VOD film review: Chi-Raq

December 1, 2016 | David Farnor

Witty, funny and powerful, Spike Lee’s rallying cry to disarm demands to be seen.Read More

Exclusive clip: Samuel L. Jackson in Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq

November 30, 2016 | David Farnor

Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq is released in UK cinemas on Friday 2nd December – and we’ve got an exclusive from the film to give you a glimpse of its incendiary brilliance.

Inspired by the ancient Greek play “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes, the … Read More

Amazon’s Chi-Raq gets UK release

November 4, 2016 | David Farnor

Amazon’s Chi-Raq has finally got a UK release date. Spike Lee’s stirring, stunning musical is the first original movie produced by Amazon.

A modern adaptation of the Greek play Lysistrata, by Aristophanes, Chi-Raq stars Teyonah Paris as Lysistrata, who leads … Read More

Netflix’s The 13th and Black Mirror join London Film Festival 2016 line-up

September 1, 2016 | David Farnor

Ava DuVernay’s T​he​ 13th and new episodes of Black Mirror will premiere at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival this October, with Amazon’s Chi-Raq competing for the red carpet spotlight.

Netflix and the BFI event first joined forces in 2015, … Read More

Amazon releases trailer for Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq

November 4, 2015 | David Farnor

Amazon has released the trailer for Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq.

The first Amazon original movie is a serious statement from both the streaming service and Lee, whose film is a modern adaptation of the Greek play Lysistrata, by Aristophanes. Teyonah Paris … Read More