Spike Lee

The Year in Film: 10 For 2012

Gayle King Is Nice, But Spike Lee Snubbed Me

The opening-night party for Broadway's The Mountaintop -- the play that imagines an encounter between Martin Luther King and a motel maid -- brought a luminous bunch of biggies to Espace last night. Gayle King was nice, as always, and when I told her I liked her Lady Gaga interview, she lit up and ... More >>

Do the Right Thing

The opening-night party for Broadway's The Mountaintop -- the play that imagines an encounter between Martin Luther King and a motel maid -- brought a luminous bunch of biggies to Espace last night. Gayle King was nice, as always, and when I told her I liked her Lady Gaga interview, she lit up and ... More >>

HIT THE TURBO BASS

Bringin' back the boombox

WILD AT HEART

The Safdie brothers show you their favorite movies

Spike Lee Hates LeBron James

​"We got hoodwinked. Led astray. Hornswoggled," Spike Lee told the New York Times, quoting Malcolm X, whose 1992 biopic he directed. "We got bamboozled." Lee, like everyone else, is pissed at LeBron James, who signed with the Miami Heat, crushing the dreams of Cleveland, New York, New Jersey a ... More >>

STARRY NIGHTS

Celebs show the downtown theater scene some love

DeNiro and Lee Have Designs on Your Nostalgia

​Reuter's is reporting that New Yorkers longing for a pre-"Rent," pre-luxury condo filled Lower East Side might not have to wait much longer...on television, anyway. Robert DeNiro and Spike Lee are developing the series "Alphaville" for Showtime, which will be set in the Alphabet City of the ... More >>

Live: Spike Lee Throws Michael Jackson One Hell Of A Birthday Party In Prospect Park

Pix by Puja Patel, many more below Thousands of people flooded Prospect Park Saturday afternoon for Michael Jackson's 51st birthday party. Hosted by Spike Lee (who worked on the "They Don't Really Care About Us" video), the five-hour event, held together by an epic, all-MJ set from Brooklyn's DJ Sp ... More >>

This Weekend: Spike Lee's Michael Jackson Block Party, After the Jump Fest, Impose and 826 NYC at the Yard

​ --Spike Lee's Brooklyn Block Party for Michael Jackson's birthday, which recently was moved from Fort Greene to Prospect Park, is expected to draw 10,000 people to the grossly named Nethermead in the heart of the park tomorrow. Things are supposed to go off rain or shine, although expect tha ... More >>

My Review of Passing Strange, The Movie

​Passing Strange was the small-scale, autobiographical musical about a rocker named Stew's adventures as a teen, breaking out of the racial restrictions of his religious upbringing and finding himself abroad in search of "the real." The show was like an open wound, reveling in the feelings of ... More >>

REMEMBER THE TIME?

NYC celebrates MJ's birthday in a big way

Spike Lee Is Throwing Michael Jackson A Birthday Party

​This one pretty much can't miss. Jackson, who is set to be buried on his birthday out in Glendale, California, will get a NYC birthday send-off as well--Spike Lee is throwing a block party in his honor at Fort Greene Park. From 12pm-5pm, DJ Spinna will play Jackson jams exclusively, which is ... More >>

Spike Lee's Passing Strange on Film

​This one pretty much can't miss. Jackson, who is set to be buried on his birthday out in Glendale, California, will get a NYC birthday send-off as well--Spike Lee is throwing a block party in his honor at Fort Greene Park. From 12pm-5pm, DJ Spinna will play Jackson jams exclusively, which is ... More >>

An Apology, of Sorts, for Antagonizing Questlove With Regards to the Still-Not-Happening School Daze Sequel

​While browsing Twitter yesterday morning, we came across a Questlove dispatch that seemed to suggest he was taking time out of his busy schedule to do some acting and/or composing for the sequel to Spike Lee's 1988 film School Daze. Here is the Tweet in full:

