Sidewalk Responds to NEA Funding Withdrawal
Birmingham’s Home for Independent Film Needs You! On Friday, May 2nd, the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema received notice from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) that our awarded...
27th Annual Sidewalk Fest Passes On Sale + Fest Spotlight Night Titles Announced
VIP + Weekend Passes for the 27th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival presented by Regions Bank (August 18 - 24) are NOW ON SALE! Get yours at the lowest price of...
March Sidewalk Film 101: Pather Panchali (1955)
At the 2014 unite4:humanity Gala, Martin Scorsese received the Creative Conscience Award, recognizing him for his continued work in film preservation. During his acceptance speech, he made a point to...
March Book + Film Club: Promising Young Woman
March’s Book + Film Club selection pairs The Value Gap: Female-Driven Films from Pitch to Premiere with Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman as a part of our Women In Film...
The 97th Academy Awards Recap
“Long live independent films!” - Anora director, Sean Baker The 97th Academy Awards took place last night in Los Angeles and Sidewalk’s Hollywood Awards Show Watch Party took place in...
February Sidewalk Film 101: Boyz N the Hood (1991)
John Singleton’s Boyz N the Hood was met with significant critical acclaim immediately following its release, nearly 35 years ago. The film released in 1991, and in 1992, Singleton became...
2025 Valentine’s Staff Picks Weekend
Select members of the Sidewalk Staff have picked some of their favorite romantic movies for our Valentine’s Staff Picks Weekend (Feb. 14 - 20)! Spend a date night with your...
February Book + Film Club: If Beale Street Could Talk
February’s Book + Film Club selection features the novel and screen adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk as a part of Sidewalk’s Black Lens celebration sponsored by...
2025 Sidewalk Film 101 Titles Announced
Welcome to another year of the monthly Sidewalk Film 101 series at the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema. This year, we’ll be focusing on big-screen spectacles – movies that you...
Luther: Never Too Much, Mistletoe Jam + ASO Ticket Giveaway!
Luther Vandross really needs no introduction. Selling over 40 million albums worldwide and with eleven of them going platinum, Billboard hailed him as one of the greatest R&B artists of...