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as leaders of nato countries prepare to meet at a summit in madrid on tuesday. now on bbc news, its talking movies. hello from the washington heights neighbourhood in new york city. im tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in todays programme, highlights from this months tribeca festival. an opening night film goes behind the scenes with new york—born megastarjennifer lopez. it wasnt about me. it was about, really, the moment, and how i could contribute to that. # hallelujah...# a...

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Time was thatjohn lennon had been leading a wondrous family life with his wife, yoko ono, and young son sean. years prior, there had been word that hed had a relationship, a fling, with his former personal assistant, may pang. but it was really seen as a not—too—significant affair. but now comes a tribeca film which makes the case that that relationship with may pang was much more substantial than many people thought. film critic noah gittell has been looking at the tribeca film that makes t...

A change happen? well, that brings this special tribeca festival edition of talking movies to a close. we hope youve enjoyed the programme. please remember, you can always reach us online at... and you can find us on twitter. so from me, tom brook, and the rest of the talking movies team here in new york, its goodbye, as we leave you with leonard cohen singing hallelujah, which was seen in a tribeca documentary. # hallelujah, hallelujah # hallelujah, hallelujah # hallelujah # hallelujah #

2001: a space odyssey within its walls. its certainly an institution with a strong bohemian streak. the tribeca film dreaming walls: inside the chelsea hotel wasnt so much an impressionistic tribute to this legendary hostelry and its denizens, but a portrait of it in a moment of transition. i wanted this apartment to stay true to the history of the chelsea. its focus is on the residential holdouts who remained in the hotel while it underwent a recent transformation into a boutique establishment....

In a room where janisjoplin lived and dave grohl and leonard cohen. you know, i was in dee dee ramones room for a couple of months. and, you know, it raised my game. theres a mournfulness to this documentary, the nostalgic references to a time when new yorks alternative culture was much more vibrant. it conveys a sense of a monument whose glory days are over. on a december night back in 1980, i stood here in front of the dakota apartment building on new yorks upper west side and reported live fo...

About wealthy people, you know, so it will bejust one kind of population that will be displaced. and so we will lose this creative energy somehow that made the chelsea, actually. the documentary shows the chelsea hotel in a state of limbo as the renovation proceeds. theres a lot of ghosts going on around here. could you feel anything? yeah. many of the residents featured, past and present, express a strong affection for the institution. they tried to move all the residents to the first floor, be...

Including musicians. among them, 1960s folk song iconjudy collins, who appears in the documentary. # she leads you to the river...# she played a pivotal role in encouraging cohen to perform in public. i told him he had to sing. he didnt want to sing. he said, "i have a terrible voice." i said, "its not a terrible voice." # 0h, people, ive been here before...# "its a little eccentric, but its a great voice. "and you have to use it. "you have to sing these songs." # i used to live alone before i k...

Leonard cohen. # it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth # the minorfall... leonard cohen, who died in 2016, performing his mesmerising hallelujah — a hymn cast in a popularform, which has been covered by numerous other artists. # hallelujah...# this documentary is an exploration of that song and also a portrait of cohen himself. how do you understand the song hallelujah? oh, gosh. i mean, i think in the same way that leonard took it from a more religiously encompassing set of lyrics to a mor...