliot Kirschner (Director) and Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse (Producer & Executive Producer).
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Erupcja
71 min
2026
United States of America
Pete Ohs
While on vacation in Poland, Bethany breaks away from a romantic itinerary planned by her doting boyfriend, Rob, fearing that a marriage proposal is imminent. Reuniting instead with an old friend, Nel, the two women rekindle a uniquely combustible chemistry over the course of a few days in a chaste but burning trust predicated on sapphic synchronicity and a mutual penchant for poetry.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

May 1

2:15 PM 6:15 PM 10:15 PM

May 2

3:15 PM 7:30 PM

May 3

3:00 PM 7:00 PM
Mile End Kicks
111 min
2026
Canada, Finland, United States of America
Chandler Levack
In 2011, Montreal’s indie music scene, Grace Pine (Barbie Ferreira), a 24-year-old music critic moves to the Canadian city to write a book on Alanis Morissette’s classic 'Jagged Little Pill' album. But her plans take an unexpected turn when she gets romantically involved with members of an indie band for whom she serves as their publicist.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

May 1

4:00 PM 8:00 PM

May 2

12:45 PM 5:15 PM 9:15 PM

May 3

12:45 PM 4:45 PM 8:45 PM
Hokum
107 min
2026
Hong Kong, Ireland, United Arab Emirates, United States of America
Damian McCarthy
When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past. The new film from Damian McCarthy, director of the 2024 Sidewalk Film Festival favorite Oddity.
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May 1

2:00 PM 4:30 PM 7:00 PM 9:30 PM

May 2

10:45 AM 1:15 PM 3:45 PM 6:15 PM 8:45 PM

May 3

10:45 AM 1:15 PM 3:45 PM 6:00 PM 8:15 PM

May 6

2:15 PM 4:45 PM 7:15 PM

May 7

2:00 PM 4:15 PM 6:30 PM 8:45 PM

May 8

2:15 PM 4:45 PM 7:15 PM 9:45 PM

May 9

10:45 AM 1:15 PM 3:45 PM 6:15 PM 8:45 PM

May 10

10:45 AM 1:15 PM 3:45 PM 6:15 PM 8:45 PM

May 13

2:15 PM 4:45 PM 7:15 PM

May 14

2:00 PM 4:30 PM 7:00 PM 9:15 PM
Pajama Party: A Bug’s Life (1998)
95 min
1998
United States of America
John Lasseter
Join us for our family matinee series on select Saturday and Sunday mornings. Come cozy in your PJs and from 10am - 2pm and enjoy light breakfast options for the whole family, plus a Bloody Mary and Mimosa bar for the grown-ups Film Synopsis:On behalf of “oppressed bugs everywhere,” an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
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May 2

10:30 AM

May 3

10:30 AM
The Last Class + Q&A with Senator Doug Jones and Filmmakers Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse & Elliot Kirschner
71 min
2025
United States of America
Elliot Kirschner
Join us for an invitation-only Alabama premiere of "The Last Class with Robert Reich", an intimate and thought-provoking documentary about one of America’s most influential educators and public servants. The evening begins with happy hour at 5:00pm and a screening of The Last Class at 6:00pm. Afterwards, stay for a special Q&A featuring filmmakers Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse and Elliot Kirschner along with Senator Doug Jones. We’ll also be celebrating Doug Jones’ birthday, so come raise a glass in his honor!
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

May 4

6:00 PM
The Last Class
71 min
2025
United States of America
Elliot Kirschner
PLEASE NOTE: The 7:00pm screenings on May 5th and 6th will feature a in person post-show talkback with Elliot Kirschner (Director) and Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse (Producer & Executive Producer). The Last Class is a nuanced and deeply personal portrait of master educator Robert Reich teaching his final course and reflecting on a period of immense transformation, personally and globally. It is a love letter to education. The former Secretary of Labor might be famous for his public service, best-selling books, and viral social media posts, but he always considered teaching his true calling. Now, after over 40 years and an extraordinary 40,000 students, Reich is preparing for his last class.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

May 5

7:00 PM

May 6

2:00 PM 3:45 PM 5:30 PM 7:00 PM

May 7

2:15 PM 4:30 PM
Knitflix and Chill: Love Actually (2003)
135 min
2003
France, United Kingdom
Richard Curtis
Join us for a special screening of Richard Curtis' classic. Lights will be a little brighter than usual in the theater so you can bring your knitting, crochet or any other craft project! In collaboration with Knit B'ham. Film Synopsis: Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
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May 7

7:00 PM
Blue Heron
91 min
2026
Canada, Hungary, United States of America
Sophy Romvari
In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy. At wit’s end, their parents are presented with a shattering choice.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

May 8

4:00 PM 8:00 PM

May 9

10:30 AM 2:30 PM 6:30 PM

May 10

12:30 PM 4:30 PM 8:30 PM

May 13

4:00 PM

May 14

2:15 PM 6:15 PM
Omaha
83 min
2025
United States of America
Cole Webley
A young girl and her brother are awoken by their father and loaded into the car on an early morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.
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May 8

2:00 PM 6:00 PM 10:00 PM

May 9

12:30 PM 4:30 PM 8:30 PM

May 10

10:30 AM 2:30 PM 6:30 PM

May 13

2:00 PM 6:00 PM

May 14

4:15 PM 8:30 PM
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