A History of the Beatles on Film

This week, the movie Yesterday, a new musical fantasy from Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle and Love Actually writer Richard Curtis hit theaters.  The story is set in an alternative timeline in which no one remembers the Beatles with the exception of one struggling musician named Jack Malik (Himesh Patel). Our hero reluctantly presents the songs of the Fab Four as his own, becoming a world-wide sensation while simultaneously risking the loss his best friend Ellie (Lily James) in the process.