John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr began filming the second Beatles movie on Feb. 23, 1965. The project was originally named Eight Arms to Hold You, an innocent but prophetic ...

As the 1960s progressed, these sorts of crude orientalist stereotypes faced parody and criticism. But apologists for the movie would struggle to demonstrate that Help! is doing anything other than ...

The Beatles’ movie Help! just isn’t funny. The film tries to be strange but it doesn’t reach the heights of Monty Python, Douglas Adams, or other great British surrealist humor. In addition, none of ...

Unseen footage of the Beatles on the set of their 1965 movie Help! will soon go on sale after the 8mm film was unearthed after 50 years in storage. Actor Leo McKern, who played the evil swami Clang in ...

George Harrison didn’t write nearly as many songs for The Beatles as the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership did. However, the songs were often treasures. For example, “I Need You” is a beautiful ...

When The Beatles skied down an Austrian mountain during the filming of “Help!” they were the forerunners to the music videos more than a decade later. MTV officials told director Richard Lester as ...

Peter Asher reflects on how he got from Peter and Gordon topping the charts with a Paul McCartney song to producing James ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. Dark Hall Mansion has released a first look at ...

Martin King does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

This week marked the 60th anniversary of the Beatles' iconic album, Help!, which included hits such as the title-track of the same name, Ticket to Ride and Yesterday. Released on August 6, 1965 ...

"The Beatles — a Four-Film Cinematic Event" will bring the Fab Four's stories to the big screen with the help of its ...