Screening at Cannes: Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky In Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’

10 Behind The Scenes Facts About Spike Lee's New Thriller ‘Highest 2 Lowest’

Spike Lee's newest thriller Highest 2 Lowest has quietly become one of 2025's most anticipated films. This reimagining of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 classic High and Low reunites Lee with Denzel Washington for their fifth collaboration, alongside an intriguing cast including A$AP Rocky, Ice Spice, and Jeffrey Wright. The film follows a music mogul (Washington) who faces a moral crisis that threatens everything he's built.What elevates this project is…

Screening at Cannes: Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky In Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’

“Knicks! Knicks! Knicks!” yelled Spike Lee to the glitterati of Cannes as he entered the black-tie Lumière screening for his latest film, the kidnapping thriller Highest 2 Lowest. Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals was the following night—his beloved team facing off against the Indianapolis Pacers at Madison Square Garden—so Lee had basketball on his mind, rolling up on the Croisette in an orange-and-blue pinstripe zoot suit, sporting a blu…

Spike Lee on the collision of his two passions

There’s no sufficient way of explaining what it’s like to be around Spike Lee, but his new film, “Highest 2 Lowest” comes pretty close. The main character, played by Denzel Washington, is a Knicks fan who won’t tolerate Celtics green in his house. A framed jersey of Jalen Brunson hangs in his Brooklyn apartment. There […]

Half stupid, half genius: a film that seduces even in its failures.

Cannes Review: Highest 2 Lowest Marks a Lesser Collaboration for Spike Lee and Denzel Washington

Spike Lee’s joints are known for their sweeping coverage of New York City, in particular Brooklyn, and even more specifically Bed-Stuy––hardly ever the luxurious, Gotham-tinged, cobble-stoned streets of Dumbo. Outside a short doc made for the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce in 2016, Lee hasn’t set a film in Dumbo since his 1986 debut She’s Gotta Have It. He’s returned nearly 40 years later for Highest 2 Lowest, his spin on Akira Kurosawa’s High and…