| 单词 | Spike Lee |
| 例句 | He was wearing these big black thick-rimmed glasses like that movie dude Spike Lee and was dressed all in black. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z "Look at y'all, looking like a perfect scene from a Spike Lee movie." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I watched Rachel Weisz, dressed like an amazing tulle and chiffon swan, swivel in her seat and whisper to Spike Lee, dressed like a blueberry, but pulling it off because he is Spike Lee. ‘I crashed Timothée Chalamet on the red carpet’: my night at the Baftas 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Spike Lee’s third feature, “Do the Right Thing,” returns to movie theatres this weekend in honor of the thirtieth anniversary of its release. The Enduring Urgency of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” at Thirty 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Sayles never gets talked about in the same breath as Scorsese, Spike Lee and Woody Allen. ‘Outbreak’ Was a Hit in 1995. Now We’re Living the Sequel. 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z From Harper Lee to Spike Lee, a sterling opportunity was seized by this play. Perspective | Watching ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ with 18,000 teenagers was one of the most profound theater experiences of my career 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z At one time, Spike Lee was to direct. A double-header of biopics for Chadwick Boseman 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Marcus Samuelsson, the chef and television personality, took the “family” trope one step further, referring to Spike Lee as “Uncle Spike” for inspiring him to become a chef. Will Smith Calls Bradley Cooper ‘Beautiful’ at Film Gala 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Spike Lee has hit back at attacks from Chicago musician Chance the Rapper over his controversial drama Chi-Raq. Spike Lee rebuffs Chicago-based rapper's criticism of Chi-Raq 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq,” set in a few neighborhoods in Chicago, is an American movie and a movie about America. Spike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Spike Lee, Tyrese Gibson and Michael Moore are among other notable figures who have called for a boycott or signalled that they will not be attending over diversity. Jamie Foxx: black stars – including Will Smith – need to #actbetter to win Oscars 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Filmmaker Spike Lee presented it to her in a virtual ceremony noting that the award was given to recognize courage. Perspective | By bearing witness — and hitting ‘record’ — 17-year-old Darnella Frazier may have changed the world 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z While accepting the award for best adapted screenplay for BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee reminded Americans that the 2020 election is around the corner. Oscars save shocks for last with big wins for Green Book and Olivia Colman 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z But they wound up going with Spike Lee, who brought a vision. Watch Kevin Hart Tell a Joke. See Fans Laugh. At the Movies. 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z But the more you think about it, the weirder it is: why has Spike Lee never even been nominated – not even for Do The Right Thing or Malcolm X? Oscar nominations shoot down Hollywood's black swans 2011-02-07T15:57:45Z The director Spike Lee was so impressed with him that he directed Mr. Carmichael’s first comedy special for HBO last year. Jerrod Carmichael’s Comedy, and Tourism, Call for Reflection 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z “See You Yesterday,” which was produced by Spike Lee, takes a different approach. “See You Yesterday” and the Perils—and Promise—of Time-Travelling While Black 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z The actor recently attended the Oscars as a cast member in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” which won the filmmaker his first Oscar, for Best Adapted Screenplay. Topher Grace edited all 10 "Star Wars" movies into one thrilling trailer — Watch 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Lincoln also acted again for the first time in decades, with a brief role in the 1990 Spike Lee film "Mo' Better Blues." Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln dies at age 80 in NY 2010-08-15T01:14:00Z And that instinct, that insistence on documenting the city we lived in rather than the city we imagined, is what makes Spike Lee one of New York’s essential filmmakers. ‘25th Hour’: The Best 9/11 Movie Was Always About New York 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z His films include installments in the “Star Wars” and Marvel franchises, voice-overs in big-ticket animation, a political documentary, neo-kitsch action dramas and regular work in the ecosystems of Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino. The Samuel L. Jackson Method 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z You might recognize the same dolly shot from Spike Lee’s movies, transporting you into the dream of a moment. The Film That Made ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ Possible 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z It’s admittedly tantalizing to contemplate a Spike Lee Joint set in the MCU. Perspective | Comic books have taken over the movies. Must they take our indie auteurs, too? 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Best known for his roles in Spike Lee films, Byrd was found dead around 1:45 a.m. on Oct. Atlanta police make arrest in actor’s shooting death 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z And the film, directed by Spike Lee, is kinetic, visually playful fun. ‘The West Wing’ and David Byrne Stage America 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z But what makes “The Original Kings of Comedy” an authentic Spike Lee joint is its generosity, the love it communicates for the kings as they hold court. The Essential Spike Lee 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Spike Lee was angry earlier when “Green Book” won best picture. Oscar winners and losers party with champagne and statuettes 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z “This is your dude, Spike Lee,” the “Chiraq” director announces in the radio ad released Tuesday. “He will do the right thing”: Spike Lee endorses Bernie Sanders in new ad 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Among the highlights are a screening of Spike Lee’s “Get on the Bus” and music from DJ Masai, who will put his musical spin on the night’s theme. Spare Times for Jan. 2-8 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z He soon became Spike Lee’s musical other half, a relationship that helped to make film scoring into a primary vocation. Listen to the Essential Terence Blanchard 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Spike Lee’s movie — about a black police officer, Ron Stallworth, who infiltrates his local Ku Klux Klan chapter in the 1970s — is adapted from Stallworth’s memoir. A Literary Guide to the Oscars 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Spike Lee captures its dirty old Sunset Strip glamour without wallowing in it. Spike Lee Enhances Jerrod Carmichael and Katt Williams 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z A graduate of New York University’s film school, where he studied under director Spike Lee, Dalio says his first instinct was never to mine his own experience. Filmmaker Paul Dalio mines his bipolar disorder for feature debut 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, which is released on Netflix on 12 June, is the newest entry in cinema’s decades-long fascination with the trauma experienced by US soldiers during the Vietnam war. From Platoon to Winter Soldier: 10 of the best Vietnam war films 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Spike Lee, the jury president for this year’s Cannes film festival, has welcomed artistic director Thierry Frémaux’s decision to postpone the festival from May until later in the summer. Spike Lee, Cannes jury president, on postponement: 'Everybody has to pray' 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Tentatively titled The Newest Hottest Spike Lee Joint, the film is about "human beings who are addicted to blood". Spike Lee wins $300,000 Gish Prize 2013-09-19T11:27:36Z A group of Vietnam War veterans search for the bones of a fallen comrade and a box full of gold in “Da 5 Bloods,” the latest film from Spike Lee. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Da 5 Bloods’ and ‘Artemis Fowl’ 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z A Neighborhood’s Soul, Bared for All to See Spike Lee’s messy, meandering, bluntly polemical “Red Hook Summer” has one crucial ingredient: a raw vitality. Movie Review: ‘Red Hook Summer,’ Directed by Spike Lee 2012-08-09T12:00:00Z They might have felt they were being targeted by Spike Lee. Spike Lee: 'Race relations today are the direct result of having a black president' 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z The boxer’s one-man show will be brought to the Longacre Theater for a short run at the end of July, as a collaboration with acclaimed director Spike Lee. Mike Tyson Bringing His Truth to Broadway 2012-06-19T16:15:49Z The nod for "BlacKkKlansman" is also significant, as a Spike Lee Joint has yet to win an Academy Award — his honorary Oscar aside — never mind the top honor. The 2019 Academy Awards: What to expect from Sunday's 91st Oscars ceremony 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z It was shot in black-and-white, a visual choice that nods to iconic New York films, most instructively from Woody Allen and Spike Lee. At Sundance, a Glorious Diversity of Voices Breaks Through 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Spike Lee turns his sights on Vietnam in his next film "Da 5 Bloods," premiering June 12th on Netflix. Spike Lee’s "Da 5 Bloods" takes it back to Vietnam: Watch the trailer 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Spike Lee explained the phenomenon back in 1989 with one of the quietest scenes in “Do the Right Thing.” White “Creed” fans, pay attention: This is not just another feel-good, underdog sports movie 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Boyz N The Hood was a breakout hit at a time when African American cinema was finally coming into its own, spearheaded by Singleton, Spike Lee and others. Cuba Gooding Jr: ‘I had 10 years in the wilderness’ 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Martin’s fantasy novels to the screen as a creator of “Game of Thrones,” David Benioff adapted his own debut novel, “The 25th Hour,” into the screenplay for this film, which was directed by Spike Lee. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Spy’ and ‘In the Shadow of the Towers’ 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Spike Lee made a moving documentary about her. Let's get physical: how women's sport can conquer body image 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Spike Lee concentrated on his second documentary about New Orleans, "If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise," which bowed on HBO last month. Black actors face snub at Oscars 2010-10-01T07:41:00Z Since then he's appeared in appears in nearly 200 films and TV series, including memorable parts in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" and "The Usual Suspects." From Gus Fring to Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Giancarlo Esposito plays "the humanity of all people" 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z I did an ad for Bernie Sanders that Spike Lee made. Alan Cumming Helps CBS Unfurl Its Rainbow Flag With ‘Instinct’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Lucas, in a playful mood, said a huge opening weekend would persuade the studios to finance a second “Red Tails” movie — a prequel — “that Spike Lee’s gonna make!” George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits 2012-01-17T16:33:29Z But what fun would a Spike Lee Joint be without anything to argue about? A Pocket Guide to the Oscars’ Beefiest Controversies 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z In Spike Lee’s “Summer of Sam” in 1999, he was a mobster. Ben Gazzara, Actor of Stage and Screen, Dies at 81 2012-02-03T23:38:39Z It’s among the most ideologically ambitious of the Spike Lee joints, it really was the “Get Out” of its day, and it’s mysteriously absent from every legal streaming service. Who We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Weinstein 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z “I think that folks will be surprised that the way that we get at narrative in this opening iteration of our museum is through these two Black filmmakers,” referring to Micheaux and Spike Lee. The Academy Museum Finds Good Intentions in Messy Film History 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Lincoln Center will host a special screening of Spike Lee's "25th Hour," with the director in attendance. NY arts world commemorates Sept. 11 in music, film 2011-09-09T20:52:12Z “Pass Over” was previously staged at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater in 2017, and that production was filmed by Spike Lee and is streaming on Amazon. A Milestone for Broadway as ‘Pass Over’ Begins Performances 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z And then I got the message that Spike Lee gave an interview saying I’m evil… Do you take it personally? Cuba Gooding Jr: ‘I had 10 years in the wilderness’ 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Spike Lee has spoken out against Tarantino's film, though refuses to watch it, saying it would be an insult to his ancestors, and that slavery was not a spaghetti western. Django Unchained: tackling Lincoln-era America on film 2013-01-25T06:59:01Z Spike Lee has declined to attend this year’s ceremony, and since then the retributions, condemnations and the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag have turned into an unprecedented crisis for cinema’s most prestigious awards. Steve McQueen on the Oscars whitewash: ‘I’m hoping we can look back and say this was a watershed moment’ 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z But as presenters including Spike Lee, Whoopi Goldberg and Michael Moore made clear, Mr. Belafonte has been an outspoken activist for racial justice since the Eisenhower years, when such a stand could prove career-threatening. Harry Belafonte Turns 95 With a Call for Social Justice 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Film-maker Spike Lee issued an apology after defending Allen in a radio interview, writing on social media “My words were WRONG.” Woody Allen's new film to open San Sebastián film festival 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z In fact, this Spike Lee hit has had serious stamina all season, showing up in the nominations list for nearly every guild. The Path to Oscar Victory for Every Best Picture Nominee 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z From the true account of a female cross-country motorcycle rider during the Jim Crow era, to the story that will serve as the basis of an upcoming Spike Lee film, here are Salon's favorite picks. 