Get set for a sensational event season ahead

FILM CRITIC JEFFREY LYONS of “At the Movies” talks about Hollywood’s power to change perceptions about growing older Sept. 21 at the 14th Silver Images Film Festival at the Beverly Arts Center, following the screening of Steppenwolf’s “Diminished Capacity.”

The day before, Sept. 20, enduring local actor Tony Mockus, Sr. will talk about the power of film to tell stories across the generations at the Wilmette Theatre, following the screening of “The Grocer’s Son.”