When Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald tackles musical topics, you always know each other in good hands: his Bob Marley documentary “Marley” from 2012 is about seven worlds better than “Bob Marley: One Love” from last year. So it is called to be noted when he makes John Lennon and Yoko Ono for a film.
Recommendations of the editorial team
An unvarnished view of the inside
The anticipation is justified: MacDonald focuses on 1972, in which John and Yoko find a new home in New York and are working on the “One To One” concert, a benefit event for children with special needs.
The film is composed of a huge amount of unseen archive material and especially private audio recordings, which in the assembly give a very unvarnished look at the inner life of the most famous couple in the world, the Beatle and the avant -garde artist, who is still said to have ended the Beatles.
Time capsule material
Above all, however, the film manages to revive the New York in the early 1970s in an impressive way, cinema and a time capsule.
Our rating: five stars
More about the theatrical release
“One To One: John & Yoko” (USA, 2023) by Kevin Macdonald will run in German cinemas from June 26, 2025.