One to One: John and Yoko (15)

★★★★ Kevin Macdonald’s immersive collage is a pop culture fever dream; a collection of staggering TV clips and amazing audio of Lennon and Ono’s life in 1970s NYC, this film is a mosaic of countercultural moments. ~ The Guardian.

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1972, New York. In John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s apartment, the TV is permanently on, acting as a ‘window to the world’.

Through their television this inventive documentary explores the America of that time, the Lennons’ evolving politics and their complex personal life as they search for Yoko’s estranged daughter Kyoko against the backdrop of the Nixon-McGovern election.

Featuring previously unheard phone recordings and music from John’s only post-Beatles concert, it reveals the world that John and Yoko inhabited and the couple’s relevance, which still stands today.

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★★★★★ Dissecting Lennon and Ono’s post-Beatles life, this fascinating look at the couple's NYC era is a total treat. ~ NME.

★★★★ A new documentary catches the world's most famous dropouts at work and play and provides new revelations about The Beatles afterlife of John Lennon. It also does a very good job of rehabilitating the unfairly maligned Yoko Ono. ~ RTE.

★★★★ A casually dazzling, offbeat portrait of Lennon and Ono. Kevin Macdonald’s frenzied documentary about the couple’s charity gigs plunges viewers into the cultural moment of New York in the 1970s. ~ The Telegrapgh.

★★★★ This is an effortlessly absorbing portrait of a megastar dancing to a charged political era.  ~ Irish Independent.

★★★★ One to One goes further than fan service for Beatlemaniacs. It’s a document of a febrile time and a wake-up call for a fizzled revolution. ~ Time Out.

★★★★✭ There is always room for a post-Beatles doc if it’s this good and this original. ~ Irish Times.