Fifth Annual Afro-Punk Festival at BAM

​While browsing Twitter yesterday morning, we came across a Questlove dispatch that seemed to suggest he was taking time out of his busy schedule to do some acting and/or composing for the sequel to Spike Lee's 1988 film School Daze. Here is the Tweet in full:

Reggie Miller Swats Knick Fans Who Cheered Kobe

As Mets fans, we expressed confusion that that Knicks fans at the Garden, and even Spike Lee, would cheer Kobe Bryant of the Lakers throughout Monday's game against their own team. Former Indiana Pacers great Reggie Miller, who was frequently abused by the same fair-weather fans, goes further: "I wa ... More >>

Spike Lee's WWII Epic Miracle at St. Anna

As Mets fans, we expressed confusion that that Knicks fans at the Garden, and even Spike Lee, would cheer Kobe Bryant of the Lakers throughout Monday's game against their own team. Former Indiana Pacers great Reggie Miller, who was frequently abused by the same fair-weather fans, goes further: "I wa ... More >>

Why Tyler Perry Isn't Doing a Woman, Plus Harry Potter Horses Around

And Mamet books Broadway revivals, and several people reveal altered states.

This Week's Voice: Brooklyn Book Festival, MySpace Music, the Coen Brothers' Burn After Reading, Sue Williams, and More

And Mamet books Broadway revivals, and several people reveal altered states.

Midway Through the Toronto Film Fest, and Things are Looking Bleak

Oh, Canada

Desert Bayou

Oh, Canada

Letters

Oh, Canada

Letters

Oh, Canada

Spike Lee's Reality TV

When the Levees Broke brings Katrina's devastation into clear and timely focus

Rack Focus

When the Levees Broke brings Katrina's devastation into clear and timely focus

For a Few Dollars More

As technologies evolve and priorities shift, media nonprofits struggle to stay afloat

Catch Me If You Can

By-the-numbers heist flick Spiked with ethnic vaudeville

1989

By-the-numbers heist flick Spiked with ethnic vaudeville

Picture This

On the Set, the Street, and at Dinner With 'X' Director Spike Lee

Culture Clash

'86–'95: From Evangelicals to Trannies, the First Gulf War to Tupac Shakur

Varsity Blues: Gridiron Drama Comes Up a Few Yards Short

'86–'95: From Evangelicals to Trannies, the First Gulf War to Tupac Shakur

Letters

'86–'95: From Evangelicals to Trannies, the First Gulf War to Tupac Shakur

He's Gotta Have It

Lee does the wrong things with lesbian lifestyle, corporate scandal, and anti-Bush fire

Waiting for a Prince

Fans get suckered at the Purple One's 'secret' gig

Sports

Fans get suckered at the Purple One's 'secret' gig

NY Mirror

Fans get suckered at the Purple One's 'secret' gig

Vice City

Fans get suckered at the Purple One's 'secret' gig

Redeem Upon Purchase

Fans get suckered at the Purple One's 'secret' gig

Hookers, Panthers, Dragons, Tigers

Fans get suckered at the Purple One's 'secret' gig

Musto Gossip Tidbit

Fans get suckered at the Purple One's 'secret' gig

The Scene at Shea

Spike and Reggie and Keith, Oh My

Come On In, the Mainstream's Fine

Spike and Reggie and Keith, Oh My

The Wedding Singer

He's Gotta Have It

NY Mirror

My spies say that Playgirl is planning to run nude beach shots of Ricky Martin, presumably revealing la pinga loca.

Fireworks

My spies say that Playgirl is planning to run nude beach shots of Ricky Martin, presumably revealing la pinga loca.

Building the Perfect Beast

Reconstructing the Knicks Around Three of Their Stars

More, More, More

Reconstructing the Knicks Around Three of Their Stars

Rumbling in the Bronx

Spike Lee spins a raucous '70s morality tale

[He Got] Game Plan

Spike Lee takes some shots