Gire: Film society screens 'Two Days'

Film critics notebook:

• The After Hours Film Society presents the Oscar-nominated drama “Two Days, One Night,” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 9, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. Nominee Marion Cotillard plays a woman who has two days, one night to persuade her factory co-workers to give up their bonuses ($1,200) so that she can keep her job. Tickets are $10 ($6 members). Go to afterhoursfilmsociety.com.

• The 8th annual Geneva Film Festival continues through Saturday, March 14, in downtown Geneva, sponsored by the Cultural Arts Commission of Geneva. Tickets for single screenings cost $7, with partial and full festival passes running up to $75. Go to bit.ly/1yCYOQY.

• Paul Newman never suffered a failure to communicate with audiences. That's why Dann & Raymond's Movie Club dedicates its next show to the late actor, race car driver and salad philanthropist at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights. Clips from such classics as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “The Sting” and 12 more. Free admission. To go ahml.info.

• The deadline to enter Schaumburg's annual Screen Test Student Fest is Monday, March 9. So get those submissions into bit.ly/1M2bkRu.

Heads up! In addition to a $500 cash prize for the Best in Show winner at the April 24-25 festival, TriBeCa's Flashpoint Media Arts Academy will toss in a free workshop of the winner's choice (a $900 regular value).

• Dann Gire's Reel Life column runs Fridays in Time out!