N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 58 Reviews September 24, 2020 NYFF 58: “David Byrne’s American Utopia” is an explosion of music and humanism Spike Lee captures all the vibrancy and social import of Byrne's rightly-acclaimed Broadway show.
P Categories Columns Movies P.S.H. I Love You September 8, 2020 P.S.H. I Love You: “25th Hour” grapples with our fragile lives Philip Seymour Hoffman lends remarkable texture to Spike Lee's 25th Hour, a film in mourning over New York and the fleeting nature of being.
T Categories Features Interviews Movies June 22, 2020 Terence Blanchard on scoring “Da 5 Bloods” Spike Lee's longtime collaborator talks about using new instruments in his latest score, honoring Black veterans, and representation in film composing.
S Categories Movies Reviews June 12, 2020 Spike Lee heads to Vietnam in the bracing, powerful “Da 5 Bloods” Spike Lee explores the painful history of Blackness in American warfare with this lengthy, but gripping, Vietnam epic.
& Categories Reviews TV June 5, 2020 “Dear” is a schmaltzy but earnest love letter to kindness Celebrities read letters from people whose lives they've touched in Apple TV+'s treacly new series.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 30, 2020 “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” Is Bloody, Weird, Pure Spike Lee Spike Lee's Kickstarted remake of Ganja & Hess is more interesting than its negative reception belies.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 29, 2020 “Passing Strange” Brings Lee to Broadway Spike Lee's filmed version of the Broadway rock musical captures the immediacy of the show in his own imitable style.
“ Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 24, 2020 “She Hate Me” Has Spike Lee Shooting Blanks Spike Lee's hamfisted misfire throws everything at the kitchen sink - income inequality, Watergate, lesbian stud service - and none of it sticks.
R Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 23, 2020 Reflecting on the Post-9/11 Malaise of “25th Hour” A riveting portraint of post-9/11 New York City, Spike Lee's scintillating crime drama is one of his most intriguing explorations.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month March 21, 2020 The Bronx is Burning: On Giving “Summer of Sam” a Chance 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.
