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Category Archive: Features
Columns, thinkpieces, and opinions on every inch of pop culture.
Spike Lee’s Kickstarted remake of Ganja & Hess is more interesting than its negative reception belies.
Spike Lee’s filmed version of the Broadway rock musical captures the immediacy of the show in his own imitable style.
Spike Lee’s hamfisted misfire throws everything at the kitchen sink – income inequality, Watergate, lesbian stud service – and none of it sticks.
A riveting portraint of post-9/11 New York City, Spike Lee’s scintillating crime drama is one of his most intriguing explorations.
Neither audiences or critics knew what to make of Spike Lee’s 70s period piece that made up for in mood and style what it lacked in focus.
A comprehensive guide to the streaming films you should watch as you quarantine from the coronavirus.
Thirty years on, the Kevin Bacon monster-Western remains a giddily effective creature feature.
We reflect on the recently-departed actor and his greatest, and most challenging, creative partner.
The temporary shutdown of public life that’s happening amid global coronavirus conditions has led to a standstill at the box office.
Black cinema (and American cinema as a whole) hasn’t been the same since the release of Spike Lee’s revolutionary New York drama.
One of Spike Lee’s most underrated films depicts a New York in which the more things change, the more racism stays the same.
Spike Lee’s biopic of the civil rights firebrand was a gripping, unforgettable cry of black rage and pain.
Brian De Palma’s bizarro, big-budget blastoff is rocky, but it remains an effectively fun entry in the director’s filmography.
Spike Lee’s third film is a caustic, exuberant exploration of the politics of race in the ’80s, from colorism to the effectiveness of activism.
With Pixar having one of their lowest openings yet, the box office experienced one of the worst weekends for this time of year in over a decade.
Spike Lee’s 1986 debut is a bold, if shaggy, milestone for the history of Black cinema.
For the month of March, we look back at the vibrant, confrontational, incisive work of one of American filmmaking’s most iconic figures.