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Why Elton John found himself ‘squirming’ at parts of the candid ‘Never Too Late’
Elton John admired many things about John Lennon, but one quality really inspired him early in their friendship: the fact that the former Beatle still loved making music, was still politically active — and still had a purpose.
Trust with his subject takes R.J. Cutler’s Billie Eilish film to a new level of intimacy
interchangeable. But producer-director R.J. Cutler went back to the source to inspire his Apple TV+ project “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry.” The two-hour, 20-minute film, which premiered in February, tracks the teenage Eilish and her older brother Finneas as they write and record her debut album in a now-famous cramped bedroom studio. The camera follows closely as Eilish performs a string of concerts and eventually triumphs at the Grammy Awards amid all the stress and insecurities of adolescence, amplified by eruptive stardom.