Spike Lee
VOD film review: 25th Hour
September 11, 2021 | David FarnorSpike Lee’s moving tale of one man’s last 24 hours of freedom is a poetic portrait of uncertainty, regret, grief and hope.Read More
VOD film review: David Byrne’s American Utopia
December 17, 2020 | David FarnorEntertaining, comforting and uplifting, this unique concert movie is an absolute delight.Read More
David Byrne’s American Utopia set for December online release
December 8, 2020 | David Farnor“What if we could eliminate from the stage except for the stuff we care about the most?” That’s David Byrne taking to the stage for American Utopia, his Broadway show that’s been captured on film by Spike Lee for the … Read More
Da 5 Bloods review: A war movie like no other
June 13, 2020 | David FarnorSpike Lee’s bold epic of racial injustice and reparation is uncompromising, urgent, thrilling and powerful cinema.Read More
Trailer: Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods arrives on Netflix this June
May 18, 2020 | David FarnorSpike Lee returns to Netflix this summer with Vietnam drama Da 5 Bloods – and new images and a trailer give us our first look at his stellar ensemble cast.
The film tells the story of four African American vets … Read More
VOD film review: Pass Over
August 6, 2019 | David FarnorSamuel Beckett meets Spike Lee in this urgent, poetic play about two young men waiting for a better life.Read More
Netflix cancels She’s Gotta Have It after Season 2
July 18, 2019 | David FarnorNetflix has cancelled She’s Gotta Have It after two seasons.
The series, based on the very first Spike Lee film of the same time, stars DeWanda Wise (Shots Fired) as Nola, a Brooklyn-based artist in her late 20s, who is … Read More
Time Travel Thursday: See You Yesterday
May 30, 2019 | Matthew TurnerStefon Bristol’s teenage time travel tale fuses sci-fi and social commentary to entertaining effect.Read More
VOD film review: Inside Man
February 23, 2019 | David FarnorSpike Lee’s studio blockbuster is a slick, smart, spikily subversive thriller.Read More
VOD film review: Do the Right Thing
February 21, 2019 | Bianca GarnerSmart, funny and electrifying, Do the Right Thing remains one of Spike Lee’s finest films. Read More