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It was only a few days ago that the Criterion Collection had a surprise flash sale. The home video company’s entire catalog was slashed down to 50% off list prices. While that sale only lasted for 24 hours, there are a number of titles that are still on sale for half-off at Amazon.
We rounded up the best deals on Criterion Collection releases, including Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing,” Dennis Hopper’s “Easy Rider,” Whit Stillman’s “The Last Days of Disco” and much more. In fact, even a few boxed sets are half off, such as Krzysztof Kieślowski’s “The Dekalog” and Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology.
Ahead, check out the best Criterion Blu-ray discs currently on sale for 50% off at Amazon:
‘Do the Right Thing...
It was only a few days ago that the Criterion Collection had a surprise flash sale. The home video company’s entire catalog was slashed down to 50% off list prices. While that sale only lasted for 24 hours, there are a number of titles that are still on sale for half-off at Amazon.
We rounded up the best deals on Criterion Collection releases, including Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing,” Dennis Hopper’s “Easy Rider,” Whit Stillman’s “The Last Days of Disco” and much more. In fact, even a few boxed sets are half off, such as Krzysztof Kieślowski’s “The Dekalog” and Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology.
Ahead, check out the best Criterion Blu-ray discs currently on sale for 50% off at Amazon:
‘Do the Right Thing...
- 10/20/2023
- by Anna Tingley and Rudie Obias
- Variety Film + TV
If you are a fan of supernatural horror films, you have probably seen at least one of the “Candyman” movies.
The Candyman is an American horror-slasher film series based on an urban legend called “Candyman,” a ghost who was murdered in the late 19th century.
The series began with the 1985 short story “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker and has since been adapted into several films.
The 1992 film adaptation of Candyman, directed by Bernard Rose and starring Tony Todd as the title character, was initially a box office bomb. However, it has since become a cult classic.
Four films in the Candyman series are sure to send chills down your spine; the series spanned from the first film in 1992 to the latest release in 2021. For starters, the “Candyman” movies are horror packed with great suspense, twists, and turns.
Secondly, the “Candyman” movies have an exciting storyline that will keep you entertained throughout the series.
The Candyman is an American horror-slasher film series based on an urban legend called “Candyman,” a ghost who was murdered in the late 19th century.
The series began with the 1985 short story “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker and has since been adapted into several films.
The 1992 film adaptation of Candyman, directed by Bernard Rose and starring Tony Todd as the title character, was initially a box office bomb. However, it has since become a cult classic.
Four films in the Candyman series are sure to send chills down your spine; the series spanned from the first film in 1992 to the latest release in 2021. For starters, the “Candyman” movies are horror packed with great suspense, twists, and turns.
Secondly, the “Candyman” movies have an exciting storyline that will keep you entertained throughout the series.
- 10/18/2022
- by Israr
- buddytv.com
I loved "Driving Miss Daisy" before I even saw the movie, actually. I remember running around as a kid teasing slow drivers — and slow-moving people in general for that matter — by calling them Driving Miss Daisy because I thought the movie was about an old lady who drove slowly and held up traffic. When I finally watched the 1989 comedy-drama, it only reinforced my adoration. Jessica Tandy shined in her role as Daisy Werthan, an elderly but prideful white Jewish widow who, from the late 1940s and into the early '70s, develops a bond with her kindly Black chauffeur, Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman) in Georgia. In my eyes, "Lean on Me," "The Shawshank Redemption," and "Driving Miss Daisy" are Freeman's best movie roles.
Miss Daisy and Hoke's relationship helped shape my knowledge of race relations during the civil rights era beyond the documentaries I watched in school. For example,...
Miss Daisy and Hoke's relationship helped shape my knowledge of race relations during the civil rights era beyond the documentaries I watched in school. For example,...
- 8/20/2022
- by J. Gabriel Ware
- Slash Film
Are you looking for a light and breezy flick to stream at home? Well, you may want to look elsewhere. The movies we’ve compiled below test the merits of the phrase “all publicity is good publicity.” Whether controversial due to violent or explicit content, on-set occurrences, or tackling weighty topics like race or religion, the following films were lightning rods for conversation around the time of their release, sometimes overshadowing the quality of the films themselves.
Thankfully, all of these disputed movies are readily available to modern audiences right now, allowing us to see whether all of the hubbub surrounding these films was warranted. They’re also a great litmus test for determining how our standards for “decency” have warped, shifted, or stayed the same in the ensuing years. Without further ado, here are the 10 most controversial movies now available for streaming.
[Trigger Warning: This article makes references to acts of sexual assault, both fictional and real.]
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
HBO Max
While modern...
Thankfully, all of these disputed movies are readily available to modern audiences right now, allowing us to see whether all of the hubbub surrounding these films was warranted. They’re also a great litmus test for determining how our standards for “decency” have warped, shifted, or stayed the same in the ensuing years. Without further ado, here are the 10 most controversial movies now available for streaming.
[Trigger Warning: This article makes references to acts of sexual assault, both fictional and real.]
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
HBO Max
While modern...
- 1/28/2022
- by Nick Harley
- Den of Geek
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From “Do the Right Thing” to “Da 5 Bloods,” Spike Lee’s film catalog is packed with classics that have shaped Black cinema, and film at large. The Brooklyn-born auteur is known for a unique storytelling style, and of course, his signature double-dolly shot (where the character remains stationary while the background moves), which he’s used in several films including “Mo’ Better Blueseppice” and “Malcolm X.”
Last week, Film at Lincoln Center presented Lee with the Chaplin Award during the 46th Chaplin Award Gala, held at New York City’s Alice Tully Hall. The celebration, which was delayed a year because of the pandemic, included an excerpt from Lee’s HBO documentary...
From “Do the Right Thing” to “Da 5 Bloods,” Spike Lee’s film catalog is packed with classics that have shaped Black cinema, and film at large. The Brooklyn-born auteur is known for a unique storytelling style, and of course, his signature double-dolly shot (where the character remains stationary while the background moves), which he’s used in several films including “Mo’ Better Blueseppice” and “Malcolm X.”
