Spike Lee

The Sweet, Small Pleasures of 'Gimme the Loot'

This pocket-size Bronx indie has the wispiest of narrative ideas

Bronx Bombers

Adam Leon's stellar first film—and TV show—toasts the tag artist

The Partners!

Steven Soderbergh and Scott Z. Burns talk 'Side Effects'—and collaboration

Ten Movies to Watch in 2013

In theaters, on demand or wherever

Michael Jackson's (and Spike Lee's) 'BAD25' Proves Your Butt Is Still His

The two-hour celebration/behind-the-scenes history of the Gloved One's 'Bad' is a bliss-out

Words of Protest, Words of Freedom: Can't Find What You Can't (Won't) Read? Live Among the Dead!

This week offered Mr. Bib a walk down Memory Lane, if perhaps other people's memories, and the opportunity to recall Claire Spark's observation that a long memory is indeed the most radical idea in American history. Or maybe even a short one. Encouraged by a comment from a reader suggesting that the ... More >>

Spike Lee Returns to His Stomping Grounds for 'Red Hook Summer'

The Brooklynite revisits a familiar panoramic

An Anaheim of the Mind: Dorothy Bryant and the CR Novel, Pussy Riot, Chris Marker & Gore Vidal

Just returned from a weekend reunion of lifelong friends, political comrades and good eggs. We were young together once, and lived in tents on the lawn at UCLA, doing everybody's best to politicize other students and faculty, and talk the UC Regents into divesting from racist, apartheid So ... More >>

Ai Weiwei: Raise a Finger

Even China can't shut up the artist/gadfly

Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, and all the indie Hollywood directors you love/hate

Here are 10 films you won't want to miss in 2012

Five Haunting Rap Songs for Halloween

Sal Rojas/Psycho RealmPsycho Realm -- ooh, scary!​Halloween has arrived, and its time to break out the spooky sounds once more. Fake spider webs, fog machines, and the right props can make a trick-or-treater think twice before mustering up the courage to come to your door. Or, if you're one of tho ... More >>

10 Songs About Police Brutality

Charles Moore / Black Star​It seems like you hear about the police more often than usual these days. Whether it's the death of Mark Duggan that's inciting the London riots or the killing of Kelly Thomas that's shaking up the Fullerton PD, the news is rife with reports of police misconduct, and it' ... More >>

Cedric the Entertainer: 'Someone Asked Me if I Was Cee-Lo Green'

​Cedric the Entertainer is more than just, well, an entertainer. For years, the man has mastered the art of comedy. He's been on Broadway, directs and acts. Cedric keeps his head on with a hat line called "Who Ced?." With two major movies to look out for this year, Larry Crowe and Selma, it's ... More >>

Today in Music News: Update on Avenged Sevenfold Drummer's Death, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney

Autopsy scheduled for Avenged Sevenfold drummer James Owen Sullivan, found dead Monday in Huntington Beach. Read our blog post from last night for the band's official statement and stay tuned for further updates.Lady Gaga promises to write own music, take different direction on new album. No word ... More >>

[[Trendzilla] . . . And the Non-Prescription Eyeglasses You Hornrimmed In On

No Matter the Runtime and Budget, Spike Lee's WWII Drama 'Miracle at St. Anna' Is an Epic Bore

Video Savant: The Cool Kids' “Jingling”

Video Savant: Cymande's “Bra”

Sticking with the summer-song theme from last week's Video Savant on Ween's “Push th' Little Daisies,” let's examine the gloriously snappy “Bra” by Cymande. Sampled to devastating effect by De La Soul on 3 Feet High and Rising's “Change in Speak” and used on the soundtracks to Spike Lee' ... More >>

Metaphor Saves Katrina-Based 'Rising Water' From Drowning at the Maverick

DVDish

Pause & Rewind: The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again.

Tuesday - 11/20

When the Levees Broke: Part II at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, The Whirling Dervishes of Turkey at the Barclay

Special Screenings

Movie of the week: The Sophisticated Misfit

Thorn Necklaces and Hummingbirds

‘100th Birthday Celebration for Frida Kahlo’

Special Screenings

Movie(s) of the Week: Bible Madness and Dont Go In the Church

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

Mothering Your Meat at Ku Wol San

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: Bullitt

Again With the Serious Face

Adam Sandler plays a 9/11 widower in Reign Over Me and finally nails a somber role

Camera dCheatin

The movies cant get enough of marrieds getting it on outside marriage

New Reviews

Becket; Constellation; Hurricane on the Bayou; The Messengers

Weird and Wonderful

Eraserhead, A History of Violence, Star Wars Episode IV and more

A True Horror Classic

When the Levees Broke

VH1 Is a Joke

Public Enemy

Grade-A Slumming

OnDVD: Inside Man

Dear Kevin

An open letter to Kevin Smith

Trendzilla

Love Is . . . a Cartier bracelet

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: Night of the Hunter

Catch Me If You Can

By-the-numbers heist flick Spiked with ethnic vaudeville

Living in Oblivion

Reagan-era callousness sparked an indie-film renaissance. Will Bush II inspire another?

Troy Story

The greatest story forever told

Whos Your Daddy?

A loyal son imagines the making of his fathers influential pre-blaxploitation psychodrama

Sex Divas and Jazz Police

Terence Blanchard explains it all for you

Modesty Blaze

Philip Seymour Hoffman out of character

Truth or Consequences

Washingtons Antwone Fisher and Lees The 25th Hour

My Elvis Weighs a Ton

Public Enemy: still angry after all these years

Don't Mess with the Missionary Man

The Night of the Hunter descends on OC

Its a Living

You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach

Great Dorks Afire!

Hammond plus Waits equals not bad. Plus, the Proclaimers!

Yokel Oh, Nos

The King of Rock

There is none higher

Diver Down