Down to the wire with Oscars and Gire as Academy Awards loom

<h3 class="briefHead">Movie Club predicts the Oscars twice more</h3>

How will Denzel Washington's recent SAG award impact Casey Affleck's chances of winning the Best Actor Oscar? Will media backlash against Best Picture front-runner "La La Land" dash director Damien Chazelle's Oscar dreams?

If you've missed the special Academy Awards edition of Dann & Raymond's Movie Club, you have two more opportunities to see it:

At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Grayslake Area Public Library, 100 Library Lane, Grayslake. Go to grayslake.info.

At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Glenview Public Library, 1930 Glenview Road, Glenview. Go to glenviewpl.org.

Free admission! Bring your own popcorn.

<h3 class="briefHead">Oscar-nominee Huppert stars in 'Things'</h3>

The After Hours Film Society presents Mia Hansen-Løve's "Things to Come," starring French icon Isabelle Huppert, nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her role in the kinky drama "Elle." Here, she plays a philosophy teacher at a Paris high school.

"Things to Come" screens at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. General admission $10. afterhoursfilmsociety.com.

<h3 class="briefHead">Movies about movies at Pickwick Theater</h3>

Mark your calendars. A new film series called "Movies About Movies: Hollywood Projects Itself" runs on Thursday nights from March 2 to May 25 as part of the Park Ridge Classic Film Series at the Park Ridge Public Library, 20 S. Prospect Ave., Park Ridge. It begins with 1928's "Show People" starring Marion Davies. Other movies to come include "Free and Easy" plus "The Bad and the Beautiful."

All library movies begin at 7 p.m. with free admission. The series will also include "Sunset Blvd" and "Singin' in the Rain" presented at the Pickwick Theatre, 5 S. Prospect Ave., Park Ridge. Go to parkridgeclassicfilm.com/film-schedule/.

<i> Film critic Dann Gire's column runs Fridays in Time out!</i>