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  1. they’re ba-ack
    Spike Lee and Denzel Washington Are Reuniting for a RemakeIce Spice + Spike Lee = Ice Spike?
    By Jennifer Zhan
  2. rip
    Bill Lee, Jazz Bassist and Father of Spike Lee, Dead at 94He scored his son’s first four films and recorded with Bob Dylan.
    By Justin Curto
  3. new york in your bones
    The 101 Best New York City Movies, RankedSome movies reflect the perilous reality of living here, others the urbane fantasy. The greatest do both.
  4. wait what
    What Is Going On in Spike Lee’s 9/11 HBO Docuseries?NYC Epicenters 9/11–2021 ½ courted controversy before it even aired. Here’s what to know before watching.
    By Chris Vognar
  5. conspiracies
    Spike Lee Reedits His Conspiracy-Theorist-Heavy 9/11 Docuseries for HBOThe final episode, scheduled to air on September 11, featured the Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth conspiracist group.
    By Rebecca Alter
  6. cannes 2021
    100 Bewildering Hours at CannesThe most glamorous film festival remains unchanged — except for that pesky Delta variant.
    By Rachel Handler
  7. spike oui
    Spike Lee Is Pretty in Pink for His First Cannes As Jury PresidentDo the right thing and give the man his flowers.
    By Zoe Haylock
  8. bad vacations
    We’re Lucky Melvin Van Peebles’s The Story of a Three Day Pass Got Made at AllThe New Wave classic still carries its sting of racial melancholy and calls for us to rethink institutional validation.
    By Yasmina Price
  9. the unforgettable year
    A Year of Watching Movies About Being Stuck at Home (While Being Stuck at Home)COVID cinema arrived not long after the virus did — but what do we want from movies about a pandemic we’re all still experiencing?
    By Alison Willmore
  10. coming soon
    Spike Lee’s Next Joint Is … a Movie-Musical About ViagraNeedless to say, he’s excited.
    By Zoe Haylock
  11. go go go joseph
    Spike Lee Pops Bottles in Brooklyn to Celebrate Biden VictoryChampagne for his real friends.
    By Rebecca Alter
  12. politics
    Spike Lee Says Jared Kushner Welcome to Bring His ‘Punk Ass’ to Brooklyn“What the hell is he talking about? We don’t want to succeed?! He’s nuts!”
    By Halle Kiefer
  13. a once in a lifetime event
    American Utopia’s Chris Giarmo on Political Art and Spike Lee’s Lipstick Advice“In addition to Spike’s acceptance and allyship, he was right. The red worked so much better.”
    By Devon Ivie
  14. movie review
    American Utopia Speaks to the Recent Past and, Even More, the PresentIn a way, even the Spike Lee–directed version of David Byrne’s Broadway show, streaming on HBO, allows us to “leave our homes.”
    By Jen Chaney
  15. obits
    Thomas Jefferson Byrd, a Staple Actor in Spike Lee’s Films, Killed in AtlantaThe director memorialized the Tony nominee this weekend.
    By Halle Kiefer
  16. trailer mix
    This Must Be the Place (to Watch the Trailer for David Byrne’s American Utopia)Time to buy a monochromatic suit.
    By Devon Ivie
  17. tiff 2020
    TIFF Announces 2020 Lineup: Regina King’s Directorial Debut, Spike Lee, and MoreThe festival will take place September 10–19 with 50 features.
    By Rebecca Alter
  18. deep dives
    Watching Da 5 Bloods in SaigonNetflix subscribers in Vietnam describe their experiences watching Spike Lee’s latest movie about the American war.
    By Soraya Kishtwari
  19. the view from home
    How Protesting Helped Tayarisha Poe Feel Normal AgainThe Selah and the Spades director isn’t expecting a “yes, the revolution has arrived” moment — but she is feeling a lot of hope.
    By Tayarisha Poe As told to Alison Willmore
  20. cool babies
    David Byrne’s American Utopia Is on the Road to HBODirected by his “art brother” Spike Lee.
    By Devon Ivie
  21. apologies
    Spike Lee Apologizes for Defending Woody Allen“My words were wrong.”
    By Charu Sinha
  22. vulture lists
    Every Spike Lee Film, RankedWith the release of Da 5 Bloods, we revisit each of the director’s major works.
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
  23. netflix
    There’s a Da 5 Bloods Post-Credit ‘Scene’ But You Probably Won’t See ItNetflix’s autoplay will see to that.
    By Rebecca Alter
  24. study guide
    A Pop Culture Guide to the Many, Many References in Spike Lee’s Da 5 BloodsFrom the cinematic influences to the historical references to the music cues to the inside jokes, here’s a guide to Spike Lee’s Netflix joint.