Last week, Film at Lincoln Center presented Lee with the Chaplin Award during the 46th Chaplin Award Gala, held at New York City’s Alice Tully Hall. The celebration, which was delayed a year because of the pandemic, included an excerpt from Lee’s HBO documentary...
- 9/16/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
Welcome back to Let’s Scare Bryan to Death, where this month we’re joined by multi-multi-multi-hyphenate horror journalist Zena Dixon, a.k.a. The Real Queen of Horror. For those few of you who aren’t familiar with Dixon, let me see if I can get through her list of bona fides in one paragraph: (deep breath) in addition to her website that features news in the horror genre, Dixon hosts a YouTube channel that celebrates all of her favorite flicks. She’s also one of the hosts of the Bloody Disgusting Podcast, and, when she gets a few minutes here and there she also makes her own short films.
Dixon selected this month’s film, James Bond III’s Def by Temptation, for a pretty simple reason: she adores it. And after giving it my first watch, I have to say I get the love for this cult...
Dixon selected this month’s film, James Bond III’s Def by Temptation, for a pretty simple reason: she adores it. And after giving it my first watch, I have to say I get the love for this cult...
- 5/20/2021
- by Bryan Christopher
- DailyDead
Spike Lee made his fourth film, “Mo’ Better Blues,” just over 30 years ago. Although less recognized than other titles in his oeuvre (“Do the Right Thing” was released in 1989), it was an evocative take on moody jazz films, minus the darkness and despair, and it proved an intriguing contrast to Lee’s more provocative titles.
Denzel Washington stars as dedicated trumpeter Bleek Gilliam, whose emotional immaturity eventually gets him into career-ending trouble. Gilliam headlines a jazz quintet at a popular New York City club. The band is thriving, and Gilliam has his choice of lovers. Problems arise when he is forced to make decisions concerning his best friend and manager Giant (Spike Lee), and his affairs with two women, schoolteacher Indigo (Joie Lee) and aspiring singer Clarke (Cynda Williams).
It was the first collaboration between Washington and Lee, launching a multi-decade actor-director relationship. Washington gives a typically charismatic performance, as...
Denzel Washington stars as dedicated trumpeter Bleek Gilliam, whose emotional immaturity eventually gets him into career-ending trouble. Gilliam headlines a jazz quintet at a popular New York City club. The band is thriving, and Gilliam has his choice of lovers. Problems arise when he is forced to make decisions concerning his best friend and manager Giant (Spike Lee), and his affairs with two women, schoolteacher Indigo (Joie Lee) and aspiring singer Clarke (Cynda Williams).
It was the first collaboration between Washington and Lee, launching a multi-decade actor-director relationship. Washington gives a typically charismatic performance, as...
- 9/24/2020
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Spike Lee will participate in a live conversation about his 1989 film, Do the Right Thing, on Thursday at 8 p.m. Et. The discussion will stream on American Film Institute (AFI) Movie Club’s YouTube channel.
American Fiim Institute in partnership with Universal Pictures selected Lee’s film as its movie of the week, a fitting choice for the times as the movie addresses themes of racial injustice and inequality, and police brutality. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes and garnered a Palme d’Or nomination.
American Fiim Institute in partnership with Universal Pictures selected Lee’s film as its movie of the week, a fitting choice for the times as the movie addresses themes of racial injustice and inequality, and police brutality. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes and garnered a Palme d’Or nomination.
- 6/25/2020
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” will be free to stream online until June 29.
The 1989 film is also the American Film Institute‘s pick this week for its Movie Club. It will be accompanied by a live conversation with Lee on AFI’s YouTube channel on Thursday at 8 p.m. Et.
AFI has partnered with Universal Pictures to make “Do the Right Thing” available for free across a variety of streaming platforms, including Apple TV, Vudu and Google Play.
The choice of film was undeniably influenced by the wave of nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, as it explores themes of racial injustice and inequality.
“Do The Right Thing” takes place during a single summer day in Brooklyn, N.Y., in which racial tensions reach a boiling point, culminating in violence and death. It stars Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn,...
The 1989 film is also the American Film Institute‘s pick this week for its Movie Club. It will be accompanied by a live conversation with Lee on AFI’s YouTube channel on Thursday at 8 p.m. Et.
AFI has partnered with Universal Pictures to make “Do the Right Thing” available for free across a variety of streaming platforms, including Apple TV, Vudu and Google Play.
The choice of film was undeniably influenced by the wave of nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, as it explores themes of racial injustice and inequality.
“Do The Right Thing” takes place during a single summer day in Brooklyn, N.Y., in which racial tensions reach a boiling point, culminating in violence and death. It stars Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn,...
- 6/24/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
From indie classics like Do the Right Thing to blockbuster mega hits such as Infinity War, Samuel L. Jackson has cemented himself as one of the most recognizable actors of modern American cinema. But for every great movie he’s been in, he’s also played a part in some truly atrocious, yet nonetheless entertaining titles. And so on that note, here are his best and worst films, according to IMDb’s rating system.
Let’s start with the worst and work our way to the top from there. First up we got a movie called Def by Temptation. Released in 1990 and directed by a guy named James Bond III, it stars Jackson alongside Kadeem Hardison and Bill Nunn, both of whom have since become household names in their own right. The story of an “evil succubus” preying on young black men in New York, it’s a hodgepodge of...
Let’s start with the worst and work our way to the top from there. First up we got a movie called Def by Temptation. Released in 1990 and directed by a guy named James Bond III, it stars Jackson alongside Kadeem Hardison and Bill Nunn, both of whom have since become household names in their own right. The story of an “evil succubus” preying on young black men in New York, it’s a hodgepodge of...
