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Television Review: “Beatles ’64” – When They Were 64

November 27, 2024
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The most recent in an apparently boundless reservoir of Beatles documentaries will “please please” their fans.

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June Short Fuses — Materia Critica

June 1, 2024
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Music Commentary: “Now and Then” — Nostalgia By and For the Beatles

November 13, 2023
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In many ways, “Now and Then” is the fitting gift — a single closing bookend, which Paul McCartney has called the Beatles’ last record.

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Rock Album Review: Ian Hunter’s “Defiance Part I” — Miles To Go Before He Sleeps

May 22, 2023
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Now an octogenarian, Ian Hunter remains a gifted songwriter, a distinctive vocalist, and a man who truly has a rock and roll heart.

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Music Documentary: “The Beatles: Get Back” — Back to Where They Once Belonged

December 7, 2021
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Who else, but The Beatles, could command this much attention, of this many people, for that long of a time, and still be interesting, even joyous?

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Film Review: “Eight Days a Week” — A Marvelous Look at The Beatles on Tour

September 12, 2016
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Unlike any other Beatles documentary, this one succeeds in presenting the hysteria of the few years when the band played live and toured the world.

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