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The film explores the strange, secular afterlife of the pop song.

A lot of substantial or just different material might have enriched this documentary’s tidy fall-and-rise story.

In the new documentary “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song,” filmmakers Dayna Goldfine and Dan Gellar examine how despite the odds, the song managed to take on a life of its own after starting as a studio reject thanks, in varying degrees, to Bob Dylan, John Cale, Jeff Buckley and Shrek

Out on July 1, 'Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song' looks into the star's life and his creative process - which sometimes clashed with a profit-driven music industry

<strong>Editorial:</strong> Great anthems are not always the best songs but they play the important role of channelling communal emotions

Importantly, “Hallelujah” the film seeks to explore the song’s relationship not only to its creator, but also to Judaism in general. 

These songs define these iconic movies.

The makers of a documentary on the singer-songwriter took a deep dive into his “writing and rewriting and erasing” to better understand the man.

These songs define these iconic movies.

These songs define these iconic movies.