- 6/21/2020
- by Tim Brinkhof
- We Got This Covered
On May 31, as protests over police violence roiled nationwide, Spike Lee released a 94-second movie called 3 Brothers on his social media feeds. The short film intercuts disturbing footage of three Black men who died after being choked by police — George Floyd, Eric Garner and Radio Raheem, the fictional, boombox-toting Brooklynite played by Bill Nunn in Lee's Oscar-nominated 1989 film, Do the Right Thing. "Will History Stop Repeating Itself?" reads a title card.
That's a question the 63-year-old writer-director has been puzzling over for much of his 40-year filmmaking career. Lee tackles the question anew in ...
That's a question the 63-year-old writer-director has been puzzling over for much of his 40-year filmmaking career. Lee tackles the question anew in ...
- 6/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
On May 31, as protests over police violence roiled nationwide, Spike Lee released a 94-second movie called 3 Brothers on his social media feeds. The short film intercuts disturbing footage of three Black men who died after being choked by police — George Floyd, Eric Garner and Radio Raheem, the fictional, boombox-toting Brooklynite played by Bill Nunn in Lee's Oscar-nominated 1989 film, Do the Right Thing. "Will History Stop Repeating Itself?" reads a title card.
That's a question the 63-year-old writer-director has been puzzling over for much of his 40-year filmmaking career. Lee tackles the question anew in ...
That's a question the 63-year-old writer-director has been puzzling over for much of his 40-year filmmaking career. Lee tackles the question anew in ...
- 6/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"And that's the double truth, Ruth!" Have you watched Spike Lee's Oscar-nominated Brooklyn masterpiece? Do the Right Thing was released on June 30th in 1989 and it still stands strong as one of Lee's best films. Set in NYC's Bed-Stuy over the course of a single day, the easygoing interactions of a cast of unforgettable characters—Da Mayor, Mother Sister, Mister Señor Love Daddy, Tina, Sweet Dick Willie, Buggin Out, Radio Raheem, Sal, Pino, Vito, and Lee’s Mookie among them—give way to heated confrontations as tensions rise along racial fault lines, ultimately exploding into violence. The film originally premiered at the Cannes Film Festival back in 1989. It stars Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro, Paul Benjamin, Frankie Faison, Robin Harris, Joie Lee, and Bill Nunn as Radio Raheem. I watched this film in a cinema for the first time last year and it blew me away.
- 6/2/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Spike Lee has released a powerful short film that splices together the deaths of George Floyd and Eric Garner with clips from the climax of his 1989 film “Do the Right Thing,” calling Floyd, Garner and the character Radio Raheem “3 Brothers.”
“Will history stop repeating itself,” a title card reads as we hear Garner, who was killed in 2014, say “I’m minding my business officer.”
The short film makes a powerful parallel between how Lee visualized a protest and the police’s treatment of the black man Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn) in his film and how closely they match up with what we’ve seen in real life with Floyd and Garner.
Also Read: George Floyd's Brother Speaks Out on Protests: Floyd 'Was About Unity' (Video)
Lee released the film on Twitter, but it first made its premiere on Sunday night as part of his appearance with CNN’s Don Lemon...
“Will history stop repeating itself,” a title card reads as we hear Garner, who was killed in 2014, say “I’m minding my business officer.”
The short film makes a powerful parallel between how Lee visualized a protest and the police’s treatment of the black man Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn) in his film and how closely they match up with what we’ve seen in real life with Floyd and Garner.
Also Read: George Floyd's Brother Speaks Out on Protests: Floyd 'Was About Unity' (Video)
Lee released the film on Twitter, but it first made its premiere on Sunday night as part of his appearance with CNN’s Don Lemon...
- 6/1/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Spike Lee released a short film showcasing police brutality with clips of the deaths of George Floyd and Eric Garner along with footage from his 1989, Oscar-nominated film “Do the Right Thing.”
Titled “Will History Stop Repeating Itself?,” Lee posted the video on his Twitter account by saying, “3 Brothers-Radio Raheem, Eric Garner And George Floyd.” The video originally debuted on CNN. Talking to Don Lemon Lee stated, “We are seeing this again and again and again. This is the thing, the killing of black bodies, that is what this country is built upon.”
Garner died in 2014 in Staten Island after a New York City police officer put him a chokehold and Garner had said “I can’t breathe” 11 times. Garner was pronounced dead at an area hospital approximately one hour later.
Floyd died on May 25 after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was captured on video pressing his knee into Floyd...
Titled “Will History Stop Repeating Itself?,” Lee posted the video on his Twitter account by saying, “3 Brothers-Radio Raheem, Eric Garner And George Floyd.” The video originally debuted on CNN. Talking to Don Lemon Lee stated, “We are seeing this again and again and again. This is the thing, the killing of black bodies, that is what this country is built upon.”
Garner died in 2014 in Staten Island after a New York City police officer put him a chokehold and Garner had said “I can’t breathe” 11 times. Garner was pronounced dead at an area hospital approximately one hour later.
Floyd died on May 25 after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was captured on video pressing his knee into Floyd...
- 6/1/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Spike Lee posted a minute-and-a-half video on social media that paired one of the most famous scenes from his film Do the Right Thing with footage of the police killings of George Floyd and Eric Garner.
Lee posted the video Sunday night, titling it 3 Brothers and opening it with the question, “Will history stop repeating itself?” It starts with the 2014 cellphone footage of Garner being arrested by two New York Police Department officers, one of whom quickly puts Garner in a chokehold. It then starts jumping between that and the...
Lee posted the video Sunday night, titling it 3 Brothers and opening it with the question, “Will history stop repeating itself?” It starts with the 2014 cellphone footage of Garner being arrested by two New York Police Department officers, one of whom quickly puts Garner in a chokehold. It then starts jumping between that and the...
- 6/1/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Spike Lee has premiered a new short film amid the nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd. The short, titled “3 Brothers — Radio Raheem, Eric Garner, and George Floyd,” cuts together climactic footage from Lee’s 1989 masterpiece “Do the Right Thing” with real-life viral footage capturing the deaths of Eric Garner and George Floyd. Lee uses the scene from “Do the Right Thing” in which Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn) is strangled to death by white police officers.
