The Beatles Films Podcast

We're looking at Jessie Nelson's 2001 film, which features an Oscar-nominated performance by Sean Penn as a man with learning disabilities and a Beatles obsession, fighting for custody of his daughter...

31 Okt 202245min

Arguably the only actual proper Beatles biopic, 1979's Birth of The Beatles has big leather cowboy boots to fill. Can Nick Cotton from Eastenders pull off the role of George Harrison? Why is the guy w...

24 Okt 202254min

We're back for season two, with the potentially warmish potato of Sam Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy, a 2009 telling of teenage John Lennon's relationship with his Aunt Mimi and his mother Julia just befor...

17 Okt 20221h 9min

In part 2 of our season one finale (so, the last one, the actual FINALE finale, the episode_final-FINAL(1).mp3), we're looking at Richard Lester's Help! and in particular the story and the film at lar...

15 Aug 202256min

The Beatles Films Podcast covering an actual Beatles film! It'll never catch on. For our season one finale (yes, we're calling it that) it's a two-parter on Richard Lester's 1965 film, derided in some...

8 Aug 202259min

George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison: pretty solid line-up. Is a 25-minute documentary enough to do it justice? Is George happier in the Wilburys than he was in the Beatles? ...

1 Aug 202250min

We don't approach films about John Lennon's murder by Mark Chapman with much enthusiasm, but there's a place for them if they're done well, respectful and insightful. How does JP Schaefer's 2007 telli...

25 Juli 20221h 17min

So to Alan G Parker's 2017 documentary, long on title, short on the rights to use any of the songs. Is this a problem? How tight a focus on the album does the film have? How does its collection of tal...

18 Juli 20221h 9min