Evita
The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Director: Alan Parker
Stars: Antonio Banderas Jimmy Nail Jonathan Pryce Julia Worsley Julian Littman Laura Pallas Madonna María Luján Hidalgo Olga Merediz Victoria Sus
The Sound of Music
A tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Director: Robert Wise
Stars: Angela Cartwright Charmian Carr Christopher Plummer Debbie Turner Duane Chase Eleanor Parker Heather Menzies Julie Andrews Nicholas Hammond Richard Haydn
Beyond Silence
Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.
Director: Caroline Link
Stars: Alexandra Bolz Doris Schade Emmanuelle Laborit Hansa Czypionka Horst Sachtleben Howie Seago Matthias Habich Sibylle Canonica Sylvie Testud Tatjana Trieb
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
A non-glamorous portrayal of the lives of people who make their living at a strip club.
Director: Michael Radford
Stars: Charlotte Ayanna Chris Hogan Daryl Hannah Elias Koteas Kristin Bauer van Straten Rodney Rowland Sandra Oh Sheila Kelley Vladimir Mashkov W. Earl Brown
Boardwalk Empire
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
Stars: Ben Rosenfield Kelly Macdonald Michael Kenneth Williams Michael Shannon Shea Whigham Stephen Graham Steve Buscemi Vincent Piazza
Empire
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
Stars: Bryshere Y. Gray Taraji P. Henson Terrence Howard Trai Byers Vivica A. Fox