Lee introduced the short film during an appearance on Don Lemon’s CNN program. “How can people not understand why people are acting the way they are?” Lee asked viewers about the protests sweeping the nation in the wake of Floyd’s death. “This is not new, we saw with the riots in the ’60s, the assassination of Dr. King, every time something jumps off and we don’t get our justice, people...
Lee introduced the short film during an appearance on Don Lemon’s CNN program. “How can people not understand why people are acting the way they are?” Lee asked viewers about the protests sweeping the nation in the wake of Floyd’s death. “This is not new, we saw with the riots in the ’60s, the assassination of Dr. King, every time something jumps off and we don’t get our justice, people...
- 6/1/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Filmmaker Spike Lee on Sunday debuted a new short film, 3 Brothers – Radio Raheem, Eric Garner And George Floyd, a compilation of the scene from his 1989 film Do The Right Thing featuring the death of Radio Raheem (played by the late Bill Nunn) and video of the deaths of Eric Garner in 2014 and George Floyd earlier this week. The fictional character of Radio Raheem as well as Garner and Floyd are three Black men who all died in similar circumstances — being restrained by a white police officer(s) on the street.
The film, which opens with the question, Will History Stop Repeating Itself?, premiered during Lee’s appearance on CNN’s special I Can’t Breath: Black Men Living and Dying In America, anchored by Don Lemon. You can watch it below
3 Brothers-Radio Raheem, Eric Garner And George Floyd.
The film, which opens with the question, Will History Stop Repeating Itself?, premiered during Lee’s appearance on CNN’s special I Can’t Breath: Black Men Living and Dying In America, anchored by Don Lemon. You can watch it below
3 Brothers-Radio Raheem, Eric Garner And George Floyd.
- 6/1/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, John Turtorro, Rosie Perez, Ossie Davis, Bill Nunn, Ruby Dee | Written and Directed by Spike Lee
Spike Lee was still in his 20s when he wrote, directed and produced Do the Right Thing, his third feature. It’s a blistering piece of cinema in more ways than one. Set during a blazing summer in the heart of New York, it charts a day in the life of a young black man named Mookie (Lee), interacting with the folks on the stoops and the streets, as he goes about delivering pizzas for the local, Italian-owned pizzeria. In the coolness of dawn, relations with the pizzeria’s owner Sal (Danny Aiello) are cool; but as the temperature increases, so do tensions. A storm is coming.
Do the Right Thing is a snapshot of a community, built upon a cast of colourful characters. There’s Samuel L. Jackson,...
Spike Lee was still in his 20s when he wrote, directed and produced Do the Right Thing, his third feature. It’s a blistering piece of cinema in more ways than one. Set during a blazing summer in the heart of New York, it charts a day in the life of a young black man named Mookie (Lee), interacting with the folks on the stoops and the streets, as he goes about delivering pizzas for the local, Italian-owned pizzeria. In the coolness of dawn, relations with the pizzeria’s owner Sal (Danny Aiello) are cool; but as the temperature increases, so do tensions. A storm is coming.
Do the Right Thing is a snapshot of a community, built upon a cast of colourful characters. There’s Samuel L. Jackson,...
- 8/29/2019
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
“The Long Hot Summer”
By Raymond Benson
I was living in New York City in the summer of 1989, when Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing opened and caused a sensation. I recall finding the picture exhilarating at first, and then ultimately very disturbing. Racial tension in the city had been high following several incidents of police brutality against persons of color on one hand, and the Central Park jogger case, which had occurred a mere three months earlier, on the other. Was the film a cautionary tale or a call to action, or both?
Now, thirty years later, Do the Right Thing is more relevant than ever. Its message aside, the filmmaking warrants the accolades it has received over the years, and its reputation has grown considerably as one of the great American motion pictures. While Spike Lee has gone on to make many excellent movies, including last year’s Oscar-nominated BlacKkKlansman,...
By Raymond Benson
I was living in New York City in the summer of 1989, when Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing opened and caused a sensation. I recall finding the picture exhilarating at first, and then ultimately very disturbing. Racial tension in the city had been high following several incidents of police brutality against persons of color on one hand, and the Central Park jogger case, which had occurred a mere three months earlier, on the other. Was the film a cautionary tale or a call to action, or both?
Now, thirty years later, Do the Right Thing is more relevant than ever. Its message aside, the filmmaking warrants the accolades it has received over the years, and its reputation has grown considerably as one of the great American motion pictures. While Spike Lee has gone on to make many excellent movies, including last year’s Oscar-nominated BlacKkKlansman,...
- 7/26/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
In 1989, Public Enemy broke up — just after recording their signature song, “Fight the Power,” and just before it became the musical centerpiece of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing.” The reason for their breakup, and the story of their reunion, is the subject of our latest episode “Shoot This Now” podcast, which you can listen to below or listen to right here.
Our special guest this week is Dart Adams of the “Dart Against Humanity” podcast, and the author of the Okayplayer story “In the Summer of 1989 ‘Fight the Power’ Saved Public Enemy & Almost Sank ‘Do the Right Thing.'”
We think his story could provide the basis for a different kind of hip-hop movie than we’ve ever seen before — one about how hip-hop’s most uncompromising group had to decide how to handle a crisis that threatened not only their future, but the success of “Do the Right Thing.
Our special guest this week is Dart Adams of the “Dart Against Humanity” podcast, and the author of the Okayplayer story “In the Summer of 1989 ‘Fight the Power’ Saved Public Enemy & Almost Sank ‘Do the Right Thing.'”
We think his story could provide the basis for a different kind of hip-hop movie than we’ve ever seen before — one about how hip-hop’s most uncompromising group had to decide how to handle a crisis that threatened not only their future, but the success of “Do the Right Thing.
