In the market for high-caliber entertainment? Don't miss this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around Cleveland.
Read on for the highest rated films to catch, based on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer Score, which reflects the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics.
(Movie descriptions courtesy The Movie Database; showtimes via Fandango. Movie ratings and showtimes are subject to change.)
Lola
"Lola" is a 1961 film; the debut film directed by Jacques Demy as a tribute to director Max Ophüls and is described by Demy as a "musical without music." Anouk Aimée starred in the title role. The film was restored and re-released by Demy's widow, French filmmaker Agnès Varda.
Boasting a Tomatometer Score of 100 percent and an Audience Score of 80 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this 60s-era classic is a critical darling. "Variety"'s Variety Staff said, "It is offbeat, with shafts of tender feeling and truth. But trying to touch on too many subjects makes the film uneven," while Geoff Andrew of "Time Out" noted, "Very beautifully shot, in widescreen and luminous black-and-white, it is also formally astonishing, with all the minor characters serving as variations on the central couple."
You can catch it at Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque (11610 Euclid Ave.) through Sunday, April 14. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Us
Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
With a Tomatometer Score of 94 percent and an Audience Score of 68 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Us" has become a favorite since its release on March 22.
"It achieves an insidious, lingering effect that's rarer in the horror genre," noted Ben Sachs of the "Chicago Reader," while the Christian Science Monitor's Peter Rainer said, "Ambition in the horror genre can be a good thing, but the overreach in this movie detracts from both the horror and the ambition. Having said that, Peele shows a marked advance in filmmaking skills here and, in her dual role, Nyong'o is ferociously good."
Catch it on the big screen at Atlas Cinemas at Shaker Square (13116 Shaker Square) through Thursday, April 18. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Shazam!
A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.
With a Tomatometer Score of 91 percent and an Audience Score of 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Shazam!" has become a favorite since its release on April 5. "Time Out"'s Joshua Rothkopf said, "For a long, glorious stretch, 'Shazam!' plays like the anti-Nolan antidote it is," and Salon.com's Matthew Rozsa noted, "'Shazam!' is the funniest, sweetest and most innocent movie in the DC Extended Universe - a sign that it is at last ready to compete with Marvel."
You can catch it at Atlas Cinemas at Shaker Square (13116 Shaker Square) through Thursday, April 18. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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