Mars
Friday, Sept. 30 2011 5 p.m.
A new space race is born between NASA and the ESA when Charlie Brownsville, Hank Morrison, and Dr. Casey Cook compete against an artificially intelligent robot to find out what's up there on t… more »
the films
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Friday, Sept. 30 2011 7 p.m.
Duke White (Harvey Keitel) hasn't been an ideal father to his five boys. An inveterate gambler who never experienced a windfall he couldn't blow within twenty-four hours, he has come to the en… more »
The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue
Friday, Sept. 30 2011 9 p.m.
Marion and Jarmon Mugg have never had to work very hard. They’ve never had much responsibility, and no one has ever put any expectations on them to perform or achieve, well… anything. Bu… more »
The Academy (Modern Film Fest After Hours)
Friday, Sept. 30 2011 11 p.m. (Gem Meeting Room)
They are society’s flotsam, murderers, sociopaths, criminals bred for Darwinian survival. A select group of convicted youths are given a second chance by a shadowy organization: The Academy.… more »
Redneck Roots
Saturday Oct. 1 at 1 p.m.
Chris Dowdy, a beautiful young woman, has always been ashamed of her kissin' cousin redneck past. So when her sister's high school graduation calls her home, she covers up the truth, lies and … more »
Firewall of Sound
Saturday Oct. 1 at 3 p.m.
After surviving the rise of social networking, the downfall of the record store, and the proliferation of illegal downloading, what awaits the independent music industry in the years to come? … more »
The Trial
Saturday, Oct. 1 2011 5 p.m.
After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for small town attorney Mac McClain... until he's assigned a capital punishment case that begins to trans… more »
Witness Insecurity
Saturday, Oct. 1 2011 7 p.m.
Witness Insecurity tells the story of Johnny Graham, a man trapped in a world of crime. Raised Christian, Johnny is adopted by the Torino mob family after his father dies taking a bullet for t… more »
Cold Storage
Saturday, Oct. 1 2011 9 p.m.
When an aspiring actress heads to a small Tennessee town to act in a play she is involved in a horrible auto accident. Simple-minded local Clive soon comes across the wreckage and takes it upo… more »
The Darkest Matter
Sunday, October 2 2011, 1 p.m.
The Darkness slumbers inside us all. In the wake of abandoning their colony ship an escape pod full of children gets damaged and must reroute to a nearby space station. Upon arrival the kids f… more »
The Drummond Will
Sunday Oct. 2, 2011 at 3 p.m.
A black comedy set in decaying rural England. It follows estranged brothers Marcus and Danny Drummond as they find themselves on a surprisingly dangerous undertaking to unravel the mystery sur… more »
Sneakers and Soul
Sunday Oct. 2, 2011 at 5 p.m.
“You should always have a perfect bed and a comfortable pair of shoes, because when you’re not in one, you’re in the other.” This is the credo of Johnny-boy Bailey’s late father, … more »
Make A Movie Like Spike
Sunday Oct. 2, 2011 at 7 p.m.
Armed with dreams that extend beyond their block, Luis and Ronald, two best friends from Los Angeles, videotape their last 36 hours before shipping off to Afghanistan. One hundred days before … more »