Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Reinvents Kurosawa in the Canyons and Subways of New York

With ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ Spike Lee updates a neo-noir classic - The Boston Globe

Spike's latest joint is a love letter to three things he adores: New York City, Denzel Washington and director Akira Kurosawa.

Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Reinvents Kurosawa in the Canyons and Subways of New York

Spike Lee's Highest to Lowest Reinvents Kurosawa. In New York.

9 Spike Lee Joints to Watch (or Revisit) Now

As the boundary-pushing auteur’s latest film, “Highest 2 Lowest,” heads to theaters this week, we look back at his best work to date.

Highest 2 Lowest Review: A Bold NYC Thriller That Peaks Late but Stumbles Where It Matters

Denzel Washington and Jeffrey Wright elevate Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, a stylish NYC thriller with a shaky kidnapping plot. Our mixed review.

Apple Original Films and A24 releases New Trailer for Spike Lee's 'Highest 2 Lowest - The Super Powered Fancast

When a titan music mogul (Denzel Washington), widely known as having the “best ears in the business,” is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma. Brothers Denzel Washington and Spike Lee reunite for the fifth time in their long working relationship for a reinterpretation of the great filmmaker […]

‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Review: Spike Lee’s Experimental Adaptation Is A Modern Lesson in Classism

Highest 2 Lowest Review As a celebrated creator in his own right, Spike Lee’s influence on pop culture and art as a whole needs no introduction. The Academy Award-winning director has been able to capture these unique perspectives in all of his works, such as the 1989 classic Do the Right Thing to the super-charged BlacKkKlansman. Highlighting the societal and economic challenges in countless periods of history through voices of color is certain…