Cabaret (1972) Director: Bob Fosse Screenwriter: Jay Allen Starring: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey, Helmut Griem, Fritz Wepper, Marisa Berenson, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Helen Vita When it first made its debut on stage in the late 1960s, ‘Cabaret’ was (historically-rooted subject matter aside) very much like other musicals in its style. That changed with famed […]
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Dear Evan Hansen (2021) Director: Stephen Chbosky Screenwriters: Steven Levenson Starring: Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Amy Adams, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg Dear Evan Hansen, the movie with the trailer that caused a meltdown within the global film community, is finally here. The highly anticipated (maybe not for the right reasons) adaptation of the hit Broadway musical
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (2021) Director: Jonathan Butterell Screenwriter: Tom MacRae Starring: Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Richard E. Grant, Samuel Bottomley, Ralph Ineson The movie musical is a genre with some of the most impressive staying power in all of cinema. Classics from Disney are beloved all across the world and the likes
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In the Heights (2021) Director: Jon M. Chu Screenwriters: Quiara Alegría Hudes, Lin-Manuel Miranda Starring: Anthony Ramos, Melissa Berrera, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Olga Merediz, Jimmy Smits Based on the hit Broadway musical from acclaimed writer Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights tells the story of a New York based Latin American community, Washington Heights, in
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Across the Universe (2007) Director: Julie Taymor Screenwriter: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, T.V. Carpio, Martin Luther McCoy ‘The Beatles are comin’, they’re gonna hold your hand’ – Bob Dylan, “Murder Most Foul” (2020) 2020 marked fifty years since the release of The Beatles’ final
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Les Misérables (2012) Director: Tom Hooper Starring: Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne, Russell Crowe, Samantha Barks, Aaron Tveit, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Huttlestone, Amanda Seyfried & Anne Hathaway. Plot: A motion picture based on both the book, as well as the classic stage production, that centres around a variety of individuals residing in
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