    By Jason Bailey
  25. friday night movie club
    Inside Man Still Absolutely RulesIt’s Spike Lee and Denzel Washington at their slickest.
    By Hunter Harris
  26. chat room
    Jonathan Majors on Shooting Da 5 Bloods With a MAGA Hat on SetThe Last Black Man in San Francisco co-star plays the son of a Trump voter in Spike Lee’s new Netflix movie.
    By Lane Brown
  27. movie review
    Da 5 Bloods Is Spike Lee’s Agit-Prop Action MovieAs a stirring, deliriously referential treatise on race, American history, and black patriotism, it’s one of Lee’s greatest works.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  28. movies
    Spike Lee’s Forever WarHow the Vietnam War epic Da 5 Bloods became one of the most ambitious films of his career.
    By Lane Brown
  29. love / hate
    What Critics Said About Do the Right Thing When It PremieredSpike Lee’s 1989 film was called both “a devastating portrait of Black America pushed to the limit” and “a rancid fairy tale.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  30. history lessons
    Spike Lee Debuts Short Film Connecting George Floyd and Do the Right Thing“This is history again and again and again …”
    By Zoe Haylock
  31. open your purse
    Spike Lee’s New Movie Won’t Use CGI De-Aging, Unlike That Other Netflix Film“I was not getting $100 million to de-age our guys.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  32. trailer mix
    Watch the Trailer for Spike Lee’s Vietnam Vet Joint, Da 5 BloodsStreaming on June 12.
    By Rebecca Alter
  33. i love new york
    Spike Lee’s Latest Short Film Is a 3-Minute Instagram Tribute to New YorkMan, this guy sure does love New York City.
    By Chris Murphy
  34. quarantine reads
    Spike Lee Adds Unmade Jackie Robinson Screenplay to Your Quarantine Reading ListThe director wanted Denzel to star, but sadly, the actor deemed himself “too old.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  35. feuds
    Spike Lee’s Feud With the New York Knicks, ExplainedSpike Lee entered a Knicks game Monday night through the employee entrance. Things went downhill from there.
    By Nate Jones
  36. oscars 2020
    Spike Lee Honors Kobe Bryant in the Most Spike Lee Fashion PossiblePurple and gold, baby.
    By Zoe Haylock
  37. cannes 2020
    Spike Lee Named 2020 Cannes Film Festival Jury PresidentHe makes history as the first-ever black jury head.
    By Zoe Haylock
  38. adaptations
    Spike Lee to Direct ’80s Hip-Hop Romeo and Juliet Adaptation Prince of CatsLakeith Stanfield is out; Spike Lee is in.
    By Bethy Squires
  39. venice film festival
    Spike Lee Calls Nate Parker’s New Film a ‘Part of History’At the Venice Film Festival, the American Skin filmmaker apologized for his past “tone-deaf” behavior.
    By Christina Newland
  40. cancellations
    Netflix Will Not Renew She’s Gotta Have It for a Third SeasonSpike Lee is reportedly looking for a new home for the series.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  41. a historical spike lee joint
    Spike Lee Brings You Son of the South, Starring Lucas Till and Lucy HaleBased on the 2008 memoir of white civil-rights activist Bob Zellner.
    By Halle Kiefer
  42. music
    Teyana ‘Spike Lee’ Taylor Directed Her New Video and It Too Deserves an OscarThey give Oscars for music videos, right?
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  43. oscars 2019
    Spike Lee Reacts to the Entire Academy AwardsFrom the win to the frowns.
    By Hunter Harris
  44. oscars 2019
    See Spike Lee Jump Into Samuel L. Jackson’s Arms After Finally Winning an OscarIt is about damn time.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  45. oscars 2019
    The Oscars Made Progress This Year (But Green Book Was Still a Bad Choice)You will pry the right of an Oscar voter to support a 1986-style quasi-liberal brotherhood-of-man movie out of their cold dead fingers.
    By Mark Harris
  46. awards season
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2019 Oscars CeremonyThat was one steamy “Shallow” performance.
    By Devon Ivie and Jackson McHenry
  47. oscars 2019
    Terence Blanchard Talks About the Toughness of Scoring BlacKkKlansman“Your heart just feels like it’s ripped open.”
    By Dan Reilly
  48. the toughest scene i wrote
    How BlacKkKlansman Crafted Its Explosive ClimaxCo-writer Kevin Willmott walks Vulture through the movie’s closing confrontation between Ron Stallworth, a bomb, and a car full of Klansmen.
    By Nate Jones
  49. sure
    Spike Lee Wants to Know Why Prince Harry Was on Facebook As ‘Spike Lee’We’re going to need more information.
    By Rebecca Alter
  50. movies
    Chadwick Boseman Will Be in the Next Spike Lee MovieYou can almost smell the Oscars.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
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