Here&rsquo;s a look at some of the higher-profile screenings at this year&rsquo;s fest. (Screening times are subject to change.)</p><p><strong>The Scenesters: </strong>The offbeat indie comedy set in East L.A. is a hall-of-mirrors story about a filmmaker who begins filming crime scenes, only to end up in the middle of a real-life serial-killer thriller. You&rsquo;ll either find it ingenious or grating (I fell into the latter camp). </p><p><strong>Screens:</strong> 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, AMC Palace </p><p><strong>Serious Moonlight: </strong>The most mainstream of the festival&rsquo;s offerings, this dark comedy, directed by <em>Curb Your Enthusiasm </em>co-star Cheryl Hines and based on the final screenplay by the late writer-director Adrienne Shelly (<em>Waitress</em>), is about a wife (Meg Ryan) who imprisons her cheating husband (Timothy Hutton) in their country house, which is promptly besieged by a pair of quirky robbers (Kristen Bell and Justin Long). Despite a nice supporting performance by Bell, the jokes never hit and the movie pales in comparison to the similar <em>The Ref</em>. </p><p><strong>Screens:</strong> 7:15 p.m. Nov. 12, AMC Palace </p><p><strong>Tenure:</strong> A professor (Luke Wilson) finds himself competing for tenure with an attractive new hire (Gretchen Mol) in this rom-com by first-timer Mike Million. Mildly charming, in a <em>Smart People </em>sort of way. </p><p><strong>Screens:</strong> 7 p.m. Nov. 13, AMC Palace </p><p><strong>The Eclipse: </strong>Arguably the strongest film in this year&rsquo;s festival is this exquisitely slow-burning ghost story, written and directed by playwright Conor McPherson (<em>The Weir</em>, <em>The Seafarer</em>). Set during a literary festival in Ireland, the story circles around a frustrated widower (Ciar&aacute;n Hinds) who begins seeing the ghost of his still-living father-in-law, a beautiful writer of paranormal subjects (Iben Hjejle) and a cocky novelist (Aidan Quinn). Like the best scary stories, this one is more about its complex, tortured characters than ghouls that go bump in the night. </p><p><strong>Screens:</strong> 4:15 p.m. Nov. 14, AMC Palace </p><p><strong>The Messenger:</strong> This drama about a soldier (Ben Foster) who falls in love with the wife (Samantha Morton) of a recently fallen friend is the festival finale. I haven&rsquo;t seen it yet, but the reviews out of Sundance were uniformly stellar. Woody Harrelson is being buzzed about for an Oscar nomination. </p><p><strong>Screens:</strong> 7 p.m., Saturday, AMC Palace </p><p>Christopher Kelly