a recent transformation into a boutique establishment. knocks at window stop! hey! the film has been made by two belgian directors. it s a moment in time where we follow some of the residents that are still living and creating there amongst the chaos of the renovation until the reopening. the chelsea is kind - of like a grand old tree that s been chopped down. the documentary shows a gentrification in progress, one that has made the chelsea unaffordable for the kind of bold, bohemian creatives who made it a cultural landmark. now it will be only 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. there s 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
accepting our new reality, accepting what is, is painful. peace in the valley really captures the trauma wrought by a mass shooting. the leading character, ashley, is torn apart when her husband dies when they are together with their young son at a supermarket shooting. i don t know what to do. i don t know what to do without him. ashley is played by brit shaw, who also produced the movie. it s a film designed to show the emotional trauma of mass shootings. now and it can be you, it can be me. you can be at a nail salon, you can be at a grocery store. so we wanted it to feel like just this average family, and what is the aftermath of a loss that you never planned for? do you think a feature film like yours can help bring about some thinking about how gun violence might be solved? i mean, i know you re focusing on grief, but do you think that could be a possible by product of it?
one in particular, peace in the valley, portrayed a grief stricken woman who d lost her husband in a mass shooting incident. this film really resonated with audiences at a time in america where there have been some very unsettling, real life mass shooting incidents. accepting our new reality, accepting what is, is painful. peace in the valley really captures the trauma wrought by a mass shooting. the leading character, ashley, is torn apart when her husband dies when they are together with their young son at a supermarket shooting. i don t know what to do. i don t know what to do without him. ashley is played by brit shaw, who also produced the movie. it s a film designed to show the emotional trauma of mass shootings. we re all afraid of what s going on in this country right now. and it can be you. it can be me. you can be at a nail salon, you can be at a grocery store. so we wanted it to feel like just this average family, and what is the aftermath of a loss
a space odyssey within its walls. it s certainly an institution with a strong bohemian streak. the tribeca film dreaming walls: inside the chelsea hotel wasn t 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. knocks at window stop! hey! the film has been made by two belgian directors. it s a moment in time where we follow some of the residents that are still living and creating there amongst the chaos of the renovation until the reopening. ithe chelsea is kind of like a grandl old tree that s been chopped down. the documentary shows a gentrification in progress, one that has made the chelsea unaffordable for the kind of bold, bohemian creatives who made it a cultural landmark. now, it will be only about
if there s one big hole in this whole process, it s that we couldn t show it to him. - the documentary, which first premiered at the venice film festival, is a sensitive, intimate and respectful celebration of leonard cohen, and of course, hallelujah, so nicely made that it should engage those new to leonard cohen as well as his die hard fans. to me, one of the most inspiring films at tribeca this year was good luck to you, leo grande. why? because in it, emma thompson gives the most remarkable performance. it makes you realise just how good she is as an actress. but also this is a movie which gives a very intelligent portrayal of an older woman s quest for sexual fulfilment. emma jones went to meet emma thompson. i m leo. you must be nancy. may i come inside? yes. emma thompson made an appearance at tribeca with one of the most talked about roles of her career. with very little to prove in terms of her acting credentials, not many double oscar winners would make themselves as vulnerab