- 7/13/2019
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” is 30 years old. Starring Lee himself, along with Danny Aiello (his role was originally offered to Robert De Niro), John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Bill Nunn, and Samuel L. Jackson, in a cast of around 30 characters, the film marked the feature acting debuts of stand-up comedians Martin Lawrence and Steve Park, as well as dancer/choreographer Rosie Perez. For several of the actors, it was the first or second of many collaborations with Lee, notably Turturro, who has appeared in as many as nine Spike Lee Joints. Most of the cast, which included some future stage and screen award nominees and winners, went on to have quite prolific careers, and have Lee to thank for helping to boost their work prospects. A few of them have sadly since passed. Here’s a look at where the actors who...
- 6/30/2019
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
June 30th marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Spike Lee’s 1989 masterpiece, “Do the Right Thing.” Controversial when it was first released (the media publicly speculated that it would ignite violence), the film explores how racial inequality drives conflict in a predominantly African-American community on the hottest day of the summer. Lee’s masterwork remains profoundly relevant 30 years later, especially against the backdrop of one of the more openly vile and racist administrations in recent American history. As problematic racial reconciliation films like “Green Book” and “The Best of Enemies” continue to thrive in mainstream American cinema, pushing racist tropes ahead of fully realized characters and “solving” racism with easy answers, “Do the Right Thing” is only more essential in speaking to the present day.
Inspired by the racially-motivated killings of a black man named Michael Griffith and an elderly black woman named Eleanor Bumpurs, “Do the Right...
Inspired by the racially-motivated killings of a black man named Michael Griffith and an elderly black woman named Eleanor Bumpurs, “Do the Right...
- 6/29/2019
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
The historically black all-male university that people like Martin Luther King Jr., Samuel L. Jackson and other famous folks attended will now start accepting transgender men onto its campus ... but there's a catch that excludes other trans students. Atlanta's Morehouse College announced this weekend that it would begin admitting transgender students who identify as male starting in the fall semester of 2020. The move comes as part of its new Gender Identity Admissions and Matriculation Policy.
- 4/14/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
“Let me tell you the story of Right Hand, Left Hand. It’s a tale of good and evil. Hate: it was with this hand that Cane iced his brother. Love: these five fingers, they go straight to the soul of man. The right hand: the hand of love. The story of life is this: static. One hand is always fighting the other hand, and the left hand is kicking much ass. I mean, it looks like the right hand, Love, is finished. But hold on, stop the presses, the right hand is coming back. Yeah, he got the left hand on the ropes, now, that’s right. Ooh, it’s a devastating right and Hate is hurt, he’s down. Left-Hand Hate KOed by Love!”
Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing (1989) screens at The St. Louis Public Library Central Branch (1301 Olive Street St. Louis). The film begins at 1pm Saturday,...
Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing (1989) screens at The St. Louis Public Library Central Branch (1301 Olive Street St. Louis). The film begins at 1pm Saturday,...
- 3/26/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman premiered in August, on the one year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. This was no accident. Lee’s film, based on the memoir of black police officer Ron Stallworth, who successfully infiltrated the David Duke-run Kkk in the 1970s, had so many rhetorical parallels with what happened in Charlottesville, when white supremacist demonstrators marched to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, and which resulted in the murder of counter-protester Heather Hayer, that they couldn’t be ignored during the shoot. Lee cast John David Washington in the lead role, having known the Ballers star since Washington was a baby. It was the second time they worked together, after Washington’s childhood cameo as one of the kids who said, “I am Malcolm X,” at the end of Lee’s Malcolm X, which starred his father, Denzel.
At the end of BlacKkKlansman,...
At the end of BlacKkKlansman,...
- 1/3/2019
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
The sole directorial effort from child actor James Bond III, who also wrote, produced, and starred, Def by Temptation is a macabre, neon-tinged portrait of late 80s Brooklyn, blending supernatural horror and religious mysticism, punctuated by an electrifying hip-hop and R&B soundtrack. Featuring an early performance from Samuel L. Jackson alongside character actor Bill Nunn […]
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- 9/18/2018
- by Mike Sprague
- DreadCentral.com
Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and Mary Tyler Moore were just a few of the famous faces that were honored during the in memoriam at Sunday evening’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Hosted live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Moore — who passed away Wednesday — and the mother-daughter duo — who died one day apart in December — were some of the many late actors and actresses that were recognized on-screen at the annual awards show for their contribution to the world of film and television.
In a touching tribute, the SAG Awards honored the men — Ken Howard, William Schallert, Jack Riley,...
Hosted live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Moore — who passed away Wednesday — and the mother-daughter duo — who died one day apart in December — were some of the many late actors and actresses that were recognized on-screen at the annual awards show for their contribution to the world of film and television.
In a touching tribute, the SAG Awards honored the men — Ken Howard, William Schallert, Jack Riley,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Natalie Stone
- PEOPLE.com
2016 has seen more than its fair share of celebrity deaths, with every aspect of culture impacted: music (Prince, David Bowie), sports (Muhammad Ali), politics (John Glenn) and too many others to count. That includes movies, of course, and Turner Classic Movies has released its annual “TCM Remembers” video to commemorate the silver-screen stars who’ve left us this year. One sincerely hopes that no one else joins their ranks over the next two weeks.
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As classy and respectful as ever, the four-minute tribute features a bevy of talent: Abe Vigoda, Doris Roberts, Alan Rickman, Bill Henderson, Jacques Rivette, Abbas Kiarostami, Lita Baron, Andrzej Wajda, Michael Cimino, Bill Nunn, Gene Wilder and the gone-much-too-soon Anton Yelchin, among many others.
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Honoring Wilder in particular,...
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As classy and respectful as ever, the four-minute tribute features a bevy of talent: Abe Vigoda, Doris Roberts, Alan Rickman, Bill Henderson, Jacques Rivette, Abbas Kiarostami, Lita Baron, Andrzej Wajda, Michael Cimino, Bill Nunn, Gene Wilder and the gone-much-too-soon Anton Yelchin, among many others.
