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
Sep 18
Oct 16
Nov 20
Dec 18
93 min
2000
France
Claire Denis
Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup’s mind.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Sep 18
Sep 21
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
Sep 18
Oct 16
Nov 20
Dec 18
97 min
2025
United States of America
Rachael Abigail Holder
A writer (André Holland, Moonlight) navigates complicated relationships with his ex, an art gallery owner (Nicole Beharie, The Morning Show), and his current lover, a newly-single mother (DeWanda Wise, She’s Gotta Have It), with the support of his best friend (Roy Wood Jr., The Daily Show). A modern romance set against the rapidly changing landscape of Brooklyn, New York.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Sep 18
100 min
2025
United States of America
Michael Angelo Covino
After Ashley (Adria Arjona) asks for a divorce, good-natured Carey (Kyle Marvin) runs to his friends, Julie (Dakota Johnson) and Paul (Michael Angelo Covino), for support. He's shocked to discover that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage, that is until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Sep 18
98 min
2008
United States of America
Andrew Stanton
WALL-E, short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class, is the last robot left on Earth. He spends his days tidying up the planet, one piece of garbage at a time. But during 700 years, WALL-E has developed a personality, and he's more than a little lonely. Then he spots EVE, a sleek and shapely probe sent back to Earth on a scanning mission. Smitten WALL-E embarks on an adventure when he follows EVE across the galaxy.
Selected for Sci-Fi Staff Picks weekend by Ramsey Morris, Sidewalk Youth Board coordinator and cinema event rentals manager.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Sep 19
Sep 20
Sep 21
Sep 25
120 min
Some hack
All we can tell you is that it's a movie and it's bad. Join us for our celebration of bad cinema. Surprises + Fun and it's free! Grab a drink at our bar, you're going to need it.
*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 folks who have not arrived yet. As always, our lobby bar & concessions are open to the public so if you arrive after the theatre has hit capacity please feel free to stick around for some food, drink, and board games.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Sep 19
116 min
2016
United States of America
Denis Villeneuve
Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind.
Selected for Sci-Fi Staff Picks weekend by Charlie Brown Sanders III, festival programming director.
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Sep 19
Sep 20
Sep 21
98 min
1997
United States of America
Barry Sonnenfeld
Working for a highly funded yet unofficial government agency, Kay and Jay are the Men in Black, providers of immigration services and regulators of all things alien on Earth. While investigating a series of unregistered close encounters, the MIB agents uncover the deadly plot of an intergalactic terrorist who is on a mission to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies currently in residence in New York City.
Selected for Sci-Fi Staff Picks weekend by Jessica Chriesman, education and outreach coordinator.