5 graphic novels by Black authors, featuring a pioneering motorcyclist to a blues-singing monster 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Spike Lee released his first masterpiece in 1989, in the wake of killings in New York City. 8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z This is the year that Spike Lee was finally nominated for Directing, for “BlacKkKlansman,” twenty-nine long years after missing out for “Do the Right Thing.” A Fraught Oscars Season Limps to the Finish Line 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Vying against “A Star Is Born” and the blockbuster “Bohemian Rhapsody” as best drama contenders will be the superhero smash “Black Panther,” the melancholy “If Beale Street Could Talk” and Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman.” ‘A Star Is Born’ and ‘Vice’ Lead the 2019 Golden Globes Nominations 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Spike Lee won the award for Adapted Screenplay and leaped into Samuel L. Jackson’s arms. An Oscars-Night Diary 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Photograph: Karwai Tang/WireImage Spotlight received its best picture award and we filed out to the strains of Public Enemy’s Fight the Power from Spike Lee’s incendiary Do the Right Thing. My first Oscars: booze, reality stars and queuing with Jared Leto 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Directed by Spike Lee and written by his wife, Kiki Tyson, Undisputed Truth is an autobiographical monologue, which premiered in Las Vegas in April. Mike Tyson's show to tour the US 2012-11-29T11:48:32Z Spike Lee’s new film, “BlacKkKlansman,” is, in its contours, a police procedural drama. “BlacKkKlansman,” Reviewed: Spike Lee’s Vision of Resistance to White Supremacy 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Twenty-nine years ago, Roger Ebert said of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing that “it comes closer to reflecting the current state of race relations in America than any other movie of our time”. BlacKkKlansman: the grim topicality of Spike Lee's 70s-set KKK film 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Spike Lee: Well, it is a modern story! Spike Lee says it’s time to stop taking violence lying down 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z From the Kate Hudson movie that no one has heard of to the very awkward shut out of Spike Lee, here’s a look at some of the biggest surprises of the morning. Kate Hudson in, Spike Lee out and more Golden Globe chaos 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s an imperfect system; I talked with Spike Lee about it last fall, and he’s not getting financing from these new sources. How Critics Have Failed Female Filmmakers 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Some are more lighthearted, like the new season of "Queer Eye," while others may be tougher to absorb, like Spike Lee's "Da 5 Bloods," a story of African American Vietnam vets. From "Pose" to Spike Lee's "Da 5 Bloods," Netflix's June offerings spotlight LGBTQ and Black voices 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z Even longer if you count her presence as an extra in Spike Lee’s Malcolm X in 1991 as the real beginning of her screen career, long before films-in-the-hood such as Baby Boy and Hustle & Flow. Taraji P Henson: 'Hollywood didn't grasp my talent' 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Hill also starred in the play’s world premiere in 2017 at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater, a production that was filmed by Spike Lee and is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. ‘There’s Still So Much to Unearth’ in ‘Pass Over’ 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z So I got a job there and that's where I met Spike Lee. Black Panther Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter on Three Decades of Dressing Superheroes 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z The film, which is being “presented” by Spike Lee, sees Parker star as an Iraqi war veteran whose teenage son is killed by a white police officer. Nate Parker to premiere movie at Venice film festival after rape controversy 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Still, censors failed to catch many vulgarities that were uttered onstage, from performances by Nicki Minaj to even a parody by Samuel L. Jackson and Spike Lee. Beyonce, Brown, Kanye, Jay-Z win at BET Awards 2012-07-02T02:50:11Z Spike Lee, like the city he’s from, exudes a kind of brash resilience. Spike Lee, Exultant at the ‘Epicenter’ 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Spike Lee added his take to a remake with “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” in 2014. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Ganja & Hess’ and ‘Outcry’ 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z The best film of 2015, Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq,” is also readily available online, on Amazon Prime, which makes sense: the film was produced by Amazon Studios. What to Stream This Weekend: Spike Lee, Jean Renoir, and More 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z “I’m sitting here with Spike Lee,” Pharrell says in the clip. Pharrell, Spike Lee Team Up For Live Concert 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Spike Lee has told plenty of great stories involving basketball. World Cup 2014: Spike Lee, Fernando Meirelles get their game on 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Spike Lee, Miranda July and Aaron Sorkin, among others, welcomed us back in a bespoke trailer created for IFC Center that stressed keeping those masks on. The Zombie-Mall Weirdness of Going to the Movies Again 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z The first Spike Lee movie I saw — and my first glimpse of his depictions of the violent and otherwise deeply problematic ways that cops interact with black people — was “Jungle Fever” in 1993. Spike Lee Saved My Life 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Sponsored by Spike Lee, the event features dancing to a soundtrack of Jackson’s music, played by DJ Spinna; tinyurl.com/koxa5ql. Spare Times for Aug. 22-28 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Spike Lee: Well, my young brother, criticism’s not new. Spike Lee says it’s time to stop taking violence lying down 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Potential witnesses later in the trial include stars such as Diana Ross, Quincy Jones and Spike Lee. Detective to detail investigation into Jackson doc 2013-05-01T14:40:09Z The letter was signed by industry power players including producer Gavin Palone, director Spike Lee and former Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Hawk Koch. Film industry group encourages advertisers' anti-piracy efforts 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Four years ago Spike Lee’s documentary “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts” chronicled, in part, the beginnings of New Orleans’s post-Hurricane Katrina rebirth. Week Ahead: Aug. 22 ? 28 2010-08-19T14:57:00Z “There hasn’t been a film that has affected me this deeply in a while,” said veteran director Spike Lee who sat by Parker, explaining why he was supporting the movie. Apologetic Nate Parker returns with police violence drama 'American... 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z The first image to catch your eye in the Brooklyn Museum’s new exhibition about the director Spike Lee could be a wall projection of “Malcolm X,” the 1992 movie staring Denzel Washington. A Spike Lee Joint via Movie Posters and Sports Jerseys 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The American cinematic landscape would be a lot more boring without Spike Lee, who's made a career of stirring things up. The academy celebrates Hollywood iconoclast Spike Lee 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z I’m a white mom in a racially and socially diverse neighborhood, but I’m certainly at an exponentially lower socioeconomic level than Mr. Spike Lee. Spike Lee’s epic anti-gentrification speech 2014-02-26T15:53:00Z The idea in the Spike Lee version may be that women try the same tactic to wipe out gang violence in Chicago. Spike Lee's "Chiraq" Will Be a Musical Comedy 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The next year, Spike Lee’s documentary “When the Levees Broke” detailed causes and consequences. An Artist’s Gateway to Freedom and Possibility 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z In mentioning the heavy and the sad, she might have been thinking of her other current project, the new Spike Lee film “Chi-Raq,” an adaptation of the Greek comedy “Lysistrata,” relocated to a violence-plagued Chicago. Jennifer Hudson, Without a Safety Net, Prepares for ‘The Color Purple’ 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Five years after he documented the horrors of Hurricane Katrina, Spike Lee returned to New Orleans with his new movie showing the city's agonizing efforts to return to normal. Spike Lee screens new Katrina film in New Orleans 2010-08-18T19:01:00Z The most famous person in my class was Spike Lee. ‘Homeland’ Times Two: Claire Danes and Jeh Johnson 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z The two most high-profile films prefestival — “Lay the Favorite,” directed by Stephen Frears,” and Spike Lee’s “Red Hook Summer” — both landed with a critical thud and are still looking for buyers. Sundance Films Fall Short of Expectations 2012-01-27T16:19:50Z It might even get heated, so we’ll conclude by reminding everyone of something Spike Lee likes to say: “Spreading the love is the Brooklyn way.” Viewing Party! Let’s All Watch ‘Do the Right Thing’ Together! 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Before shooting certain scenes that felt particularly powerful, Ramos would shout to the crew: “For the culture!” — a ritual he learned from Spike Lee while acting in his “She’s Gotta Have It.” ‘For the culture’: The moment arrives for ‘In the Heights’ 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Boones posted a statement to Twitter on 18 January, after both Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee announced they would not be attending the awards night on 28 February. Oscars 2016: academy to review diversity of membership after stars threaten boycott 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The play was first staged in 2017 in Chicago and was filmed by Spike Lee. ‘Pass Over’ jumps ahead of pack to welcome Broadway patrons 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Spike Lee’s career can be described as a lover’s quarrel with American movies — and with America, too. ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Review: Black Lives Mattered in Vietnam, Too 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Spike Lee really forces us to look in the mirror. “BlacKkKlansman” author Ron Stallworth: Donald Trump accomplished David Duke’s goal 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Spike Lee's "Red Hook Summer" features a character living in Brooklyn's projects who continually cries out over the bailout given to banks and against Obama's unfulfilled promises while the "rich get richer." Tales of greed, excess meet mild response at Sundance 2012-01-25T20:16:33Z It’s hard to overlook, for instance, that this movie arrives in theatres in the same year as the thirtieth anniversary of Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing.” The Powerful Perspective of “Queen & Slim” 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Everyone knows what Spike Lee thinks of the current president, but everyone should also remember that Lee often shows an almost affectionate interest in characters whose views he finds abhorrent. ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Review: Black Lives Mattered in Vietnam, Too 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z You worked with Spike Lee several times quite a few years ago. Delroy Lindo on ‘Da 5 Bloods’ and Playing a Trump Supporter 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Spike Lee recently commented that it is easier to become a black president of the US than a black studio head, correctly assessing a business still defined by decisions made by white people. Black films matter: why Chi-Raq and Beast of No Nation are game-changers 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z He did the same thing when Spike Lee attacked Jackie Brown back in 1997, and questioned whether Tarantino wanted to be an “honorary black man”. The Quentin Tarantino race debate isn't black and white 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Pollard, a frequent editor for Spike Lee, examines J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr. — widely considered one the darkest chapters in FBI history. New this week: ‘MLK/FBI,’ Why Don’t We and ‘Prodigal Son’ 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Which would mean there’s another thing Spike Lee got right: timing. What Spike Lee’s Kickstarter Drive Gets Right 2013-07-24T18:33:08Z “Spike Lee’s perspective is more valuable than ever,” they said. Spike Lee to Head Cannes Film Festival Jury 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Spike Lee on his role as an artist in tumultuous times: ‘I’m built for this’ Perspective | HBO Max isn’t censoring ‘Gone With the Wind.’ It’s reframing it. 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z On Monday Spike Lee announced that he will be boycotting this year’s ceremony. How to fix Hollywood's race problem 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z These three Spike Lee films prepared me for my own incident with the police. Spike Lee Saved My Life 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Race is still America’s ultra-touchy subject and minstrelsy is a dangerous lightning rod; just ask Spike Lee. Two noted and nomadic musicals destined for D.C.? Produced by Spike Lee, the film will be available on Netflix next month. Tribeca Film Festival: 9 Filmmakers Who Should Be on Your Radar 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Recently, two films, Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You” and Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” have borrowed “white voice” from the standup retinue and put it to sharp narrative ends. The Twisted Power of White Voice in “Sorry to Bother You” and “BlacKkKlansman” 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Last year, the National Board of Review chose Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” as the best film of 2020. NBR Awards name ‘Licorice Pizza’ its best film of 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Spike Lee attempted to give a stirring speech about Black History Month and the 2020 election when he won best adapted screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman,” leaving no time for his co-writers to speak. Review | Oscar keeps it shorter without a host, but something still needs to done about those speeches 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Spike Lee pays tribute to Kobe Bryant in this purple and gold number from Gucci, with ‘24’ printed on the lapels. Oscars 2020: the red carpet, the ceremony, the winners – live! 