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Honoring Wilder in particular,...
- 12/18/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Actor best remembered as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing
The actor Bill Nunn, who has died aged 63 of leukaemia, was a gentle giant who appeared frequently as a supporting player in mainstream American movies. He was most closely associated with the writer-director Spike Lee, who cast him in four films. The most widely admired of these was the incendiary Do the Right Thing (1989), set over the course of one hot day in Brooklyn during which racial tensions boil over into violence. Nunn played Radio Raheem, who blasts out Public Enemy’s Fight the Power from a boom-box bigger than most home stereo systems. With the exception of one memorable speech on the nature of love and hate, he is a brooding and taciturn figure. His death while being held in a chokehold by police shifts the picture’s climactic riot to another level.
Nunn claimed...
The actor Bill Nunn, who has died aged 63 of leukaemia, was a gentle giant who appeared frequently as a supporting player in mainstream American movies. He was most closely associated with the writer-director Spike Lee, who cast him in four films. The most widely admired of these was the incendiary Do the Right Thing (1989), set over the course of one hot day in Brooklyn during which racial tensions boil over into violence. Nunn played Radio Raheem, who blasts out Public Enemy’s Fight the Power from a boom-box bigger than most home stereo systems. With the exception of one memorable speech on the nature of love and hate, he is a brooding and taciturn figure. His death while being held in a chokehold by police shifts the picture’s climactic riot to another level.
Nunn claimed...
- 9/26/2016
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
With news of “Do The Right Thing” actor Bill Nunn’s death at age 62 on Saturday, Nunn’s show-business colleagues rushed to pay tribute to the actor on social media. “Private Practice” actress Audra McDonald, who worked with Nunn on the 2008 film “A Raisin in the Sun,” called the actor “a gem of a man.” “Heartbroken to hear of Bill Nunn’s passing. He was a gem of a man and I loved working with and getting to know him,” McDonald wrote. “Rip.” Also Read: Bill Nunn, 'Do the Right Thing' and 'Spider-Man' Actor, Dies at...
- 9/25/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Variety is reporting that Bill Nunn—who played Radio Raheem in Spike Lee’s pivotal 1989 drama Do The Right Thing, and editor Robbie Robertson in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies—has died. A celebrated actor of television, stage, and screen, with more than 70 credits to his name, Nunn was 62.
Nunn got his start as an actor in 1988, when he played country boy Grady in Lee’s second feature, School Daze. The two would ultimately work together on four films, with Lee casting the large-framed Nunn in Mo’ Better Blues, He Got Game, and, most prominently, Do The Right Thing.
As the boombox-toting Radio Raheem, Nunn served as one of the engines of that film’s slowly building wave of tension, blasting Public Enemy and giving an impassioned speech about the war between Love and Hate. When conflict erupts over the “Wall Of Fame” in a local ...
Nunn got his start as an actor in 1988, when he played country boy Grady in Lee’s second feature, School Daze. The two would ultimately work together on four films, with Lee casting the large-framed Nunn in Mo’ Better Blues, He Got Game, and, most prominently, Do The Right Thing.
As the boombox-toting Radio Raheem, Nunn served as one of the engines of that film’s slowly building wave of tension, blasting Public Enemy and giving an impassioned speech about the war between Love and Hate. When conflict erupts over the “Wall Of Fame” in a local ...
- 9/24/2016
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
Bill Nunn, best known for his role as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing has died. He was 62. Lee took to Instagram several times on Saturday to share his condolences and love for his friend. "My Dear Friend, My Dear Morehouse Brother- Da Great Actor Bill Nunn As Most Of You Know Him As Radio Raheem Passed Away This Morning In His Hometown Of Pittsburgh," he captioned an old photo of Nunn. "Long Live Bill Nunn. Radio Raheem Is Now Resting In Power. Radio Raheem Will Always Be Fighting Da Powers Dat Be. May God Watch Over Bill Nunn.
- 9/24/2016
- by Blake Bakkila, @bcbakkila
- PEOPLE.com
Bill Nunn, best known for his role as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing has died. He was 62. Lee took to Instagram several times on Saturday to share his condolences and love for his friend. "My Dear Friend, My Dear Morehouse Brother- Da Great Actor Bill Nunn As Most Of You Know Him As Radio Raheem Passed Away This Morning In His Hometown Of Pittsburgh," he captioned an old photo of Nunn. "Long Live Bill Nunn. Radio Raheem Is Now Resting In Power. Radio Raheem Will Always Be Fighting Da Powers Dat Be. May God Watch Over Bill Nunn.
- 9/24/2016
- by Blake Bakkila, @bcbakkila
- PEOPLE.com
Bill Nunn, the actor best known for his roles as Radio Raheem in Do the Right Thing and the Duh Duh Duh Man in New Jack City, died Saturday in his native Pittsburgh. He was 62.
Spike Lee, Nunn's friend from Morehouse College who cast the actor in 1988's School Daze, Nunn's first role, first announced that Nunn had died Saturday morning. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette also reported that sources close to the city's theater community and Nunn's family confirmed the actor's death. Nunn's wife told The Associated Press that the actor had been battling cancer.
Spike Lee, Nunn's friend from Morehouse College who cast the actor in 1988's School Daze, Nunn's first role, first announced that Nunn had died Saturday morning. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette also reported that sources close to the city's theater community and Nunn's family confirmed the actor's death. Nunn's wife told The Associated Press that the actor had been battling cancer.
- 9/24/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Bill Nunn, the actor known for portraying Radio Raheem in Spike Lee’s 1989 film “Do The Right Thing” has died. The actor passed away on Saturday morning in his hometown of Pittsburgh. He was 62.
His death was confirmed by Lee, who shared the unfortunate news on his social media accounts. No additional information is known about his cause of death.
“Radio Raheem is now resting in power. Radio Raheem will always be fighting da powers dat be,” the filmmaker wrote on Instagram. “May God watch over Bill Nunn.” Lee also paid tribute to his friend by quoting Radio Raheem’s monologue in a separate post, “Let me tell you the story of Right Hand, Left Hand. It’s a tale of good and evil.”
