Don't miss these 4 top dramas screening around Evanston
Image: The Mustang/TMDb
In the mood to feel feelings? Check out this week's lineup of dramas showing on the big screen in and around Evanston.
Read on for the top-ranked drama films to catch in theaters, 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.)
The Mustang
While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.
Set to be released on Friday, March 15, "The Mustang" already has a Tomatometer Score of 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The New York Times's Manohla Dargis said, "It shouldn't work - none of it - not the metaphor, not the wild horse, not what it all means for the wild man at the center. It does," while Lindsey Bahr of the Associated Press noted, "Even with its unusually restrained running time, 'The Mustang' is a powerful and emotional journey framed by gorgeous sun-soaked shots of the stark Nevada landscape."
You can catch it at Century 12 Evanston/CinéArts 6 and XD (1715 Maple Ave.) on Thursday, March 21. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Green Book
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
With a Tomatometer Score of 78 percent and an Audience Score of 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Green Book" is well worth a watch.
"Is it a feel-good charmer poised to rake in greenbacks and Oscar gold? You bet! But don't let that keep you away from this overall well balanced (and timed) look forward from the safe distance of America's motley past," noted Scott Marks of the San Diego Reader, while the Atlantic's Christopher Orr said, "First-rate execution can't solve all of a film's problems, but Mortensen and Ali offer a reminder that it can solve an awful lot of them."
In the mood for popcorn? It's playing at Century 12 Evanston/CinéArts 6 and XD (1715 Maple Ave.) through Thursday, March 21. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Promise at Dawn
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.
With a Tomatometer Score of 67 percent and an Audience Score of 88 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Promise at Dawn" has had a mixed but generally positive response. Jerusalem Post's Hannah Brown said, "This offbeat, literary biopic... is charming, funny, suspenseful and ultimately moving," and Fotogramas's Mirito Torreiro noted, "It will be loved by those who love larger than life stories."
Catch it on the big screen at Century 12 Evanston/CinéArts 6 and XD (1715 Maple Ave.) on Sunday, March 17. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
With a Tomatometer Score of 61 percent and an Audience Score of 87 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is well worth a watch. NPR's Bob Mondello said, "As for Freddie Mercury, is this his real life? Is this just fantasy - not sure that really matters either. When Malek's strutting like a peacock, this movie is a decently amusing escape from reality," while Richard Brody of the New Yorker noted, "Malek does an impressive job of re-creating Mercury's moves onstage, but the core of the performance is Malek's intensely thoughtful, insight-rich channelling of Mercury's hurt, his alienation and isolation even at the height of his fame."
You can catch it at Century 12 Evanston/CinéArts 6 and XD (1715 Maple Ave.) through Thursday, March 21. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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