Brian Epstein brought us the most successful band of all time, the Beatles, when he discovered them playing a local gig at ...
Directed by Joe Stephenson, " Midas Man " is a curiosity. As subjects for biopics go, Beatles manager Brian Epstein is long overdue. Unfortunately, "Midas Man" feels like a missed opportunity to get ...
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Brian Epstein in ‘Midas Man.’ (Photo: Kerry Spicer) On Nov. 9, 1961, the Beatles were “discovered” by Brian Epstein, a gay man, in a Liverpool club called The Cavern. “The ...
The new film Midas Man, about Epstein’s time with the Beatles, his sexuality, drug addiction and his Jewishness, makes the case for a man who lived in Technicolor, but was dogged by darkness.
The final shot of Midas Man shows Brian Epstein, who found success and fame as manager of the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967, taking a poignant walk across the street. The intertitles ...
Midas Man manages to effectively tell an intriguing story of the man behind The Beatles, though it does fall into familiar biopic pitfalls.
But even the dark side is a bit too on-the-nose. If you know even some of this, you go into “Midas Man” wanting to see the fabled anecdotes filled in (which the director, Joe Stephenson ...