Two of the greatest artists of all time are getting a resurgence of sorts (As if they needed one) this year on both the big screen and on DVD. If you haven't gone to see Julie Taymor's visually impressive Beatles musical "Across the Universe" which has polarized its audience, I very much recommend it, but if you want the Beatles themselves then you can go to the DVD store and pick up their classic film "Help". Directed by Richard Lester, it's the band's follow up to "A Hard Days Night", and even though I wouldn't say this film is up to par with their earlier one, it's still full of great humour and great music.
Also Todd Haynes experimental biopic "I'm Not There" is yet to open wide so I haven't been able to see it, but it's been getting some great critical response, and if you're aching to see Dylan on film then a new DVD which chronicles his performances at the Newport Folk Festival has just been released. Entitled "The Other Side of the Mirror", this was the famous folk festival where Dylan went electric.
The release of of "Across the Universe" and "I'm Not There", plus these DVDs just goes to show, that good music never fades away.
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