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z My favorite detail from the Obama backstory involves his first date with the future First Lady, when they went to see Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing.” When Politicians Make Playlists 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z There’s a moment in the film “Do the Right Thing” in which someone instructs Spike Lee’s character, Mookie, to “stay black.” Review: Mat Johnson’s ‘Loving Day’ Takes a Satirical Slant on Racial Identities 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Inspired by Beckett and the Bible, and directed by Danya Taymor, an earlier version was filmed by Spike Lee onstage in Chicago. Broadway Is Back! A Guide to Shows, Tickets and Covid Protocols. 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Her temp agency sent her to SpikeDDB, Spike Lee’s advertising firm. Is This the Woman Who Will Save Uber? 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z For more than three decades, Spike Lee has been one of the most vital forces in film-making. Spike Lee: 'Race relations today are the direct result of having a black president' 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z This year’s nominations led Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith to announce on Martin Luther King’s Birthday that they would not be attending the ceremony. Oscars So White? Or Oscars So Dumb? Discuss. 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z An anecdote in which filmmaker Spike Lee purportedly lambasted Porter for talking “like a white boy” during a “Malcolm X” audition is tough to swallow. Review | Billy Porter bares his soul in ‘Unprotected’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Parker’s new film also carries Spike Lee’s backing. Nate Parker to debut new film at Venice Film Festival 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Coincidentally or not, they were chosen the same year that Spike Lee was snubbed, for his Vietnam veteran drama “Da 5 Bloods,” alongside other prominent Black creators and actors like Michaela Coel. The Best and Worst of the Golden Globes 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z In that capacity, he was involved with films as diverse as “Hotel Rwanda,” “Bowling for Columbine” and “Pieces of April,” as well as other films by Spike Lee, David Lynch and Lars von Trier. Poised for Releases: Two New Screens at Lincoln Center 2011-04-04T20:37:08Z Director Spike Lee and singer Harry Belafonte presented rap pioneers Public Enemy with their award. Rock Hall of Fame inductees welcomed 2013-04-19T09:52:31Z An overjoyed Spike Lee accepted the best adapted screenplay award for "BlacKkKlansman," leaping into the arms of presenter Samuel L. Jackson as he came to the stage. Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book’ wins best picture, bringing some controversy to an otherwise surprisingly smooth show 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z But Majors’ continuing education is increasingly on the sets and stages he now finds himself — like Spike Lee’s. 2019 Breakthrough Entertainer: A star-making year for Majors 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In a 2001 speech, director Spike Lee coined the phrase “Magical Negro” to describe the phenomenon of black characters whose only job in life is to the servants, mentors, and spiritual guides for white people. Failing the “DuVernay Test”: 6 signs your on-screen black character is a tired trope 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z As a director known for taking risks, Spike Lee is surprisingly moderate when it comes to this film’s politics, never allowing his protagonist to cross over to the side of the revolution. ‘Judas’ Is the Latest Political Movie to Punt on Politics 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Did you think Spike Lee did a good job? “BlacKkKlansman” author Ron Stallworth: Donald Trump accomplished David Duke’s goal 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Those arenas included everything from “Free to Be … You and Me” and “The Muppet Show” to Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” and, on several indelible occasions, “Sesame Street.” Harry Belafonte, Folk Hero 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Parker is a 36-year-old actor whose most notable credits, before The Birth of a Nation, include the 2014 romantic drama Beyond the Lights and a role in Spike Lee’s 2012 Red Hook Summer. What to Know About Nate Parker and His Sundance Sensation 'The Birth of a Nation' 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z On a banquette outside the rope, Spike Lee surveyed the crowds. Self-flagellation and stuffed goodie bags: my night at the tacky, endearing Oscars 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z When Spike Lee’s movie “Malcolm X” came out in 1992, Mr. McDonell put a photo of Mr. Lee on Esquire’s cover with his arms crossed. Review: In ‘The Accidental Life,’ Golfing on LSD Is Just Part of an Editor’s Job 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Mookie, the film’s protagonist played by Spike Lee, is a young unmotivated and unambitious black man, who works a job as a delivery guy at Sal’s Pizzeria. White supremacy stripped bare: What “Do the Right Thing” tells us 25 years later 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Basic instinct … Tracy Morgan dances as filmmaker Spike Lee looks on during a party in Brooklyn. Tracy Morgan called 'sexist' at Melbourne comedy festival 2013-04-16T12:09:02Z Spike Lee helped launch the ’90s indie movement and a renewed interest in Black cinema, to say nothing of his own durable career, with this, his 1986 feature debut. Stream These 10 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in August 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z He donated more than 400 items for the show, “Spike Lee: Creative Sources,” which opens on Saturday and runs through Feb. 4, 2024. A Spike Lee Joint via Movie Posters and Sports Jerseys 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Predictably, first to the post is fellow filmmaker Spike Lee, who declares Django disrespectful of slavery. Django Unchained: is its portrayal of slavery too flippant? 2013-01-10T21:00:04Z Spike Lee has heard all his film-making life that he is preoccupied with race. Spike Lee: ‘I get no joy from being right. I wanted progress’ 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z "Spike Lee wants us to wake up," Browne said in the Time story. “BlacKkKlansman” and white women: Spike Lee’s new film indicts their investment in white su... 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Then director Spike Lee announced he would also be staying away. Charlotte Rampling finds herself outnumbered in Oscars diversity row 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z An HBO spokeswoman said Friday that the network is working with Spike Lee and Murphy on the project, though she said it's in the early stages of development. Eddie Murphy may play DC's Marion Barry in film 2011-12-09T21:41:15Z If you’re looking for a way into an imposing and eclectic body of work, here are my nine recommendations for essential Spike Lee viewing experiences, sorted according to what you gotta have. The Essential Spike Lee 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Recently, director Spike Lee got some good news: In November, he will receive an Honorary Oscar at the Governors Award thrown by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Spike Lee’s dubious honor: Is the Honorary Oscar a way for the Academy to say “this is as close as you’ll ever get?” 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z On Friday, Spike Lee will introduce one of two screenings of his “Miracle at St. Anna,” about a platoon in Italy. Film Series in NYC This Week 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z A quarter-century ago, Roger Guenveur Smith cajoled his friend Spike Lee into writing him into the script for “Do the Right Thing.” Theater Review: Exploring Rodney King’s Struggles in a Stage Monologue 2014-01-14T18:23:33Z Spike Lee will get his lifetime achievement award. Oscars So White? Or Oscars So Dumb? Discuss. 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Do you understand the anger of, for instance, Spike Lee, who called for a boycott of the ceremony? Charlotte Rampling Says Oscars Boycott Is ‘Racist Against Whites’ 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z “Aftershock” also marks the first time Lee, whose husband is filmmaker Spike Lee, has a directing credit. ‘Aftershock’ puts human face to maternal health crisis in US 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Spike Lee: They’re just seeing the same movies all the time. Spike Lee says it’s time to stop taking violence lying down 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z And even Spike Lee seems to have got his mojo back. Black films matter – how African American cinema fought back against Hollywood 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “American Utopia,” directed by Spike Lee, captures a performance of David Byrne’s omnibus 2019 show at the Hudson Theater in New York. Best Movies of 2020 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z In BlacKkKlansman, he produced Spike Lee’s finest work in a decade. Outlook not so good: why we really don't need a Magic 8 ball movie 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z All the studio wanted was their own version of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing.” Perspective | John Singleton helped redefine American pop culture, and his impact is still being felt today 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z But there are some notable entries from the silverbacks of the auteur big league, including Jean-Luc Godard and Spike Lee. Peter Bradshaw on the Cannes 2018 lineup: Netflix out, plenty of newcomers in 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Men in Black III puts rivals in the shade as 2012's most error-strewn movie Django Unchained wins over black audience despite Spike Lee criticism Did Zero Dark Thirty have secret links to CIA? Close up: New year, new films 2013-01-03T17:12:20Z Directors such as Elia Kazan, Sidney Lumet and Spike Lee dealt with serious moral questions, and made urban realism riveting. Down and dirty in city hall 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z At the time Spike Lee made his comments, Perry responded by accusing the auteur of bourgie condescension. Pour One Out for Tyler Perry’s Madea 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z “Musicians are low-priced slaves, whereas athletes and entertainers are high-priced slaves,” Spike Lee told The Times when the film opened. Bill Lee, Jazz Bassist and Composer, Is Dead at 94 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z More hopefully, the end of that decade ushered in a new generation of do-it-yourself black filmmakers, most famously and outspokenly Spike Lee, who tried to beat the system and then joined it. Film: Hollywood?s Whiteout Year: Few Blacks on Silver Screen 2011-02-12T06:53:01Z Its narrative has been appropriated by Spike Lee for his latest film, the Kickstarter financed “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus.” Spike Lee: “The black audience is not monolithic” 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z In 1990, “Driving Miss Daisy,” a film of benighted attitudes toward racial comity, won Best Picture—beating out “Do the Right Thing” even before entering the auditorium, because Spike Lee’s film wasn’t nominated. Oscars 2019: A Spike Lee Win Notwithstanding, Hollywood’s Dinosaurs Prevailed 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z That production was filmed for Amazon Prime Video by Spike Lee, and in 2018 the play ran at Lincoln Center Theater. ‘Pass Over,’ About Black Men Trapped by Dread, Heads to Broadway 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Her breakthrough came with a TV series called "Living Dolls," which took her to Los Angeles, followed by Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever" in 1991, in which she played a crack addict. | Halle Berry 2012-10-18T20:21:12Z There's been a bad news/good news pattern to Spike Lee's art-horror film from the moment the project was announced. British 'Hello Ladies' trades in embarrassment and sentimentality 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z In 1989, Spike Lee “was pretty much on his own as a voice of black racial reality,” Wesley Morris wrote in an article for The Times this week. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Rent’ and the SAG Awards 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Last weekend was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the release of Spike Lee’s 1989 Brooklyn masterpiece, “Do the Right Thing.” 'Do the Right Thing' at Twenty-five 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z “Film is great, and it’s been a big part of my life,” said Mr. Blanchard, who has written powerful scores for many films, especially those by Spike Lee. This Summer, Opera Grapples With Race 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Spike Lee came for his eighth “Hamilton” performance. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Final Bows in ‘Hamilton’ on Broadway 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Best known for his roles in Spike Lee films, Byrd was found dead around 1:45 a.m. Reward set as Atlanta police seek suspect in actor’s death 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z They called it 20 West, billed it as “the home of Black cinema” and featured movies by up-and-comers like Spike Lee. Jessie Maple, Pathbreaking Filmmaker, Is Dead at 86 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Muhammad said to Spike Lee, “When did this film start for you?” 'Do the Right Thing' at Twenty-five 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Through their blistering engagement with history, pop culture and headlines, Spike Lee’s movies always brim with references, and “Da 5 Bloods,” his new feature on Netflix, is no exception. A Pop-Culture Glossary for ‘Da 5 Bloods’ 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Bill Lee had small parts in all but “Do the Right Thing,” and Spike Lee’s sister, Joie, had roles in all four. Bill Lee, Jazz Bassist and Composer, Is Dead at 94 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z During that final sequence, the president delivers his infamous “many sides” comment, as Spike Lee suggests that the evil he filmed in the 1970s is still alive today. If You Think the Oscars Have Gotten More Political, Here’s Why You’re Right 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z One inspiration was the 2012 Spike Lee film “Red Hook Summer,” in which a budding filmmaker shoots video with an iPad, and the audience sees some of that imagery. Sean Baker Talks ‘Tangerine,’ and Making a Movie With an iPhone 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z The museum also offers extensive public programs — 137 in year one, including onstage discussions with filmmakers like Spike Lee and actors like Denzel Washington. Film Academy’s Museum Connects With Visitors in First Year 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z “Plus, he commissioned it and paid for it, which is the distinction and elegance of Spike Lee,” the jeweler added, referring to the complex bargaining game celebrities play with those who supply their clothes. The Oscars Red Carpet Is Living Again 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z In “Chi-Raq,” Spike Lee returned from a virtual exile from the film business; for years, he has been making superb films that, for all their artistry, have gone nearly unnoticed. The Best Movies of 2015 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Spike Lee’s concert film of Byrne’s acclaimed stage show debuts Saturday at 8 p.m. on HBO and HBO Max, and it may be one of the best films of the year. New this week: David Byrne, ‘The Amazing Race’ & Tommy Lee 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z This stuff's as grittily engrossing as an old Spike Lee film. New band of the day ? No 855: Freddie Gibbs 2010-08-26T16:12:00Z Barbra Streisand, introducing “BlacKkKlansman,” got a rise out of Spike Lee by citing their common Brooklyn roots. Oscars 2019: A Spike Lee Win Notwithstanding, Hollywood’s Dinosaurs Prevailed 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Directed by Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman” drew praise for its originality and intellectual heft. What Will Win Best Picture? 