An oppressive time: ‘One to One: John & Yoko’ looks at a key event between the Beatles’ breakup and Lennon’s death

An oppressive time: ‘One to One: John & Yoko’ looks at a key event between the Beatles’ breakup and Lennon’s death

In 1972, John Lennon performed his One to One charity concert, one of his first big performances after the breakup of the Beatles.New documentary One to One: John & Yoko, while using footage from that show as a connective thread, also uses clips of John, Yoko and notable news events of the era to paint a picture of what that time was like for Lennon and Ono. The atmosphere around them was, to put it mildly, oppressive. He was living in New York …

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An Oppressive Time: ‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Looks at a Key Event Between the Beatles’ Breakup and Lennon’s Death - Coachella Valley Independent

In 1972, John Lennon performed his One to One charity concert, one of his first big performances after the breakup of the Beatles.New documentary One to One: John & Yoko, while using footage from that show as a connective thread, also uses clips of John, Yoko and notable news events of the era to paint a picture of what that time was like for Lennon and Ono. The atmosphere around them was, to put it mildly, oppressive. He was living in New York …

New to Streaming: The Ugly Stepsister, The Ballad of Wallis Island, One to One: John & Yoko, Warfare & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. The Ballad of Wallis Island (James Griffiths) You know when you hear a song and it transports you back to an era or a memory or a moment? It’s this involuntary mental reflex that can be marvelous, painful, or some combination of the two; all intensified by the emotion of the…

One To One: John & Yoko

“I just like TV,” says John Lennon to an interviewer, somewhere at the heart of Kevin Macdonald’s scintillating, crackling, livewire documentary about John and Yoko Ono’s first year in New York. “It replaced the fireplace when I was a child. They took the fire away, they put a TV in and I got hooked.” “I just like TV,” says John Lennon to an interviewer, somewhere at the heart of Kevin Macdonald’s scintillating, crackling, livewire documentary a…