Michelle Williams' turns in a stunning, Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance as the tremulous yet imperious Marilyn Monroe in MY WEEK WITH MARILYN. Williams, (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, BLUE VALENTINE) vibrantly captures the essence of the insecure sexual icon. Faced with the unmatched talent and ego of Laurence Olivier while filming THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL, an insecure Marilyn is kept company by a lucky young employee of the frosty Olivier, superbly played by Kenneth Branagh. MARILYN is the first big-screen effort of director Simon Curtis, whose work on British television has won much praise.

Meryl Streep stars as the first female Prime Minister of the UK, Margaret Thatcher, in this surprising and intimate portrait of one of the 20th century’s most famous and influential women, who came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world. Already winning a Golden Globe and a slew of accolades from international film critics, Streep is a favorite in this year’s Oscar race thanks to a performance critics are calling “marvelous” and “the best of the year!”