20 Oscar Voters Spill Their Secrets 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Spike Lee is to boycott the 2016 Oscars over the US Academy’s failure to nominate a single black actor for the second year running. Spike Lee to boycott the 2016 Oscars over lack of nominee diversity 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z And over the course of a four-decade career, Spike Lee has developed a bold, bravura, urgently personal visual language and voice that are insistently compelling, even when they go wildly over the top. Perspective | In praise of the messy, misunderstood masterpiece (and in search of the next one) 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” arrives in Washington theaters on Dec. 4 on a skeptical tide. Spike Lee says it’s time to stop taking violence lying down 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Spike Lee’s documentary Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall also has a premiere. Sundance 2016: which films are set to reverse festival's box office flameout? 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Incendiary parable for the Trump era from Spike Lee, dramatising the true story of an African American policeman who helps infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s. The 50 best movies of 2018 in the US: 50-41 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The aesthetics speak a language all their own, incorporating cinematic references pulling from a swath of influences ranging between Terry Gilliam and Spike Lee. "I'm a Virgo": Boots Riley's incredible, ungentle giant swing at late capitalism 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z I did feel the essence of Spike Lee’s work in my mind when making this. Big Mess on Campus: Making ‘Emergency’ 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Grazer said that he had originally intended to hire Spike Lee to direct the film, but that he is now working with Tate Taylor, perhaps best known for directing "The Help." ArtsBeat: James Brown Biopic Finally Gets Go Ahead 2013-01-16T19:38:17Z Spike Lee, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tyrese Gibson and Michael Moore are among the notable figures who have called for a boycott or signalled that they will be staying away in protest. Fewer than a quarter of Americans support #OscarsSoWhite boycott 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z He’s since focused on stand-up, though he also appeared in the Spike Lee film Chi-Raq. Dave Chappelle Is About to Make His 'Saturday Night Live' Hosting Debut 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Voters are so eager to reward Boseman that his name may also turn up in the supporting-actor category for his pivotal performance in Spike Lee’s Vietnam drama, “Da 5 Bloods.” What to Expect From the 2021 Oscar Nominations 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Spike Lee’s lifetime achievement award feels like belated and inadequate compensation for a career’s worth of slights. Oscars So White? Or Oscars So Dumb? Discuss. 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The audience roared when acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee took his seat in the right box, sporting his signature glasses and a purple jacket. "This was real and raw": Fans weigh in on Chris Rock's special, from trans jokes to Slap clapback 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Will Smith are boycotting this year’s Oscar ceremony over the lack of diversity in this year’s nominees. Mark Ruffalo May Join Oscars Boycott Over Lack of Diversity 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z “Waaaaake up! Wake up, South Carolina!” acclaimed film director Spike Lee demands, opening Bernie Sanders’ latest campaign ad and announcing his endorsement of the Democratic presidential candidate ahead of Saturday’s South Carolina primary. “He will do the right thing”: Spike Lee endorses Bernie Sanders in new ad 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z It was filmed by Spike Lee and is streamable on Amazon. How These Black Playwrights Are Challenging American Theater 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z I think Spike Lee is a national cultural treasure to not only the black community, but he should be recognized also by the white community. “BlacKkKlansman” author Ron Stallworth: Donald Trump accomplished David Duke’s goal 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z You need Spike Lee and Denzel Washington doing their thing on a specific territory before you can be Will Smith. Riz Ahmed: actor, rapper, ranter 2013-04-27T08:00:00Z Named after a 1975 Isley Brothers funk record, “Fight the Power” first turned up in the unforgettable opening sequence of Spike Lee’s movie Do the Right Thing. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Spike Lee and Norman Mailer are among the interviewees in this Oscar-winning documentary about the 1974 boxing match known as the Rumble in the Jungle, in which Muhammad Ali pulled an upset against George Foreman. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Phoenix Rising’ and ‘Welcome to Flatch’ 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Even if our firsthand local knowledge is strictly tourist fare, we’ve acquired street wisdom from Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen and Spike Lee. When Filming in New York, the City Is Always the Star 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z People like Spike Lee, who directed me in the film of “Passing Strange,” and Lee Daniels, who directed me in “The Butler,” first saw me onstage. The lives of Colman Domingo: acting in 'Fear the Walking Dead,' writing 'Dot,' now directing 'Barbecue' at the Geffen 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z “Do the Right Thing” Spike Lee’s potent masterpiece chronicles how tempers flare and eventually explode during the hottest day of the year. The 10 hottest, sweatiest, most humid summer movies ever made 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z The experience in June of sitting down to watch a Spike Lee original on Netflix was more thrilling than the movie itself. Movies Survived 2020. The Oscars Diversified. There’s More to Do. 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Mercer said that De La Soul was “very unsure” about the arrangement until the group saw the success of veteran artists, like the director Spike Lee, on the platform. De La Soul’s Kickstarter Campaign Raises $600,874 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z “Everything I know about jazz I got from my father,” Spike Lee told The Times in 1990. Bill Lee, Jazz Bassist and Composer, Is Dead at 94 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Boots Riley, the director of the acclaimed satire Sorry to Bother You, has taken aim at Spike Lee’s new film, BlacKkKlansman, in which a black police officer infiltrates a white supremacist organisation. Boots Riley attacks Spike Lee over ‘made up’ BlacKkKlansman 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Spike Lee’s masterpiece uses a sweltering summer day to zero in on the boiling racial tensions between the residents of the Brooklyn neighborhood Bedford-Stuyvesant. 10 Movies That Capture the Essence of New York 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z A judge is deciding which court will hear a lawsuit against filmmaker Spike Lee over a Twitter post gone very, very wrong. Spike Lee Could Lose A Lot of Money Over ‘Stupid’ Tweet 2013-11-12T14:09:57Z Spike Lee is set as president of the jury. Leo Carax’s ‘Annette’ to open Cannes Film Festival 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z And a two-hour documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee on the making of "BAD" will show at the Toronto and Venice film festivals next month. Executor is cool under Jackson family pressure 2012-08-23T21:30:13Z Don’t count out Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” the true story of a black police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s. Oscar Nominations: ‘Roma,’ ‘The Favourite’ and ‘Black Panther’ Break Ground 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z There are some precedents for the film — Spike Lee filmed the Broadway production of “Passing Strange,” and Netflix filmed “Oh, Hello.” ‘Hamilton’ Movie, With Original Broadway Cast, to Hit Theaters Next Year 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Director Spike Lee made the documentary, "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts," which aired on HBO in 2006. 'Selma' director DuVernay to make Hurricane Katrina feature film 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z It won Breaker a Tony nod, and lots of screen time in the film of the show directed by Spike Lee. Lauded Broadway actor Daniel Breaker joins Intiman cast of 'A Doctor in Spite of Himself' 2010-09-01T20:42:00Z And that affects proven directors like Spike Lee , not just first-timers. What Spike Lee’s Kickstarter Drive Gets Right 2013-07-24T18:33:08Z Anger over the lack of minorities in this year’s acting category led the director Spike Lee and the actress Jada Pinkett Smith to announce in January that they would not attend Sunday’s Oscar ceremony. Hollywood’s Inclusion Problem Extends Beyond the Oscars, Study Says 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z “And when Spike Lee puts ice cubes on my nipples, the reason you don’t see my head is because I’m crying.” Why ‘Do the Right Thing’ Is Still a Great Movie 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z He played Olivia Pope’s senator ex on “Scandal” and one of the vets in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods.” In Art and Tennis, Watch Out for the Backhand 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Spike Lee, whose breakthrough film “Do the Right Thing” came out 30 years ago, secured his first directing nomination with “BlacKkKlansman.” ‘Roma’ and ‘The Favourite’ Lead Oscar Nominations 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z “Today’s young generation, they don’t know anything,” says Spike Lee in the Oscar-winning Rumble in the Jungle documentary, When We Were Kings. Why BlacKkKlansman should win the best picture Oscar 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Twenty-four films will vie for the Palme d’Or, to be decided by a jury headed by Spike Lee, the first Black person to ever hold that position. A Cannes (sans kisses) to reawaken our romance with movies 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Following the Academy Awards’ second consecutive all-white pool of acting nominees, director Spike Lee and actor Will Smith have vowed to boycott the February ceremony. British film industry fails on race, too: Tone-deaf remarks from Charlotte Rampling and Michael Caine are symptoms of deeper problems 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z For the show’s return, Adam Driver, who was praised by The New York Times’s A. O. Scott for his role in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” is hosting for a second time. What’s on TV: ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Phantom Thread’ 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z The screenplay, by the director, Barry Alexander Brown, a longtime editor for Spike Lee, somewhat eases up on the clichés from there. ‘Son of the South’ Review: Tale of an Alabama Activist 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Boseman also performed in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” as a U.S. soldier in the Vietnam War — a performance that has also found awards attention. Chadwick Boseman is posthumously nominated for an Oscar 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z "The question for me is: where's Spike Lee coming from?" he says. Jamie Foxx: 'Django Unchained is supposed to make you angry' 2013-01-17T15:45:00Z Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman brings this director to Cannes for the first time since 1991, when he was at the festival with Jungle Fever. Peter Bradshaw on the Cannes 2018 lineup: Netflix out, plenty of newcomers in 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z It was there when he played a radical Black leader — seen only in flashbacks and visions — whose death is mourned by Vietnam War comrades-in-arms in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods.” Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z It was, as that year’s jury president Spike Lee remarked at the time, likely the first film in history in which a Cadillac impregnated the heroine. Meet this year’s Cannes jury. 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife Spike Lee directed this new special featuring the high-energy stand-up comic in front of an Ontario, Calif., audience. Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows: 'Cedar Cove' 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Last year, I interviewed Spike Lee at his studio, in Brooklyn. Spike Lee’s Vampiric Remake 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z This is the way Plummer played the villain in the Spike Lee film "Inside Man." The Race to Erase Kevin Spacey 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z With a spotlight on Black icons including Muhammad Ali, Serena Williams and Spike Lee, the series demonstrates how figures like these have shaped music, film and sports — and American culture at large. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Below the Belt’ and a Juneteenth Celebration 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Director Spike Lee, who came to Sundance with his 2009 rock musical "Passing Strange," returns with "Red Hook Summer," the story of an Atlanta boy spending the summer with his grandfather in Brooklyn. Dunst, Willis, Gere, Sarandon are Sundance-bound 2011-12-05T21:03:10Z Far from the likes of Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, where Vietnamese characters remain overshadowed by the film’s broader gripe at American injustices, Khaou centres the complex interior life of a Vietnamese refugee. Back to where you came from: how Vietnam drama Monsoon ignites the battle for belonging 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Spike Lee's messy, meandering, bluntly polemical "Red Hook Summer" has one crucial ingredient: a raw vitality. 