Spike Lee

  • Movie News

Colleges’ Favorite Movie; Alec Baldwin Jeopardy; Christian Bale Isolates

The most-assigned film in colleges is a total surprise; bad news for Alec Baldwin; Christian Bale has a good reason…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Spike Lee: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker

When Spike Lee arrived at New York University’s graduate film program in the early ’80s, he had never heard of…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

What Spike Lee Told Chadwick Boseman Before Da 5 Bloods’ Most Emotional Scene

This Spike Lee interview about Chadwick Boseman and Da 5 Bloods includes a significant spoiler about the film.  "I never…

3 years ago
  • The Rundown

Woody Allen Responds; I Care a Lot Gets It Right; Running Man Do-Over

In today's Movie News Rundown: Woody Allen calls Allen v. Farrow a "hatchet job";  I Care a Lot is sadly accurate;…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Oliver Stone on Scarface; Best Opening Scenes; Film Abides

In today's Movie News Rundown: Oliver Stone looks back on Scarface, a film that threatened his relationships with Al Pacino…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Toronto Film Festival To Open with Spike Lee’s David Byrne Film American Utopia

The 45th annual Toronto Film Festival will open with the Spike Lee film American Utopia, Lee's filmed version of the David Byrne…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

We Watched Do the Right Thing Again (Podcast)

Do the Right Thing still feels sharply relevant after 31 years: Every group feels aggrieved, lashing out with both words…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Author Viet Thanh Nguyen Cannot Recommend Da 5 Bloods

Vietnamese-American author Viet Thanh Nguyen's personal mission is to watch every Hollywood movie about the Vietnam War, but after viewing…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Spike Lee Explains How 4 Little Girls Shows the Power of Film

In July 1997, Spike Lee was preparing for an Oscar-qualification run of his documentary 4 Little Girls — about four…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Mulan Rumbles; Spike Lee and the FBI; Gone With the Wind Returns

In today's Movie News Rundown: Things don't look great for the Mulan release date; how a Spike Lee movie spurred the…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Why Spike Lee Didn’t De-Age His Da 5 Bloods Stars

The new Spike Lee film Da 5 Bloods flashes back roughly half a century — but doesn't de-age its four…

4 years ago
  • Directing

Da 5 Bloods and Cross-Generational Trauma (Low Key Podcast)

Today’s episode of the Low Key podcast covers the Spike Lee film Da 5 Bloods, which follows four black GIs returning…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

How Da 5 Bloods’ Newton Thomas Sigel Helped Spike Lee Bring Some Very Specific Shots to Vietnam

Despite the far-off setting of the new Spike Lee joint, Da 5 Bloods, cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel made sure to incorporate some…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News Roundup: California Stays Home; Ben Affleck Arrives Early; Paul Scheer Brings Cheer

Welcome to our Movie News Roundup, where we'll get to the point: Californians are told to stay home, writers are…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Spike Lee to Hold Special Malcolm X Screening at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival

(Update: Nevermind. The Red Sea Film Festival has been delayed by fears of the coronavirus. Below is our story from…

4 years ago
  • Articles - Festivals

Oliver Stone to Head Jury at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival

Oliver Stone will lead the jury of the first Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which will…

4 years ago
  • Directing

Stefon Bristol’s See You Yesterday Melds Time Travel and the Harsh Realities of African-American Life Seamlessly

Stefon Bristol's See You Yesterday is full of surprises. Produced by Spike Lee, Bristol's film takes a whimsical premise—a pair…

5 years ago
  • Cinema Law

Indie Law: How to Secure and Hold the Rights to Your Project

In the documentary on legendary producer Robert Evans, The Kid Stays in the Picture, Evans explains early and often that the key to success…

5 years ago
  • MM Guide 2019

A Teller’s Market: How To Tell Your Own Story and Lay Bare Your Personal Brand

Tasked with unpacking the most overlooked, underestimated part of film marketing and distribution, I considered examples of what previous MovieMaker…

5 years ago
  • Other

Keep on Keepin’ On: Mario Van Peebles on How His Father Brought Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song to Life

A trailblazer in radical 1970s cinema, Melvin van Peebles' home-grown experimental milestone gained a new audience at this year's TCM…

6 years ago
  • How They Did It

How They Did It: Tips on Recreating Period, VFX, and Big Action on a Low Budget From the Director of Gangster Land

“A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movie that you didn’t intend to be there.” This…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Reels On Wheels: Watch How Spike Lee’s Dolly Shots Glide Characters Through Their Frenzied Environments (Video)

The dolly shot: It's an eye-popping technique. The characters it frames seem to float through the scene, divorced from their…

7 years ago
  • Acting

Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017: Maltin Modern Master Denzel Washington Reflects on His Career

Few names inspire as much respect as Denzel Washington's. Audiences know him from, well, countless stellar performances in virtually all…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Subjective Nonfiction: Jeff Feuerzeig on New Journalism, Punk Rock and Author: The JT LeRoy Story

“If you’re purely after facts, please buy yourself the phone directory of Manhattan. It has four million correct facts. But…

8 years ago