movies @ the modern

looking for some different stuff to do, was checking out the film series at the modern and saw that this year's magnolia at the modern film festival includes ang lee's lust, caution at 8:15pm on friday, 9.28.2007; the film version of khalid hosseini's the kite runner at 2pm on sunday, 9.30.2007 and julian schnabel's the diving bell and the butterfly, based on the memoir of a french magazine editor who suffered a paralyzing stroke, at 4:30pm on the same day. tixxx are $8.50 and go on sale two hours before the showings.

also, tcu professor and associate dean david e. whitlock is presenting a lecture and film series, entitled american cinema: film noir and the detective film on selected wednesday evenings from 6-8:40pm, including howard hawks' the big sleep on 10.10.2007. admission is free; seating is first-come, first-served.