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Nunn made his feature film debut in Lee’s “School Daze.
His death was confirmed by Lee, who shared the unfortunate news on his social media accounts. No additional information is known about his cause of death.
“Radio Raheem is now resting in power. Radio Raheem will always be fighting da powers dat be,” the filmmaker wrote on Instagram. “May God watch over Bill Nunn.” Lee also paid tribute to his friend by quoting Radio Raheem’s monologue in a separate post, “Let me tell you the story of Right Hand, Left Hand. It’s a tale of good and evil.”
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Nunn made his feature film debut in Lee’s “School Daze.
- 9/24/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Bill Nunn who rose to fame as "Radio Raheem" in Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" has died ... according to the director. Lee posted a lengthy tribute to Raheem Saturday, saying the actor passed away in his hometown of Pittsburgh. Lee says, ""Long Live Bill Nunn. Radio Raheem Is Now Resting In Power. Radio Raheem Will Always Be Fighting Da Powers Dat Be." Nunn made his acting debut in Lee's 1988 film "School Daze" ... but...
- 9/24/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Bill Nunn, who appeared as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee‘s “Do the Right Thing,” died Saturday in Pittsburgh, according to Lee. Nunn was 62. In addition to “Do the Right Thing,” Nunn also appeared in Lee’s 1988 film “School Daze.” “My Dear Friend, My Dear Morehouse Brother- Da Great Actor Bill Nunn As Most Of You Know Him As Radio Raheem Passed Away This Morning In His Hometown Of Pittsburgh,” Lee wrote. “Long Live Bill Nunn. Radio Raheem Is Now Resting In Power. Radio Raheem Will Always Be Fighting Da Powers Dat Be. May God Watch Over Bill Nunn.” Also Read: Hollywood's.
- 9/24/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Bill Nunn, best known for playing Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, has died. He was 62. Lee shared the news on his Instagram and Facebook accounts, writing that the actor passed away Saturday morning in his hometown of Pittsburgh. Nunn's wife confirmed to the Associated Press that he had been battling cancer. Nunn made his film debut in Lee's musical-comedy School Daze in 1988 and collaborated with the filmmaker on multiple features in the following years. After landing his well-known role as Radio Raheem and blasting Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" on the streets of Brooklyn
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- 9/24/2016
- by Meena Jang
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Let me tell you the story of Right Hand, Left Hand. It’s a tale of good and evil. Hate: it was with this hand that Cane iced his brother. Love: these five fingers, they go straight to the soul of man. The right hand: the hand of love. The story of life is this: static. One hand is always fighting the other hand, and the left hand is kicking much ass. I mean, it looks like the right hand, Love, is finished. But hold on, stop the presses, the right hand is coming back. Yeah, he got the left hand on the ropes, now, that’s right. Ooh, it’s a devastating right and Hate is hurt, he’s down. Left-Hand Hate KOed by Love!”
The next two Sundays, two of my favorite movies about the black experience will be showing at The Missouri History Museum (5700 Lindell Blvd, St.
The next two Sundays, two of my favorite movies about the black experience will be showing at The Missouri History Museum (5700 Lindell Blvd, St.
- 9/28/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Network: USA
Episodes: 23 (half-hour)
Seasons: Two
TV show dates: March 6, 2014 -- April 14, 2015
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Michael Mosley, Kevin Daniels, Kevin Bigley, Jessica McNamee, Kelly O'Sullivan, Maura Kidwell, Bill Nunn, and Kirsten Fitzgerald.
TV show description:
A dramedy, this series revolves around the work and personal lives of Emt's who work for the Eminent Ambulance Company in Chicago.
Their sometimes silly and self-righteous (even self-destructive) personalities make them unqualified for sustaining relationships, friendships, and most occupations. Thankfully for the citizens of the windy city, they are uniquely qualified for saving anyone who winds up in their ambulance.
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Episodes: 23 (half-hour)
Seasons: Two
TV show dates: March 6, 2014 -- April 14, 2015
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Michael Mosley, Kevin Daniels, Kevin Bigley, Jessica McNamee, Kelly O'Sullivan, Maura Kidwell, Bill Nunn, and Kirsten Fitzgerald.
TV show description:
A dramedy, this series revolves around the work and personal lives of Emt's who work for the Eminent Ambulance Company in Chicago.
Their sometimes silly and self-righteous (even self-destructive) personalities make them unqualified for sustaining relationships, friendships, and most occupations. Thankfully for the citizens of the windy city, they are uniquely qualified for saving anyone who winds up in their ambulance.
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- 4/22/2015
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
There won't be a third season for the Sirens comedy series on USA Network. The cable channel has cancelled the series after two seasons on the air.
Sirens follows the lives of Emt's who work for the Eminent Ambulance Company in Chicago. They're great at saving people's lives but terrible at running their own. The cast includes Michael Mosley, Kevin Daniels, Kevin Bigley, Jessica McNamee, Bill Nunn, and Josh Segarra.
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Sirens follows the lives of Emt's who work for the Eminent Ambulance Company in Chicago. They're great at saving people's lives but terrible at running their own. The cast includes Michael Mosley, Kevin Daniels, Kevin Bigley, Jessica McNamee, Bill Nunn, and Josh Segarra.
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- 4/22/2015
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
There will be a lot less laughter on USA next year. The network has decided to cancel its comedy series Sirens after two seasons. Sirens followed a group of paramedics in Chicago and the many professional and personal troubles they endured. The series, which was loosely based on the British comedy of the same name and was adapted by Denis Leary and Bob Fisher, starred Michael Mosley, Kevin Daniels, Kevin Bigley, Jessica McNamee, Bill Nunn, Kelly O’Sullivan, Maura Kidwell, and Josh Segarra. When it debuted last year, Sirens was USA’s first-ever half-hour comedy series, as the network attempted to carve out its own identity in the genre after acquiring Modern Family (repeats of which you can still watch pretty much all the time on USA). Although Sirens was never a huge hit, it did develop a strong and loyal fanbase throughout its first season; however, that fanbase didn’t grow at all during…...
