As Sam Mendes gears up to make his behemoth Beatles biopic, the director of 1994 early-Beatles drama Backbeat reflects on the story of Stuart Sutcliffe – the Beatle who wasn't.
The visual album is a key, genre-defying vessel for pop music titans transferring the symbolic power of their music to image-making.
The highlight sequence of the recent Get Back documentary will be seen as never before.
By Mark Allison
In 1967, the Fab Four embarked on an extravagant, experimental journey that would redefine what a promotional film could be.
Peter Jackson's film unlocks a treasure trove of never-before-seen footage of John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
The Beatles and India combines archive footage and eye-witness accounts to shed light on a unique cultural crossover.
By Adam Scovell
Retracing the Beatle’s solo stroll through West London in Richard Lester’s 1964 music film.
The Beatles’ sublime songbook is the subject of this sadly underpowered and incurious romantic Britcom.
By Thomas Hobbs
This affectionate doc tells the story of how George Harrison’s HandMade Films changed the face of British cinema.
The director will draw on over 55 hours of never-before-seen footage.
By Ethan Warren
How do these psychedelic fantasias, starring The Beatles and The Monkees respectively, hold up today?
A key ingredient is missing from this tribute to the Fab Four’s seminal pop-rock LP: the music.
By Ed Gibbs
The Fab Four’s meteoric rise from local grafters to global game-changers is relived in Ron Howard’s emotive doc.
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