Category: Cinema

Women In Film Week Returns to the Sidewalk Cinema

Women in the film industry are grossly underrepresented (and undercompensated). In 2020, 78.9% of movie directors of theatrical films were male and as recently as 2014 a disgusting 95.7% of theatrical movie directors were men. And yet, look at the list of amazing films directed

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Black Lens Film Week Programming from T. Marie King

Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated by the world of cinema and film. Exploring different art forms has always been my favorite thing to do. Watching the Muppets, other children and the Hollywood elite on-screen became the most important outlet of

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Executive Director’s Statement on Alamo Drafthouse News

MEDIA STATEMENT: Feb. 4, 2022 Official Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema Statement Orchestra Partners/Alabama Power Company Alamo Drafthouse Announcement   Please attribute the following to Chloe Cook, Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema Executive Director.   “For the last 25 years, Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

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Have a ’90s Holiday at Sidewalk Cinema

‘Twas the 1990s’ and all through the decade we liked our malls facing inward and our holiday movies moody and enigmatic. So this holiday season we’re celebrating the decade that brought us Euro Disney and sheep cloning with a truss of 90s’ holiday not-so-classics. While

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Sidewalk’s Annual Black Friday Sale

Want to shop local this Black Friday?  Want to give experiences instead of stuff?  Looking for gifts for those hard to shop for people in your life?  Want to save money?  Want to support Sidewalk Film?    Then join us for our Annual Black Friday

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2021 Sidewalk Cinema Membership Drive

HAVEN’T BECOME A SIDEWALK MEMBER YET? IT’D BE A LOT COOLER IF YOU DID DURING OUR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE, APRIL 26TH – MAY 9TH!   Sidewalk Memberships are a great way to help support us year-round. Membership purchases help fund a number of efforts toward Sidewalk’s

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2021 Oscar Nominated Shorts at the Sidewalk Cinema

With Oscar season upon us, it is time to celebrate the best of the year’s cinema and catch up on the nominated films. Sidewalk will be presenting multiple screenings of all three categories of the 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films beginning on Friday, April 2. Each block of

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The 93rd Academy Awards <3 Sidewalk Cinema

We’re incredibly proud that 5 of the 8 recently announced 2021 Best Picture Oscar Nominees screened at the Sidewalk Cinema! Congratulations to PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, MANK, MINARI, and NOMADLAND! Additionally, Best Director nominations include Sidewalk Cinema alum Lee Isaac Chung

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