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Warning: with Back to Black and four Beatles movies, Hollywood’s most cliched genre isn’t going away

From Amy Winehouse to Elvis, musical biopics are ubiquitous – but it’s only the fake ones that are really worth watching, says journalist and critic Zach Schonfeld

The Guardian - UK

The Lehman Trilogy review – masterful performances animate a flawed project

Directed by Sam Mendes, this Tony-winning corporate thriller whirls through 164 years of capitalism – yet still feels incomplete

The Guardian - AU

Barry Keoghan as John Lennon? Who Sam Mendes should cast in his Beatles movies

Following the news that Mendes will direct four fab films about the Fab Four, our critic picks his fantasy lineup

The Guardian - UK

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Director Sam Mendes To Bring The Beatles To The Big Screen

Director Sam Mendes to helm four Beatles biopics with full band cooperation, set for 2027 release by Sony Pictures.

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"I'm excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies": Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty/Skyfall) to direct biopics for each of the four Beatles

The Beatles are to be immortalised in not one, but four separate biopics, to hit cinemas in 2027

Louder

Four fab Beatles biopics are on the way: Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr will each get a full Sam Mendes movie

Oscar-nominated Bond and American Beauty director aiming to "challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies"

MusicRadar

‘Nothing off limits’: Sam Mendes to direct four Beatles films – one about each member

Director of 1917 announces ambitious project which has full approval of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison

The Guardian - UK

James Bond director to helm four Beatles biopics – and they're all releasing in the same year

Sam Mendes is directing four new movies about The Beatles

Total Film

The Hills of California's Ophelia Lovibond: 'I don't have imposter syndrome – I earned my stripes'

The actor talks returning to the stage and why Sam Mendes is the Jurgen Klopp of theatre

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The Hills of California review – Jez Butterworth’s fractious family of singing sisters

The Jerusalem playwright’s new drama, directed by Sam Mendes, follows four siblings coached as children to become stars and now reunited at their mother’s bedside

Evening Standard

The Hills of California at Harold Pinter Theatre review: Jez Butterworth's new play is consistently surprising

Along with the playwright’s earlier works Jerusalem and The Ferryman, this rounds out a trio of flawed masterpieces

The Guardian - UK

‘That’s impossible!’ Why UK theatre’s gone mad for magic and wild special effects

Need to make an elephant vanish, an aeroplane take off or a wizard fly? As magic grips the stage, illusionist supremos reveal how they turn the likes of Stranger Things into eye-popping spectaculars

The Guardian - UK

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens audiobook review – starry spin on a classic

Ncuti Gatwa, Helena Bonham Carter, Toby Jones and more imbue the latest Sam Mendes-produced adaptation of the author’s works with wit, charm and magic

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Evening Standard

The Standard Theatre Podcast's shows of the year, from Sunset Boulevard to Vanya via Operation Mincemeat

Only the best kind of drama this Christmas

Evening Standard

Sam Mendes: our Lebedev Award winner on his new creative streak, and why he'll never run the National

He also had harsh words for the government's idea of what levelling up means for theatre

Evening Standard

The 67th Evening Standard Theatre Awards: a glittering night with the brightest stars of London theatre

Nicole Scherzinger, Sam Mendes, Ian McKellen... the glamour quotient was off the scale

Evening Standard

Sir Elton John, Nicole Scherzinger, Ruth Wilson and Sir Sam Mendes star at Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Nicole Scherzinger shared her delight at winning in our starry celebration of the London stage

The Independent UK

Ruth Wilson and Elton John among the star-studded cast celebrating stage talent at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Andrew Scott collected the Best Actor award while British director Sam Mendes received special honour

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2023: Nicole Scherzinger and Andrew Scott among winners at star-studded ceremony

Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan share best actress award on glittering night celebrating the best of the London stage

Evening Standard

Himesh Patel teases new superhero movie-making comedy The Franchise: 'I'm excited for it'

Exclusive: The British actor teams up with director Sam Mendes on the hotly-anticipated series

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