now on bbc news a special edition of talking movies from the tribeca festival. hello from new york. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in this edition, highlights from robert de niro s tribeca festival. lots on offer at tribeca this year and lots to see in talking movies. the opening night film was kiss the future, co produced by matt damon. what i love about this movie is what it says about the role of art and music as an act of defiance. compelling documentaries from ukraine including one showing the power of laughter during war. and female film makers breaking records at tribeca with better representation than ever this year they were very pleased to be here. tribeca! it is the word on every movie director s lips. and the deaf oscar winning actor, troy kotsur, on his moving short film paying tribute to his father. all that and more on this special tribeca edition of talking movies. for the past 12 days, new york city has been hosting the tribeca festival. it
st helens beat castleford by 20 points to 12 to restore their four point lead at the top of superleague. they survived a late fight back to secure their 18th win in 22 games this season. elsewhere there were wins for leeds rhinos and catalans dragons. italy s francesco bagnaia won the british motogp at silverstone to move up to fourth in the riders standings. french riderjohann zarco had lead from pole, but crashed out onjust the fifth lap as he chased his first victory in the top category. and in cricket s hundred competition willjacks hit a match winning 81 runs as oval invincibles picked up their first win of the season by beating welsh fire by 39 runs in cardiff. just time for a quick look at the medal table. australia still top of the standings, they ve been there right from the start of the games they ve won a huge 61 gold medals so far. 165 in total. but hosts england are doing their best to catch up. 5a golds for england including that brilliant victory for the wo
being an action thriller. and it turns out there are a lot of other hit men on the train coincidence or not, two of them are supposedly british hit men. and we ll see from the clip that they re having a little conversation about their names. one is called lemon, and one is called tangerine. let s have a look. lemon. tangerine. you re bleeding, mate. that s not mine, mate. it s not yours? 0h, in that case, just leave yourjacket open and let people have a good old look. yeah, i want everyone to see my tie. pull your coat together so no one else notices, lemon. i think they ll notice - the childish codenames first, but if we re sticking with fruit, why not apple or orange? - so what s in this case? on phone: are we doing this? you know what s in the case. money, it s always money. tangerine s a sophisticated fruit. oh, now a fruit s sophisticated? yeah, it s cross hybridised with other fruit. they re adaptable like me. then why am i lemon? because you re sour no one likes
as leaders of nato countries prepare to meet at a summit in madrid on tuesday. now on bbc news, it s talking movies. hello from the washington heights neighbourhood in new york city. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from this month s tribeca festival. an opening night film goes behind the scenes with new york born megastarjennifer lopez. it wasn t about me. it was about, really, the moment, and how i could contribute to that. # hallelujah.# a documentary paying tribute to canadian singer/songwriter leonard cohen and his famous song, hallelujah. leonard is in my psyche. he s in my conscience. i m not sure you could really class it as a fantasy as such. it s a bit mundane for that. emma thompson impressing tribeca audiences by boldly portraying an older woman seeking sexual fulfilment. yes. the great thing about this film is that it s very honest about sex. also, a tribeca film in whichjohn lennon s one time personal assistant, may p
he was my destiny. it already looks very glitzy. it s a long film. is it like that all the way through? it is kind of like that all the way through. it doesn t let up. the lizardly gaze of tom hanks looking at his prey, there, almost, elvis played by newcomer, relative newcomer austin butler, who s got a difficultjob on his hand, given that everyone s impersonated elvis over the days. can he do more than an elvis impersonation? and not really. sure. not really. he doesn t really build this character. i didn t really understand what it was i was supposed to be watching. the film goes on and on to the purchase of graceland, having number one hit singles and becoming the biggest star in the world and then going to germany and meeting priscilla and then having this glitzy las vegas residency. and the movie is in hollywood. all puppeteered by colonel tom parker, played by tom hanks. the film never stops for breath, as you would expect from baz luhrmann. that s what we like about h