- 4/22/2015
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
Two other TV shows set in Chicago -- Chicago Fire and Chicago Pd -- were recently renewed on NBC. Will USA Network's Sirens comedy be cancelled or renewed for a third season? How will it do in the ratings? Stay tuned.
Sirens follows the lives of Emt's who work for the Eminent Ambulance Company in Chicago. They're great at saving people's lives but terrible at running their own. The cast includes Michael Mosley, Kevin Daniels, Kevin Bigley, Jessica McNamee, Bill Nunn, and Josh Segarra.
Below are the TV show's ratings, the best way to tell if it will be cancelled or renewed. These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so you can check back to see how things are going. (more…)...
Sirens follows the lives of Emt's who work for the Eminent Ambulance Company in Chicago. They're great at saving people's lives but terrible at running their own. The cast includes Michael Mosley, Kevin Daniels, Kevin Bigley, Jessica McNamee, Bill Nunn, and Josh Segarra.
Below are the TV show's ratings, the best way to tell if it will be cancelled or renewed. These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so you can check back to see how things are going. (more…)...
- 2/7/2015
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Sirens returned for a second season on Tuesday, and star Michael Mosley sure hopes you watched! In an exclusive interview with People, Mosley, 36, confided that he was worried he had "the stink" on him following leading roles on such short-lived series as Kidnapped, Kings, Pan Am, Last Resort and the Scrubs pseudo-spinoff. The series, loosely based on the British series of the same name, follows a group of Chicago EMTs. Adapted by Denis Leary and screenwriter Bob Fisher, Sirens is the workplace comedy you might not be watching but absolutely should be. The comedy is as accessible as it is smart,...
- 1/28/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
Sirens returned for a second season on Tuesday, and star Michael Mosley sure hopes you watched!
In an exclusive interview with People, Mosley, 36, confided that he was worried he had "the stink" on him following leading roles on such short-lived series as Kidnapped, Kings, Pan Am, Last Resort and the Scrubs pseudo-spinoff.
The series, loosely based on the British series of the same name, follows a group of Chicago EMTs. Adapted by Denis Leary and screenwriter Bob Fisher, Sirens is the workplace comedy you might not be watching but absolutely should be. The comedy is as accessible as it is smart,...
In an exclusive interview with People, Mosley, 36, confided that he was worried he had "the stink" on him following leading roles on such short-lived series as Kidnapped, Kings, Pan Am, Last Resort and the Scrubs pseudo-spinoff.
The series, loosely based on the British series of the same name, follows a group of Chicago EMTs. Adapted by Denis Leary and screenwriter Bob Fisher, Sirens is the workplace comedy you might not be watching but absolutely should be. The comedy is as accessible as it is smart,...
- 1/28/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- People.com - TV Watch
If you haven't seen Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing in a while, you might not remember that the boom-box-toting Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn) got killed the same way Eric Garner did — by a New York City police chokehold. That a real man in 2014, Garner, could be killed the same way as a fictional character in 1989 (and other real men, Michael Stewart in 1983 and Anthony Baez in 1994, with Baez's death coming a year after the NYPD banned strangulation as a way to subdue suspects) became the inspiration for a cold reading of Lee's original script this Black Friday. The idea began with Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler. He's part of a network called Blackout for Human Rights that formed in the wake of Garner's death as a way to, he says, "put an end to human-rights violations being committed by public servants, men and women being...
- 12/2/2014
- by Jada Yuan
- Vulture
As Hollywood gathered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" last week, two familiar faces who couldn't be there offered their own tribute to the film via video: Barack and Michelle Obama.
The Obamas greeted Lee and guests by revealing that they went to see "Do the Right Thing" on their first official date, with the president recalling that after lunch and a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago, "I took her to this new movie everybody was talking about, directed by a guy that not that many people had heard of."
"He was trying to show me his sophisticated side by selecting an independent filmmaker," the first lady interjected.
While President Obama noted that the movie "help[ed] me impress Michelle," he also thanked Lee for "telling a powerful story."
"Today, I've got a few more grey hairs than I did back in...
The Obamas greeted Lee and guests by revealing that they went to see "Do the Right Thing" on their first official date, with the president recalling that after lunch and a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago, "I took her to this new movie everybody was talking about, directed by a guy that not that many people had heard of."
"He was trying to show me his sophisticated side by selecting an independent filmmaker," the first lady interjected.
While President Obama noted that the movie "help[ed] me impress Michelle," he also thanked Lee for "telling a powerful story."
"Today, I've got a few more grey hairs than I did back in...
- 6/30/2014
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Yes, another day, another anniversary. But this one is quite noteworthy. Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" turns 25 on Monday. It is a film I first saw when I was young, but I wasn't at all ready for it. I saw it again in film school and noticed I had grown with it, but it still whipped up complex feelings (as only the best films can). I've revisited it a number of times over the years and come to cherish it as one of the greatest pieces of cinema ever conjured, but the Academy frankly seemed like it was holding its nose just to give it the two nominations it received a quarter century ago. Kim Basinger had the right idea when the night of the Oscars came. "The best film of the year is not even nominated [for Best Picture] and it's 'Do the Right Thing,'" the "Batman" star said,...
- 6/28/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Twenty-five years ago this month, Spike Lee released his third feature film and, inarguably, his greatest joint: Do the Right Thing, the story of tensions between the local residents and an Italian-American family in the black neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, on the hottest day of the summer. The film was a trenchant exploration of the racial politics of New York City at the time, from incendiary trash-talking to police violence and an ensuing riot — even extending to the graffiti on the wall reading "Tawana Told The Truth." (Tawana Brawley...
- 6/20/2014
- Rollingstone.com
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