By rjovine 
There comes a point in every historian and investigators pursuit of a particular subject where the question of what could possibly be left to say on said subject arises. Normally this query rears its head after a virtual plethora of information has come to light on the person of interest. Such is presumed to be the case with that little band of four lads from Liverpool known as The Beatles. In the ensuing years since the legendary group first hit the scene as The Quarrymen and recorded a scratchy demo of Buddy Holly and the Crickets That’ll Be the Day, fans have had most of their most burning questions about John, Paul, George and Ringo answered in one form or another. These answers have materialized in the form of books, documentaries, in-depth articles and more interviews with the principals and those who know them best than you can shake a hit record at. At this point in time – 2025 according to our trusty wall calendar – one might be forgiven for honestly asking, ‘What more could possibly be left to say about four amazing musicians who singlehandedly changed the world with their music?’ The good folks at Magnolia Pictures are hoping that skeptical Beatles fans might suspend their weariness for warmed-up leftovers and give their new documentary on the formative days of the relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono a fighting chance…
From our All You Need Is Love pals over at Variety comes the news that a freshly-minted new documentary entitled One to One: John & Yoko about the couple’s time in New York’s fabled Greenwich Village during the early days of the 1970s is set to enlighten Beatles and Lennon scholars around the globe. The new doc was directed by Oscar-winning auteur Kevin Macdonald.
Of course, Macdonald and Sony have surely anticipated the usual line of John Lennon and Yoko Ono admirers doubtful of anything new under the sun emerging about the couple. And, to that end, all efforts were made by the filmmakers to procure anything ‘new’ they could possibly find. Some of their coups for the new doc is never before seen footage of Lennon and Ono, as well as a spit shined and lovingly restored full-length solo concert outing from Lennon (unbelievably the only such one the singer-songwriter ever gave after the 1970 breakup of The Beatles) which was actually remastered by Sean Ono Lennon, the son of John and Yoko.
In a press release announcing One to One: John & Yoko, Macdonald said that “I am personally thrilled to be back with the Magnolia and HBO teams to be giving ‘One to One: John & Yoko’ the ambitious theatrical release that I always dreamed of for this film. This is a movie about music and love and politics — and about immersing yourself in the year of 1972 — a period in time that feels uncannily like the world we are currently inhabiting. And more than anything else I’m grateful to Sean Lennon and Mercury Studios for entrusting the incredible One to One concert to me.”
One to One: John & Yoko will see an Imax release this April 11 with a wider theatrical release coming after that. From that point on, look for HBO and its streaming branch MAX to pick up the doc for airing later in ‘25.