'Red Hook Summer': Spike Lee's tale of a struggling neighborhood 2012-09-06T20:23:07Z Spike Lee, on the other hand, said the flag made him feel “the same way my Jewish brothers and sisters feel about the swastika”. From Dukes of Hazzard to Kanye West: the curse of the Confederate flag 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Toronto earlier announced that Spike Lee’s filmed version of David Byrne’s Broadway theatrical concert “American Utopia,” an HBO release, will open this year’s festival. Toronto sets lineup, Regina King to debut Muhammad Ali film 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Spike Lee admonished members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as he accepted an honorary Oscar at a black-tie banquet in Hollywood on Saturday night. For Spike Lee, an Honorary Oscar, but Diversity Takes Center Stage 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z In the 1980s, when Jewison planned to make “Malcolm X,” Spike Lee was the most visible of a handful of well-known African American filmmakers. White filmmakers, black characters and the fear of cultural appropriation 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Spike Lee, whose “BlacKkKlansman” is up for an editing Oscar, also criticized the decision while appearing on the “Today” show on Wednesday. Proposed Oscar Changes Are an ‘Insult,’ Say Directors and Cinematographers 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Carter made history as the first Black woman to win an Oscar for costume design in 2019; she had received earlier nominations for Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” and Steven Spielberg’s “Amistad.” Ruth E. Carter Becomes First Black Woman to Win Two Oscars 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Filmmaker Spike Lee has never been one to hold back his feelings. Spike Lee’s epic anti-gentrification speech 2014-02-26T15:53:00Z “I am so honored receiving this award here onstage on this Wakandan laundromat that you see before you,” Mr. Peele said, after he accepted the director’s award from Spike Lee. ‘Get Out’ Prevails at Rain-Soaked Indie Spirit Awards 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Director Spike Lee is supporting “American Skin” and says that it is a masterpiece that needs to be seen. Filmmaker Nate Parker apologizes for being ‘tone deaf’ 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Chi-Raq” Spike Lee serves up one of his most exhilarating, heartfelt, urgent movies in years in this wildly imaginative retelling of the ancient Greek play “Lysistrata,” this time transposed to modern-day Chicago. The best movies of 2015: ‘Spotlight,’ ‘Love & Mercy,’ ‘Creed’ make the top 10 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Jackson, who has appeared in more than 100 films, is known for his portrayal of Jules in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” and as Gator Purify in Spike Lee’s “Jungle Fever.” Samuel L. Jackson to receive honor at NAACP Image Awards 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Here Lucas meant Spike Lee or Lee Daniels or whoever else might direct the “Red Tails” prequel and sequel. George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits 2012-01-17T16:33:29Z Deconstructing the design and shooting of the album’s videos — or, as Jackson insisted on calling them, short films — the director, Spike Lee, assembles a fond and meticulously detailed mosaic of a perfectionist at work. Movie Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Bad 25,’ About Michael Jackson and His Album 2012-10-18T21:40:52Z Spike Lee, a fan of Brown's, used go-go for his movie "School Daze." Chuck Brown, Pioneer of 'Go-Go' Funk Music, Dies 2012-05-17T00:30:11Z That’s who I grew up with, and Spike Lee gave him an opportunity. What 10 Actors Wore to a Spike Lee Casting Call in Brooklyn 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Similarly, Spike Lee saw his biggest hit in years with BlacKkKlansman, which might have been set in the 70s but its story about confronting and disassembling white supremacy also struck a chord. Summer 2018 box office: what can we learn from the hits and misses? 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z But our naivety produced a script which Michael Mann wanted to be on board - and at different times Stephen Frears and Paul Haggis and Spike Lee. Oscars: Selma writer tells his side 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z He was in his mid-20s when Spike Lee began to cast him in small roles in films like “Jungle Fever,” “Malcolm X” and “Clockers.” In ‘The White Lotus,’ Michael Imperioli Takes a Vacation 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z In an interview, Lee, who is the cousin of fellow filmmaker Spike Lee, discussed his own love for basketball and how he directed a star without a traditional acting background. Malcolm D. Lee on ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ and Directing LeBron James 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Of the other contenders, a win for Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” or the Marvel phenomenon “Black Panther” would be historic. Oscars 2019 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Her movie credits include two Spike Lee dramas - “He Got Game” and “25th Hour” - “Sin City,” “Josie and the Pussycats” along with “Rent” and “Men in Black II.” A little love on the campaign trail - Rosario Dawson dating Cory... 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Last week, Spike Lee announced that his new movie, “Da 5 Bloods,” will drop on Netflix in June. Perspective | Movies used to be an escape. Now they’re a risk-reward calculation. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Somehow, it never found room to include Spike Lee, the most prominent black director of recent years. 2010-01-13T05:02:00Z The premise for Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq" updates the story and shifts the setting to Chicago. Break down of ‘Chi-Raq’ trailer: locations, stars and plot 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z I have a shot to get into a Spike Lee film, one of my lifelong heroes, why not stand out here with everyone else? What 10 Actors Wore to a Spike Lee Casting Call in Brooklyn 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The signs were all around us: the knotty, urbane films of Spike Lee; the punkish bravado of Fishbone; all the artsy, middle-class kids exploring identities that weren’t beholden to readymade signifiers like “Africa and jazz.” No Compromises 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The Chicago native also joined the casts of Being Charlie and Suicide Squad, and reportedly signed on for Spike Lee’s next project, Chiraq. Common Joins Cast of 'Barbershop 3' 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z For Harris, it’s a kind of blackface without the makeup; one scene he compares to Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled.” In ‘Zola,’ Janciza Bravo’s cinema of ‘life at high volume’ 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Spike Lee, one of the nation's most respected black filmmakers, called "Django" disrespectful to his ancestors and vowed not to see it. History alive and kicking at 2013 Oscars 2013-02-18T12:05:15Z Spike Lee couldn't make a Lincoln not because he isn't entitled but because he isn't bankable to that extent. Django Unchained: tackling Lincoln-era America on film 2013-01-25T06:59:01Z His debut novel, “Miracle at St. Anna,” was made into a movie directed by Spike Lee. Library of Congress National Book Festival: Poetry Stage schedule 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Harvey is one of four comedians featured in the Spike Lee movie "The Original Kings of Comedy" and starred in the TV sitcom "The Steve Harvey Show." Steve Harvey to host new TV show in Chicago 2012-03-12T16:42:09Z Spike Lee: Let's bring the Jews into this! Tyler Perry vs. Spike Lee: Let's bring the Jews into this! 2011-04-20T20:06:00Z The debate: Spike Lee is finally getting a victory lap thanks to the box office and critical success of this film, about a black police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s. A Pocket Guide to the Oscars’ Beefiest Controversies 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z She cites the Kings of Comedy tour in 2000, filmed by Spike Lee. Meet black comedy's trailblazers 2010-04-13T20:35:00Z Even as bold and singular a filmmaker as Spike Lee has admitted that he wouldn’t reject an offer from Marvel. Perspective | Comic books have taken over the movies. Must they take our indie auteurs, too? 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z When we think of the cinema of New York it is male directors who spring to mind: Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Woody Allen, Abel Ferrara. From Holly to Annie to Brooke: the women of cinema who personify New York 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z “My deepest appreciation to the legendary Spike Lee - we stand on your shoulders ... this is a surreal moment. Wow. Thank you.” Factbox: With pride, shock, honor, stars react to Golden Globe... 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Last year, the Academy Awards were heavily criticized for picking an all-white lineup of best actor nominees, prompting boycotts from several big names, including Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Spike Lee. Hollywood's gender pay gap is 'crazy': Natalie Portman 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Spike Lee was too busy with his own projects and wasn’t interested. The Long, Long Road to Building ‘Fences’ 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z This week, the director Spike Lee and the actress Jada Pinkett Smith said they would not be attending the Feb. 28 Oscars ceremony in protest of the all-white slate of acting nominees. Charlotte Rampling Says Oscars Boycott Is ‘Racist Against Whites’ 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Director Spike Lee dropped a new trailer for his highly-anticipated new movie Chiraq on Tuesday, exactly a month before its release. See the New Trailer For Spike Lee's 'Chiraq' 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z They’re the offspring of Spike Lee and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, and they are the first Black siblings selected for the role, a largely ceremonial job traditionally reserved for the offspring of Hollywood’s elite. The Best and Worst of the Golden Globes 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Peele and Spike Lee appear to be jumping into this trend feet first with their new film “Black Klansman”. "Black Klansman": Spike Lee and Jordan Peele join forces for a timely biopic 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z His friend Spike Lee happened to be there too, pointedly dressed in a tuxedo. Dustin Hoffman: ‘I was an outsider. I came to New York and I was cleaning toilets’ 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Photograph: Parrish Lewis December saw the US release – both in cinemas and streaming online – of Amazon’s first major feature film: Chi-Raq, a gang violence satire by Spike Lee. Jeff Bezos: 'I want Amazon to win an Oscar' 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Spike Lee’s direction of “BlacKkKlansman” is among the year’s best; Lee has never won an Oscar for directing, and never even been nominated. My 2019 Oscars Predictions 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z “Mo’ Better Blues,” Spike Lee’s film about a fictional jazz group, became the theme of their Oct. It Was ‘I Love You’ (Twice) at First Sight 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z As thoughtfully edited by the frequent Spike Lee collaborator Sam Pollard, the film alternates between these two professional pursuits. ‘The Pleasures of Being Out of Step,’ About Nat Hentoff 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Spike Lee’s memorably ambitious new movie “Chi-Raq,” a heartbreaking tragicomic adaptation of Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” set in present-day Chicago, stands as an eloquent refutation of that thesis. “Chi-Raq”: Spike Lee’s blistering, outrageous satirical assault on a society consumed by violence 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Despite other differences, Bill and Spike Lee agreed about integrity. Bill Lee, Jazz Bassist and Composer, Is Dead at 94 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z In your acknowledgments, you thank Spike Lee for giving you “a master class in storytelling.” ArtsBeat: Bumpy Rides: Brendan Koerner Talks About ‘The Skies Belong to Us’ 2013-06-26T18:26:46Z "Malcolm X" is my favorite Spike Lee movie. “BlacKkKlansman” author Ron Stallworth: Donald Trump accomplished David Duke’s goal 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Childhood memories, of course, are not unique to any demographic group — you find them in works by Black artists from Spike Lee’s “Crooklyn” to Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish.” Can ‘The Wonder Years’ Break Through the White Noise of Nostalgia? 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z One of those children “could be the next Spike Lee because he saw a Hollywood production in his front yard when he was 5 or 6,” he said. Chicago News Cooperative: Gary Lures Hollywood With a Bounty of Decay 2011-08-21T05:33:02Z The director Spike Lee was there cheering on Blanchard, who wrote the scores for many of his films. A Historic Night as the Metropolitan Opera Tries to Ensure Its Future 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Spike Lee screened portions of his follow-up documentary about Hurricane Katrina in front of a big crowd at Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans. Spike Lee screens new Katrina film in New Orleans 2010-08-18T03:45:00Z Spike Lee, who was talking with Paweł Pawlikowski, the Polish director of “Cold War,” pumped up a fist and shouted, “Poland power!” An Oscars-Night Diary 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z South in the 1960s, and the studio’s Ku Klux Klan comedy-drama “BlacKkKlansman” from director Spike Lee are also serious contenders for the best picture statuette. Topsy-turvy season gives Oscars a best picture cliffhanger 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Video: Michael Jackson 'Bad 25' documentary by Spike Lee My family celebrated Thanksgiving by eating together at my parents' house. Video: Michael Jackson 'Bad 25' documentary by Spike Lee 2012-11-24T17:21:07Z Three years ago, Spike Lee made headlines when he announced that he’d be skipping the Oscars — a protest, he said, of the academy’s historical failure to honor artists of color. Spike Lee Reacts to His First Best-Director Nomination 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Early Spike Lee was another moment where I was just like, whoa, I remember seeing "Do the Right Thing." David Oyelowo on fighting the legacy of colonialism and being told to just "shut up, make movies" 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Spike Lee has been after Perry for years now, calling his work "coonery buffoonery" and claiming that his characters invoke racial stereotypes to get laughs. Tyler Perry vs. Spike Lee: Let's bring the Jews into this! 2011-04-20T20:06:00Z Let me ask you about some of your earlier work with Spike Lee. Delroy Lindo on ‘Da 5 Bloods’ and Playing a Trump Supporter 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Nor it a call to arms like Spike Lee’s documentary “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts,” which ran on HBO in 2006. | 'Treme': David Simon?s New HBO Series: After Katrina 2010-04-08T21:43:00Z Spike Lee’s new film, “BlacKkKlansman,” makes for a striking and salutary contrast. “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” Reviewed: An Empathetic But Unimaginative Tale of Gay Conversion Therapy 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” about a black detective who goes undercover with the Ku Klux Klan, also was honored. Oscars not so white? Academy Awards winners see big shift 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z After voicing support for Woody Allen and criticizing cancel culture, Spike Lee apologized on Saturday for words he said were “wrong”. 