The most-assigned film in colleges is a total surprise; bad news for Alec Baldwin; Christian Bale has a good reason…
When Spike Lee arrived at New York University’s graduate film program in the early ’80s, he had never heard of…
This Spike Lee interview about Chadwick Boseman and Da 5 Bloods includes a significant spoiler about the film. "I never…
In today's Movie News Rundown: Woody Allen calls Allen v. Farrow a "hatchet job"; I Care a Lot is sadly accurate;…
In today's Movie News Rundown: Oliver Stone looks back on Scarface, a film that threatened his relationships with Al Pacino…
The 45th annual Toronto Film Festival will open with the Spike Lee film American Utopia, Lee's filmed version of the David Byrne…
Do the Right Thing still feels sharply relevant after 31 years: Every group feels aggrieved, lashing out with both words…
Vietnamese-American author Viet Thanh Nguyen's personal mission is to watch every Hollywood movie about the Vietnam War, but after viewing…
In July 1997, Spike Lee was preparing for an Oscar-qualification run of his documentary 4 Little Girls — about four…
In today's Movie News Rundown: Things don't look great for the Mulan release date; how a Spike Lee movie spurred the…
The new Spike Lee film Da 5 Bloods flashes back roughly half a century — but doesn't de-age its four…
Today’s episode of the Low Key podcast covers the Spike Lee film Da 5 Bloods, which follows four black GIs returning…
Despite the far-off setting of the new Spike Lee joint, Da 5 Bloods, cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel made sure to incorporate some…
Welcome to our Movie News Roundup, where we'll get to the point: Californians are told to stay home, writers are…
(Update: Nevermind. The Red Sea Film Festival has been delayed by fears of the coronavirus. Below is our story from…
Oliver Stone will lead the jury of the first Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which will…
Stefon Bristol's See You Yesterday is full of surprises. Produced by Spike Lee, Bristol's film takes a whimsical premise—a pair…
In the documentary on legendary producer Robert Evans, The Kid Stays in the Picture, Evans explains early and often that the key to success…
Tasked with unpacking the most overlooked, underestimated part of film marketing and distribution, I considered examples of what previous MovieMaker…
A trailblazer in radical 1970s cinema, Melvin van Peebles' home-grown experimental milestone gained a new audience at this year's TCM…
“A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movie that you didn’t intend to be there.” This…
The dolly shot: It's an eye-popping technique. The characters it frames seem to float through the scene, divorced from their…
Few names inspire as much respect as Denzel Washington's. Audiences know him from, well, countless stellar performances in virtually all…
“If you’re purely after facts, please buy yourself the phone directory of Manhattan. It has four million correct facts. But…