Tag : John Lennon

Tag: John Lennon

John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial review – Paul McCartney’s ambush by reporters is wildly odd

This look at the Beatle’s shooting and the legal investigation does justice to a profoundly strange moment – thanks to incredible archive footageIf the fundamental measure of a documentary series is how many first-hand witnesses it can recruit, John...

‘What drives a man to do this?’: re-examining the murder of John Lennon

In a new Apple docuseries covering the shocking murder of one of music’s most beloved figures, the life and motivations of his killer are placed under the spotlightThe production company 72 Films specializes in what the executive producer Rob Coldstr...

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story review – vivid snapshot of Lennon’s dysfunctional liaison

Documentary about May Pang, the woman with whom John Lennon had an affair during his marriage to Yoko Ono, reveals that Ono was pulling the stringsAs Yoko Ono enters her 90s, it is perhaps a tactless time to release a documentary about the woman with...

Yoko Ono: her 20 greatest songs – ranked!

As her album Feeling the Space turns 50, we appraise the best of a bold and often underestimated artist“I felt like soldiers were dying next to me,” said bassist Klaus Vormann of the scourging Ono-led improvisation that ended the Plastic Ono Band’s s...

More new Beatles music ‘conceivable’ after Now and Then, Peter Jackson says

Get Back director who helped with AI technology that isolated John Lennon’s vocals in new single says there are more song fragments in archiveThe film-maker Peter Jackson has hinted at the possibility of more Beatles music to come after the release o...

The Beatles: Now and Then review – ‘final’ song is a poignant act of closure

(Apple)Lennon’s demo was abandoned in the 90s due to technical difficulties. With a little help from AI – and subtle new vocals from Paul McCartney – it becomes an affecting tribute to the band’s bondLast night, BBC One shifted its schedules to broad...