'My words were wrong': Spike Lee apologizes after defending Woody Allen 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z A version went to London in 2020, and Spike Lee filmed the Chicago production for Amazon Prime. The searing, timely play ‘Pass Over’ leads Broadway’s return 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z “You have to understand, when Spike Lee came along and I came along in 1991, being a black filmmaker of note in Hollywood was considered a novelty,” Mr. Singleton said. The Long, Long Road to Building ‘Fences’ 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Spike Lee, the son of her brother, the bassist Bill Lee, hired her as a music supervisor for his film “School Daze.” 2010-01-12T06:44:00Z Spike Lee was among the most vocal Obama supporters online after the election, using his Twitter feed to blast the Republican party. Celebrities air post-election feelings online 2012-11-07T19:17:08Z “Christopher Columbus syndrome” is a term I became familiar with after Spike Lee used it back in February while talking about gentrification. Christopher Columbus Syndrome strikes again: No, white women did not “discover” single motherhood 2014-04-25T16:30:00Z He was equally nonchalant about the racial politics roiling the town in the wake of “Green Book” beating “BlacKkKlansman” for best picture, which caused Spike Lee to try to storm out of the auditorium. It’s Delightful, It’s Delicious, It’s DeVito 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z He made headlines this month when he called Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq" exploitative and problematic. Chance the Rapper references Laquan McDonald case on 'SNL' 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z I think Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing did this for me at around that same age. 'Tough but profoundly cathartic': can Disclosure change trans representation on screen? 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z “Sorry to Bother You” is a Molotov cocktail in movie form, an explosive introduction to the brain of Boots Riley, who blends Michel Gondry’s playfulness with Spike Lee’s verve. Is Hollywood ready for the brilliant weirdness of Lakeith Stanfield? 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z After graduation, Sosa worked as an assistant wardrobe supervisor for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and styled music videos for SpikeDDB, the advertising agency founded by the director Spike Lee. 5 Shows, 94 Actors, 450 Costumes: Emilio Sosa Dresses Broadway 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z “I want to offer masters like Spike Lee or Woody Allen a new platform,” he said. Jeff Bezos: 'I want Amazon to win an Oscar' 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Looking at a lot of the work you were known for earlier in your career - your movies with Spike Lee, for example - those were such explosive characters, loud with huge energy. ArtsBeat: Emmy Nominees: Giancarlo Esposito of 'Breaking Bad' 2012-07-19T16:32:11Z Driver, who stars in another prominent Cannes movie, Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman”, said it was “surreal” to be working with directors whose work he grew up watching. Haunted by Don Quixote for 25 years, Terry Gilliam finally gets his... 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z Five years after Hurricane Katrina, Spike Lee returns to the Big Easy for this follow-up to his Emmy award-winning documentary, "When the Levees Broke." TV Picks: Spike Lee Katrina reconstruction documentary on HBO 2010-08-26T20:15:00Z For the second year in a row, the Oscars only nominated white actors in their acting categories, prompting Spike Lee, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith to decide not to attend this month’s ceremony. Obama Thinks TV Needs More Muslim Characters 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z I do remember I saw the actor Bill Nunn and recognized him from Spike Lee's "School Daze," so it was considered an extremely successful trip. Sarah Silverman's not kidding ... maybe 2011-03-24T16:26:00Z The 1990s brought collaborations with Spike Lee, the release of Conversation Peace, an album inspired by the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the song How Come, How Long, about domestic violence. Happy birthday to you: Stevie Wonder at 60 2010-05-13T15:57:00Z This year, Spike Lee's film is at least in the running. Spike Lee vs. white savior films: "BlackKklansman" Oscar nod is nearly 30 years overdue 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Spike Lee walked by, a tiny purple dynamo, clutching the statuette that he had won a few hours earlier, for the screenplay of “BlacKkKlansman.” An Oscars-Night Diary 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z My education courtesy of Spike Lee did not end there. Spike Lee Saved My Life 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Spike Lee … 'Slavery was not a spaghetti western.' Django Unchained: is its portrayal of slavery too flippant? 2013-01-10T21:00:04Z Spike Lee will be making his Sundance debut with “Red Hook Summer.” Carpetbagger Blog: Spike Lee and Other Big Names Make Sundance's List 2011-12-05T21:00:31Z Spike Lee said of the actor: “He was not handed this artistic life. He had to put the work in.” With ‘In the Heights,’ Anthony Ramos Finds Stardom on His Own Terms 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z But many of the widely hyped films going into the festival, including Spike Lee's "Red Hook Summer" and closing film "The Words," starring Bradley Cooper, were panned by critics. "Beasts," "The Surrogate" aim for post-Sundance success 2012-01-29T22:32:03Z A body of folklore took shape around the legends of scrappy auteurs — Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Todd Haynes, Quentin Tarantino — and the producers and distributors who backed and promoted their visions. The Year the Studios Get It Right 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z The most recent films chosen were "Study of a River," an experimental 1996 film about the Hudson River, and "Malcolm X," Spike Lee's 1992 biography of the civil rights leader. 'Empire Strikes Back' among 25 film registry picks 2010-12-28T11:31:04Z Spike Lee and Alfonso Cuarón are the frontrunners facing off against each in the Best Director category, and again, both are historic feats, with Lee potentially becoming the first black filmmaker to win. The 2019 Academy Awards: What to expect from Sunday's 91st Oscars ceremony 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Ashley Clark, a critic and the author of Facing Blackness: Media and Minstrelsy in Spike Lee’s Bamboozled, said the inclusion of King’s film should be celebrated, cautiously. Regina King makes history at Venice film festival with One Night in Miami 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z “BlacKkKlansman,” the real-life tale of a black police officer’s infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan, is set in the 1970s, but according to Spike Lee, the racism it depicts persists today. For Spike Lee, ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Is a Period Piece Best Viewed Now 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Those monochrome frames are likely to remind many viewers of other New York movies, notably Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” and Woody Allen’s “Manhattan,” which feels like an especially deliberate point of reference. ‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’ Review: Rapper’s Delight 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Spike Lee too, who gave him a shove skywards back in the day. What is the point of Martin Lawrence? 2011-02-11T21:03:00Z Director Spike Lee claims the film is "disrespectful to my ancestors" and has refused to see the thing on principle. Jamie Foxx: 'Django Unchained is supposed to make you angry' 2013-01-17T15:45:00Z The first time I saw Spike Lee was in the trailer for “She’s Gotta Have It,” hawking tube socks on a street corner to buy “butter for my whole wheat bread.” The Essential Spike Lee 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z “By now, many folks know that Spike Lee was paid over $200,000 to help in an ad campaign that was ‘aimed at improving relations with minority communities,’” Riley says. Boots Riley attacks Spike Lee over ‘made up’ BlacKkKlansman 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z BlacKkKlansman almost does the same, until Spike Lee connects his 1970s story to the now with a jolting ending. No such thing as bad publicity: five ways to win an Oscar in 2019 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Someone says of Sam, an aspiring filmmaker, that she secretly likes Ingmar Bergman more than Spike Lee. ‘Dear White People,’ About Racial Hypocrisy at a College 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z In addition to Spike Lee, his survivors include his wife; his sons David, Cinque and Arnold; his daughter, Joie; and two grandchildren. Bill Lee, Jazz Bassist and Composer, Is Dead at 94 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z He has long been praised for roles as varied as the racist pizza maker in Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” and as the paranoid game show whistle-blower in “Quiz Show.” In ‘The Night Of,’ John Turturro Picks Up Where James Gandolfini Left Off 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z And Spike Lee lost the original screenplay award for “Do the Right Thing,” his masterpiece about a boiled-over pot of racial animus in Brooklyn. Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z For Spike Lee, his newest picture Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus is a hearty gulp from both glasses. Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus review – Spike Lee's horror flick is uneven but unique 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Not that Boots Riley, Spike Lee and Barry Jenkins represent a unified perspective on black life and American racism, or that they are in perfect political and imaginative harmony with one another. The Good, the Bad and ‘Black Panther’ 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Fellow newcomer “BlacKkKlansman” debut in fifth place with $10.8 million in 1,500 locations, earning director Spike Lee his best opening in over a decade. 'The Meg' bites off strong $44.5 million debut 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Filmmaker Spike Lee will speak at the University of Puget Sound on Monday night, as part of the Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture in Public Affairs and the Arts series. Star-studded screening of 'North by Northwest' leads list of Seattle screenings 2011-02-24T20:40:04Z Some of the change in the audience composition might be due to Spike Lee’s filmed version of “American Utopia,” which streamed while the live show itself was dark. David Byrne says audiences seem ‘thrilled’ to be in theater 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, prominent figures like Spike Lee who had championed the film went silent, speaking volumes. ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Nate Parker’s Heralded Film, Is Now Cloaked in Controversy 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Hundreds of people obliged Saturday as Spike Lee threw a huge outdoor party for Prince ahead of the late legend's 58th birthday. Spike Lee throws dance party ahead of Prince's 58th birthday 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z When the Levees Broke, Spike Lee, 2006 I saw this four-part documentary in a single night at a friend’s house in Amsterdam and I was completely blown away. 50 documentaries you need to see 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z The announcement was accompanied by a short film directed by Spike Lee, in which he and New York musicians including Cyndi Lauper and Tony Bennett showed off the city's musical history and venues. Grammy Awards leaves Los Angeles for New York in 2018 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Not since Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” in 1992 has there been so much hype and hope for a movie among African-American audiences. ‘Black Panther’ Brings Hope, Hype and Pride 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z A New York heatwave is virtually the central character in two of Spike Lee's films. Culture flash: heatwaves 2011-08-03T20:45:01Z Singleton also had to go up and present the best documentary award with Spike Lee. 'I was terrified I was going to be a flash in the pan': three people who made Hollywood history 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Spike Lee returns to Cannes almost 30 years after “Do the Right Thing” was tipped for, but failed to get, the Palme d’Or. In a film festival far, far away, Cannes puts art over commerce 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Netflix announced this week that erstwhile Cannes jury chief Spike Lee has a new film coming, "Da 5 Bloods," set to stream on June 17. 2021 Oscar predictions: 93rd Academy Awards 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z He was a regular at the Public Theater, later did stand-in work for Bill Cosby on three seasons of “The Cosby Show,” and was eventually recruited to, as he called it, “Spike Lee summer camp.” The Samuel L. Jackson Method 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z “The only difference is you don’t have a Spike Lee to say ‘Cut! He Wrote a Memoir About Infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan. Then Spike Lee Turned It Into a Film. 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Technically, Washington started acting when he was 7, in a small role alongside his father in Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X,” and again a few years later in “Devil in a Blue Dress.” John David Washington cements his stardom in ‘Tenet’ 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Filmmaker Spike Lee received the group's President's Award; record producer and music business executive Clive Davis was the recipient of the Vanguard Award; and U.S. 'Selma' wins outstanding film of 2014 at NAACP Image Awards 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Spike Lee’s seminal “Do the Right Thing,” set in Brooklyn, explored similar issues in 1989. