Reel life: Spend an evening with Hitchcock

Film critics notebook:

• He's still the Master of Suspense! Join us at Dann & Raymond's Movie Club for "A Good Evening With Alfred Hitchcock," 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights. Clips from Hitch's early silent British period, plus classics such as "Vertigo," "Psycho" and "North by Northwest." Free admission. ahml.info.

• The After Hours Film Society presents "Meet the Patels," a romantic, comic documentary about a twenty-something Indian-American caught between the woman he loves and his parents. It's at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at the Ogden 6 Theaters, 1227 E. Ogden Ave., Naperville. Guest speaker Tim Bates will introduce the movie. General admission $10, $6 for members. Go to afterhoursfilmsociety.com.

• The new Art@York program continues with a screening of the comedy "Learning to Drive" at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the York Theatre, 150 N. York St., Elmhurst. Admission costs $6.50 matinee ($5 for seniors), $9 for the evening show. Go to classiccinemas.com.

• Cameron Crowe's "Jerry Maguire" turns 20 this year, so the Chicago Film Critics Association is presenting it as part of the Classic Cinemas' Critics Classic Series 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Elk Grove Theatre, 1050 Arlington Heights Road, Elk Grove Village.

The popular film series now shows on the second Wednesday of each month. Admission is $6. Tickets available at the box office or at classiccinemas.com.

• We don't normally post news about movies being shown at institutions of higher learning, but where else will you get the opportunity to hear a bunch of geophysical and planetary scientists talk about Ridley Scott's "The Martian," one of my top 10 movies of 2015?

Catch it and the scientists at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at the University of Chicago's Max Palevsky Cinema in Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., Chicago. Admission $5 at the door. Go to bit.ly/1YwHoDh.