Richard Lester

Features

The Best Music DVDs of 2007

By Ron Hart

The last few years have seen some mind-blowing DVD repackaging of a wide variety of musically projects. 2007 is the best yet. [25 January 2008]

Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish List

By Bill Gibron

A lot of good movies are still missing from DVD. Here is a list of 25 that PopMatters feels have been unceremoniously left to simply fade away. [24 January 2008]

Paul McCartney – We Believe In Yesterday

By Gary Frenay

Taken together, Help! and The McCartney Years, show the breadth of an artist's career, warts and all. Few have lived a life as well-documented or as successful as Paul McCartney. [2 January 2008]

Part 2: The Changing Face of Filmmaking

By PopMatters Staff

Every staid situation needs shaking up, none more so that the labored Hollywood studio system. The titles chosen for this section stand out as reasons why things had to change, the results of those seismic stylistic shifts. [19 June 2007]

Reviews

Help!

By Zeth Lundy

The Beatles' second (and second-best) movie, an absurdist romp with Bond-esque aspirations, gets an overdue clean-up on this new double-disc edition. [2 November 2007]

Petulia (1968)

By Christopher Sieving

For its many commendable qualities -- qualities long recognized by a sizable cult of fans -- Petulia doesn't quite display cultural insight. [10 July 2006]

Cuba (1979/2002)

By David Sanjek

The idea that an individual, like Robin Hood, could stand up for the rights of the oppressed comes across as a pleasant fantasy, worthy of song and legend, but devoid of the means to stand up against state power. [1 August 2002]

A Hard Day’s Night (1964/2000)

By Sabadino Parker

A smooth amalgamation of Richard Lester's intricate direction, Alun Owen's hysterical screenplay, and the natural charms of John, Paul, George, and Ringo, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a film perfectly of its time and perfectly timeless. [1 January 1995]