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Chappelle also has enjoyed a successful movie career, with credits that include the latest “A Star Is Born,” Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” and “Robin Hood: Men in Tights.” Dave Chappelle accepts the Twain Prize: ‘I love my art form. It saved my life.’ 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z The vignette was adapted by Spike Lee in Mo' Better Blues – and now by David Simon, in tonight's episode of Treme. Tonight's TV highlights: Asian Gracefully 2011-03-04T00:05:02Z Initially Eddie Murphy was asked to play Brown and Spike Lee was to direct it, but it was shelved for several years after the singer's death, until Jagger resurrected the project in 2012. James Brown biopic sings true 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z A generation ago, Spike Lee took the veteran director Norman Jewison to task for directing “Malcolm X,” insisting that the nuances of the civil rights activist’s story would be better served by a black filmmaker. White filmmakers, black characters and the fear of cultural appropriation 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z In this way, “Judas” recalls another recent biographical drama about an undercover agent that punts on politics: Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” from 2018. ‘Judas’ Is the Latest Political Movie to Punt on Politics 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z His early film roles for Spike Lee, in “School Daze,” “Mo’ Better Blues” and especially “Do the Right Thing,” carry a sense of youthful exuberance. Giancarlo Esposito Plays Other People So He Can Know Himself 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus,” Spike Lee’s new film, is a grisly and ghoulish vampire story. Review: ‘Da Sweet Blood of Jesus,’ Spike Lee’s Vampire Movie 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Even so, it was also deeply satisfying to see one man, Spike Lee, finally receive a competitive Oscar, sharing best adapted screenplay. What ‘Green Book’ Says About the Academy. Our Critics on the Oscars. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Spike Lee, on the other hand, is emotional. Bernie Sanders meets Spike Lee: ‘Where do we go? Where is the hope?’ 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” was produced by Amazon Studios, not by Hollywood, but its stars, technicians, facilities, distribution network, and movie theatres are Hollywood by-products. The Best Movies of 2016 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Filmmaker Spike Lee has become synonymous with New York, particularly his home borough of Brooklyn. Watch: Spike Lee Talks Red Hook Summer and the 4 Million Stories He Has Left To Tell 2012-08-10T12:00:22Z You are more likely to ask why Spike Lee spent so much time and energy on this muddled remake of Park Chan-wook’s overwrought South Korean revenge drama. Movie Listings for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T01:00:08Z Spike Lee’s stand-up specials are not Spike Lee joints. Spike Lee Enhances Jerrod Carmichael and Katt Williams 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The ingenuity and success of women, women of color, and artists of color in general at the Oscars culminated with the speech of Spike Lee. The best Oscars speeches of 2019: Hollywood is changing, slowly but surely 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z No influence looms larger over the Grammy-winning pen of Terence Blanchard — an esteemed jazz trumpeter known for his Spike Lee film scores — than the saxophonist Wayne Shorter, with his terse yet seemingly horizon-less compositions. John Coltrane’s Unearthed Live ‘A Love Supreme,’ and 12 More New Songs 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Sankofa also offers children’s books and menu items such as the Spike Lee panini. Perspective | For decades, Sankofa has been a cultural touchstone 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z “Do the Right Thing” Spike Lee’s incisive, incendiary masterpiece, set in Bedford-Stuyvesant on the hottest day of the year, remains a landmark film for its cogent depiction of race relations. The 10 best movies that take place in one day 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Related: Spike Lee and cast condemn Chicago mayor at Chi-Raq premiere Lee said Emanuel had tried to convince him to change the title of the film, a portmanteau of Chicago and Iraq. Spike Lee rebuffs Chicago-based rapper's criticism of Chi-Raq 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z “American Skin” is touted as a Spike Lee presentation. Nate Parker to debut new film at Venice Film Festival 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z “I want to offer masters like Spike Lee or Woody Allen a new platform,” he told Die Welt. Jeff Bezos Wants Amazon to Win an Oscar 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z After all, an unknown young guy named Spike Lee once had a film called "Do The Right Thing" be nominated, only to lose to "Driving Miss Daisy." "Hey, auntie" recognition: Our reliance on each other when the world won't acknowledge excellence 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z If you’ve seen her grooving in the opening credits of Spike Lee’s 1989 explosive Brooklyn drama “Do the Right Thing,” you know she’s got seriously powerful, uninhibited club moves and stamina. These 18 movie stars are also amazing dancers. That’s their real superpower. 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z His exhibit and another temporary one organized by Spike Lee include some of the few references to D.W. The Academy Museum Finds Good Intentions in Messy Film History 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Its director, Spike Lee, got an honorary Oscar this year. Social Media Crashes the 2016 Oscars 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z I wonder, then, if the adapted-screenplay race might be the safest place for voters to reward Spike Lee, one of four credited writers of “BlacKkKlansman.” Oscars 2019 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Here, with Orson Welles and Spike Lee on the walls, and James Dean and Natalie Wood on the doors to the toilets, is where Robert De Niro might have died. Robert De Niro: ‘Trump is a real racist, a white supremacist’ 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z “I wasn’t really inspired by film,” he says, “but I admired Spike Lee’s movies because they just felt very, very, very black. I remember watching School Daze and thinking, ‘What the hell is this?’ Barry Jenkins: ‘When you climb the ladder, you send it back down’ 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z The reason they reacted positively to it was because Spike Lee made a beautiful film.” 'Do the Right Thing' at Twenty-five 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Spike Lee explored the problem of commercialism, with its racial implications, in “Mo’ Better Blues,” which starred Denzel Washington as a jazz trumpeter who fights exploitation by white club owners. Bill Lee, Jazz Bassist and Composer, Is Dead at 94 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z A question that will hang heavily over the Academy Awards on Sunday is whether Spike Lee will win a directing Oscar after being nominated, for the first time, for “BlacKkKLansman,” his 21st nondocumentary feature. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Desus & Mero’ and ‘School Daze’ 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The music, by Terence Blanchard — a jazz trumpeter also known for his scores for Spike Lee films — has earned praise from both classical and jazz critics. Jazz and Opera Come Together in ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Probably the most famous go-go song is “Da Butt” by Experience Unlimited, which was showcased in the Spike Lee film “School Daze.” DC’s go-go sound becomes anti-gentrification battle cry 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z We have Spike Lee to thank for popularizing this politically incorrect but very useful term. The offensive movie cliche that won't die 2010-09-14T13:01:00Z But if you can’t make it to the Apollo that night, you can catch the concert on your computer, tablet or phone in a streaming version directed by Spike Lee. Pharrell Williams and Spike Lee to Team Up at the Apollo 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z When you think of Spike Lee as a director of documentaries, you probably think of “4 Little Girls” and “When the Levees Broke,” his somber, anguished accounts of assaults on black communities. Review: Michael Jackson, Before He Was King 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z There will be dances exploring Black love and relationships, theater works highlighting the impact of technology on daily life and an appearance by the filmmaker Spike Lee. Brooklyn Academy of Music Plans a New York-Focused Season 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Spike Lee and Riley tell stories set decades apart, but both directors have alighted on the telephone as a portal for infiltration. The Twisted Power of White Voice in “Sorry to Bother You” and “BlacKkKlansman” 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Christian Bale may star in Spike Lee's Oldboy after his final appearance as Batman. Christian Bale considers villain role in Spike Lee's Oldboy 2011-08-25T10:31:50Z Though Carter, who got her start designing outfits for Spike Lee in the ’80s, was the only winner among the film’s five nominations, she said she was grateful to reshape culture through film. Best and Worst Moments From the 2023 Oscars 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Spike Lee’s direction of BlacKkKlansman was eye-catching and brilliant in many ways and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him get this. Golden Globes 2019: who will win – and who should win – the film categories 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman and Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You revolve around the idea of phonic passing and “code switching”. 'Passing for white': how a taboo film genre is being revived to expose racial privilege 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Chi-Raq Spike Lee’s film about gang violence in Chicago, and the women who withhold sex in an attempt to get their men to stop fighting, is an adaptation of the Greek play Lysistrata. What You Should Watch Each Day This Week: ‘The Detour’ and ‘Lady Dynamite’ 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z The two-hour show, directed by Spike Lee and written by Tyson's wife, Kiki, debuted in Las Vegas and had a limited run on Broadway this summer. Mike Tyson to take his 1-man show nationwide 2012-11-28T23:04:08Z Long before Ava DuVernay, long before Spike Lee and the successive waves of Black cinema, Black artists made movies both in apartheid Hollywood and in independent companies of their own. Academy Museum’s Show on Black Cinema Raises Questions About Who It’s for 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z But the most sweeping — and, I expect, ultimately the most memorable — of this year’s documentaries is Spike Lee’s elegiac, messy and feisty “NYC Epicenters: 9/11-2021½,” airing in four parts on HBO. Is 9/11 a Day, or Is It an Era? 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z In the wake of the Oscar nominations, Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith, and her husband, Will Smith, said they would not attend this year’s Academy Awards. Viola Davis: 'Diversity Is Not a Trending Topic' 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Spike Lee directs this film version of David Byrne’s staged concert “American Utopia,” featuring footage that was recorded during its Broadway run. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Lovecraft Country’ and the Billboard Music Awards 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Special nationwide screenings including a live satellite Q&A with Spike Lee take place on 20 August. Spike Lee: ‘I get no joy from being right. I wanted progress’ 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Muhammad asked Perez how she was discovered, a story that involved Spike Lee’s birthday, a night club, and a “butt contest.” 'Do the Right Thing' at Twenty-five 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Later Spike Lee films — he has directed more than 30, appearing in many of them himself — were scored by the trumpeter Terence Blanchard. Bill Lee, Jazz Bassist and Composer, Is Dead at 94 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Spike Lee showed that by using it to set the tone in “He Got Game,” notably in the gleaming introduction: We see balls swooshing through hoops all over America, from cornfields to city streets. Review: Justin Peck Runs Out of Steam in ‘Copland Dance Episodes’ 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Bill and Spike Lee had a falling-out in the early 1990s, over family matters, money and other issues, that ended their collaboration. Bill Lee, Jazz Bassist and Composer, Is Dead at 94 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Twenty-five years after its release, Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” remains a crucial look at racial tensions within neighborhoods. Five things we learned from the Bowl's black movie music salute 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Few filmmakers are linked to a borough the way that Spike Lee is to Brooklyn. What 10 Actors Wore to a Spike Lee Casting Call in Brooklyn 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z After the show’s premiere, it didn’t sit right with some, like Spike Lee, who called it “hateful toward Black people.” From ‘Proud Family’ to ‘The Boondocks’: 11 Black Animated Series 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Spike Lee was asked to film the show’s artsy opening credits. The TV Watch: Jimmy Fallon Debuts New ‘Tonight’ Show in New York 2014-02-18T06:42:54Z Last month it announced that it would back Spike Lee's new drama "Chiraq." Digital upstarts upend tradition at Cannes Film Festival 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z John David Washington and Adam Driver play a pair of police detectives who infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan during the 1970s in this Spike Lee joint. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Atlanta’ and the Academy Awards 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Filmed here last summer, Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq" has been controversial from the start. Break down of ‘Chi-Raq’ trailer: locations, stars and plot 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Ask someone on the street if they’ve seen 13 Hours and they might respond with: “Oh, you mean the Spike Lee movie?” 13 Hours: Michael Bay's Benghazi movie and 'the American Way' 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The previous Chaplin Award Gala, which honored Spike Lee, was postponed more than a year by the pandemic and was ultimately held last September. Cate Blanchett to receive Film at Lincoln Center award 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z To celebrate its fifteenth anniversary, BAM Cinématek will reprise, from June 29 to July 10, the program with which it was launched: a retrospective of the films of Brooklyn’s own Spike Lee. Richard Brody: Spike Lee Comes Home 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Spike Lee was right about everything all along — except the Knicks. Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Spike Lee helped Martin Lawrence, and I’m a big fan. What 10 Actors Wore to a Spike Lee Casting Call in Brooklyn 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Spike Lee's "Malcolm X," starring Denzel Washington, benefited from the director's measured look back at the controversies as well as the man. Biopics find new life at the Oscars and beyond 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z The revamped “Tonight” will open with a sequence directed by Spike Lee and filmed at famous New York locations like Katz’s Deli and Lincoln Center. Jimmy Fallon, back home in NYC, can’t wait for ‘Tonight’ 2014-02-13T21:29:35Z Fellow filmmaker Spike Lee has notably boycotted the movie. Tarantino: a familiar story of minorities chained 2013-01-07T19:00:02Z Was this the year that Spike Lee finally won a competitive Oscar, for a movie about how America’s race problem is as open a wound as ever? An Oscars-Night Diary 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z "Red Hook Summer": The latest from director Spike Lee is a drama that looks at a struggling New York neighborhood. Weekend Preview: Puyallup Fair, Salmon Return Festival 2012-09-05T22:20:11Z Cuarón’s “Roma” won Best Foreign Language film and Best Cinematography, and he beat out Spike Lee, among others, to nab Best Director. 2019 Oscars: Cringe-worthy "Green Book" Best Picture win marred an otherwise successful night 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Spike Lee cast her in Do the Right Thing, as the Bed-Stuy matriarch Mother-Sister, and Jungle Fever, in which she and Davis play Wesley Snipes’ parents. Remembering Ruby Dee: A Life of Artistry and Activism 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z For our latest Weekend Watch Party, we revisited the broiling Brooklyn of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing,” a film whose unflinching, complex depiction of racial tension has not dated much in 31 years. Why ‘Do the Right Thing’ Is Still a Great Movie 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z He is only 56, part of a generational cohort of filmmakers that includes Spike Lee, Olivier Assayas and the Coen brothers, who all retain an aura of youthfulness in middle age. Movie Review: Bela Tarr?s Final Film, ?The Turin Horse? 2012-02-09T22:58:40Z Spike Lee’s filmed version of David Byrne’s Broadway theatrical concert “American Utopia” will kick off the largely virtual fall festival. Spike Lee doc of David Byrne’s Broadway show to open TIFF 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Spike Lee says he is not calling for a boycott of this year’s Oscars over the lack of diversity in the nominees, but the filmmaker still says he won’t attend the ceremony. Spike Lee Won't Attend The Oscars, But He Isn't Boycotting 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Among those who mourned at his funeral included former President Bill Clinton, Harry Belafonte and Spike Lee. Daughter: Actress Ruby Dee dead at 91 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Because the guy who had that funny cameo in “The Hangover” is now peddling a one-man Broadway show, directed by Spike Lee, about his “Undisputed Truth.” Mike Tyson’s gross comeback 2012-06-28T12:15:00Z Directors like Spike Lee have lambasted the film. The 12 Most Controversial Best Picture Oscar Winners of All Time 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Spike Lee, the acclaimed director of “Do The Right Thing” and “BlacKkKlansman,” will lead this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury, the festival said on Tuesday. Spike Lee to Head Cannes Film Festival Jury 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Spike Lee really went off on the Magical Negro stereotypes. Oscars reward actors of color when they play stereotypes: “They were not the same kinds of roles that a non-minority would have” 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z I saw myself in the work of Spike Lee. David Oyelowo on fighting the legacy of colonialism and being told to just "shut up, make movies" 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Spike Lee was always ahead of the curve, using his filmmaking acumen to skew Hollywood in Bamboozled and his public platform to call out other film-makers for their racial transgressions. Hollywood at war: when film-makers feud with each other 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Carter herself was on set, working alongside Erizku to direct models and share stories about her collaborations with Spike Lee. The Best New Yorker Photography of 2018 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Spike Lee's new musical "Chiraq" is based on Aristophanes' Greek comedy "Lysistrata," but it will feature one fewer self-proclaimed deity than previously anticipated. Kanye West won't star in Spike Lee movie, gets honorary Ph.D. instead 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Spike Lee has dismissed Perry’s films as humiliating, racially stereotyping “coonery and buffoonery”. Tyler Perry: the creator of a racial stereotype or the greatest indie film-maker of all time? 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z “Spike Lee can go straight to hell,” he said, at a press conference for “Madea’s Big Happy Family.” Pour One Out for Tyler Perry’s Madea 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z There never was an Officer Andy Landers, but, as conceived by Spike Lee, he’s crudely functional, a villain with a destiny as awful as it is seductive. The Unreality of Racial Justice Cinema 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z And no wonder: Run's writers Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan and Marlon Smith cite Leigh along with Spike Lee as inspirations for their work. Olivia Colman: 'It's slightly scary … it could all go wrong' 2013-07-07T17:30:00Z When Spike Lee made history as the first Black director to be president of the Cannes Film Festival Grand Jury, his Louis Vuitton wardrobe also made a statement on the red carpet. Virgil Abloh, Ambassador and Infiltrator 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z In the early 1990s, as Spike Lee was filming a biography of Malcolm X, Baraka ridiculed the director as “a petit bourgeois Negro” unworthy of his subject. Activist author Amiri Baraka dead at 79 2014-01-09T23:19:00Z Next March, Blanchard, the film and opera composer best known for scoring Spike Lee films, is scheduled to perform a career retrospective with his band, the E-Collective, and the Turtle Island Quartet. Next Jazz at Lincoln Center Season Will Celebrate Wayne Shorter 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee is among those who created documentaries about the subject, but following backlash over including conspiracy theorists in his HBO series, he's backtracking. Spike Lee scrambles to reedit 9/11 documentary after backlash for featuring conspiracy theories 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z He's played a number of concert dates in recent months on his "Growth Spurt" tour and in May taped a second HBO special, directed by Spike Lee. Katt Williams allegedly pulls gun in WeHo; sheriff investigating 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Blanchard, best known as a jazz trumpeter and the composer of scores for Spike Lee films, likes to contrast upbeat party sequences with brooding monologues, but he brings a sense of order to both. Review: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z One scene in particular invites comparisons to the current outcry by Spike Lee and other black filmmakers and actors. Sundance Officially Sidesteps Oscar Controversy, but Its Opening Film Doesn’t 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Spike Lee himself has often been condemned for portraying African-Americans in a negative light, although his criticism of Perry seems more in line with Lee's own movie from 2000 about modern-day minstrel shows, "Bamboozled." Tyler Perry vs. Spike Lee: Let's bring the Jews into this! 2011-04-20T20:06:00Z The truth, though, is that anger has been extremely productive for Spike Lee. ‘We’re still fighting that same fight’: how Spike Lee got his groove back with BlacKkKlansman 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z A moment I barely noticed in the 2019 Broadway production of David Byrne’s “American Utopia” jumped out at me with new resonance in Spike Lee’s film of the show for HBO. Bumps on the Road From Broadway to Hollywood 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z So, when Spike Lee’s new movie, “Da 5 Bloods,” was announced, my feelings were mixed. Vietnamese Lives, American Imperialist Views, Even in ‘Da 5 Bloods’ 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z From my Spike Lee days, we’ve always been a group of filmmakers that are concerned about the future of African Americans and freedom of self-expression and being politically sound. Black Panther Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter on Three Decades of Dressing Superheroes 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z The two imagined themselves following in the footsteps of their hometown film heroes Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee. Shaka King Goes to Hollywood 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z The 18th edition of the American Black Film Festival will make its New York debut next month with films directed by Tim Story and Spike Lee bookending the June 19-22 event, organizers announced Monday. ArtsBeat: Film Festival Moves to New York With ‘Think Like a Man’ Sequel and Spike Lee Film 2014-05-05T19:43:54Z And movies like Spike Lee’s terrific “Crooklyn” have uncovered plenty of sweetness in ghettos, too. Social Q’s: A Plan for Making Friends on Facebook 2012-07-06T00:57:16Z But she maintains her devotion to ballet, even though, as she put it, “Spike Lee will not leave me alone.” Misty Copeland, a Ballerina With Real Acting Chops 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z One of Odetta’s longtime band members was the bassist Bill Lee, Spike Lee’s father. Remembering Odetta, Whose Powerful Voice Met a Profound Moment 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Before that Spike Lee classic, I never thought there would be a film full of characters that dressed like me, obsessed over Air Jordans like me and dealt with racist police officers like me. "The Little Mermaid" and Disney's dilemma: Why no Black prince? 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z An article in The New York Post, Ms. Semmelhack writes, “put the blame for recent sneaker killings squarely at the feet of Nike, Michael Jordan and Spike Lee.” Review: Missing Sneaker Culture at the Brooklyn Museum 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z “Jordan Peele and his guys came to me because they wanted a Spike Lee Joint.” Spike Lee Turns a Period Piece Into a Protest of the Trump Era 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z As you talked about, Spike Lee does a really excellent job showing the lineage of Donald Trump's rise to the Ku Klux Klan, especially the more politically motivated organization that you infiltrated. “BlacKkKlansman” author Ron Stallworth: Donald Trump accomplished David Duke’s goal 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z So is it really possible that even Spike Lee can’t get his movie made? What Spike Lee’s Kickstarter Drive Gets Right 2013-07-24T18:33:08Z Spike Lee has a new documentary, not uncontroversial, on New York from the attacks to the lockdowns. Why Art Struggled to Address the Horrors of 9/11 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z When I saw Spike Lee wearing his jersey, I just wanted to sing. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘Reading With Patrick’ 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z In its anger, its humor and its exuberance — in the emotional richness of the central performances and of Terence Blanchard’s score — this is unmistakably a Spike Lee Joint. ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Review: Black Lives Mattered in Vietnam, Too 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z It is also worth remembering that both Spike Lee and Kathryn Bigelow, two of the filmmakers Scorsese holds up as exemplars of cinema, have nurtured careers beyond Hollywood and sometimes despite it. Best Movies of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Spike Lee says he has love for “massive filmmaker” Christopher Nolan, even though he’d like to make one change to “Oppenheimer.” Spike Lee says 'Oppenheimer' was 'great.' But he wishes it showed the Japanese victims 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Even Spike Lee stood up and danced in Toronto when the band played “Once in a Lifetime,” a polyrhythmic, joyful song with the refrain “Same as it ever was.” A once-in-a-lifetime reunion: Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense,' the Big Suit and their future 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z But in the mid-2000s, the network’s programming drew heavy criticism from several popular figures - filmmaker Spike Lee to Public Enemy’s Chuck D among them - who accused BET of depicting African Americans in a negative light. Paramount decides it won’t sell majority stake in BET Media Group, source tells AP 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z But in the mid-2000s, the network’s programming drew heavy criticism from several popular figures — filmmaker Spike Lee to Public Enemy’s Chuck D among them — who accused BET of depicting African Americans in a negative light. Paramount decides it won’t sell majority stake in BET Media Group, source tells AP 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z His death has prompted an outpouring of tributes from politicians and celebrities, including Beyoncé and filmmaker Spike Lee. 17-year-old suspect in the New York stabbing of a dancer is indicted on a hate-crime murder charge 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z And Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” became an anthem when it was created for filmmaker Spike Lee’s 1989 classic “Do the Right Thing,” which chronicled racial tension in a Brooklyn neighborhood. Hip-hop turns 50, reinventing itself and swaths of the world along the way 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Director Spike Lee, a New York Yankees fan, wanted to wear a red Yankees cap to the World Series, to go with his red coat. Shaikin: Fashion or blasphemy? What are they doing to Dodgers caps? 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Wesley Snipes had only done “Major League” and a Spike Lee flick. 'I thought it was career suicide': Ice-T on playing a cop in 'New Jack City' 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z But in the early-2000s, the network shifted and several popular figures — from filmmaker Spike Lee to Public Enemy’s Chuck D — heavily criticized the channel for depicting African Americans negatively. Ahead of the BET Awards, a look back at how the work helped hip-hop grow and thrive 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Later, Sundance helped arrange a reading which got it in front of Spike Lee’s company, who would go on to make the film. 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