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 ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… Years after ...

John Lennon was in his own little bubble around the time he wrote The Beatles’ “Help!” He said “The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension.” The tune reached No. 1 in the United States and ...

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 ...

Sixty years after they invaded the US, The Beatles continue to be the gift that keeps on giving. After November’s release of “Now and Then” — “the last Beatles song” — some more unearthed treasure ...

In the sixty years since its release, the Beatles' Rubber Soul has come to be regarded as one of the pinnacles of the ...

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

“With a Little Help From My Friends” is perhaps Ringo Starr's most famous moment with the Beatles. But the familiar Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band cut is also notable for the way it recalled ...

Music writer Rob Sheffield joins the season finale of "Everything Fab Four," celebrating "Rubber Soul" turning 60.