Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021

When David Lee was growing up in Brooklyn, his older brother would drag him out of the house whenever he got the urge to make a film.

"Spike would say, 'You gotta come with me. I'm shooting something,'" says David Lee. "His early impulse was to document. The '77 blackout, he went out and...

Monday, Aug. 17, 2020

The sole photograph related to the Houston Riot of 1917 shows 64 Black soldiers sitting with arms folded and legs crossed behind a rope. Their sheer number, in a courtroom otherwise populated by white men, suggests they're part of the audience but they're not. They're the defendants in what's...

Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019

The segregation-era road-trip drama "Green Book" was crowned best picture at the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday, handing Hollywood's top award to a film seen as a feel-good throwback by some and ridiculed as an outdated inversion of "Driving Miss Daisy" by others.

In a year where Hollywood...

Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019

On a year where one of the lead Oscar contenders is titled "The Favourite," the 91st Academy Awards lack a clear front runner.

Normally a fairly predictable process with one or two favorites, this year's best picture race has been maddeningly unclear, almost devious in its contradictions...

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019

Coming off a big night at the Grammys, Donald Glover and his alter-ego Childish Gambino were nominated Wednesday for five NAACP Image Awards.

Glover is nominated for his acting and directing on “Atlanta.” The FX show itself is nominated for best comedy series. On the music side, Childish...

Friday, Feb. 8, 2019

Three of this year’s five DGA Award nominees are also up for the Best Director Oscar: Alfonso Cuaron for Roma (Netflix), Spike Lee for BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) and Adam McKay for Vice (Annapurna). Cuaron, Lee and McKay were all panelists at this past Saturday’s...

Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019

Spike Lee watched the Oscar nominations Tuesday morning on television from his bed, with his wife, Tonya, his two grown children, Satchel and Jackson, and their dog, Ginger.

Screaming ensued .

Lee landed his first directing Academy Award nomination for "BlacKkKlansman," his comic...

Monday, Jan. 7, 2019

American Cinema Editors (ACE), the honorary society of the world’s top film editors, has unveiled nominations for the 69th Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in 11 categories of film, television and documentaries. 

Nominated for best edited dramatic feature are ...

Friday, Jan. 4, 2019

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has unveiled motion picture and television nominations for the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards. All 2019 Producers Guild Awards winners will be announced on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

Up for the marquee...

Friday, Jan. 4, 2019

Bradley Cooper, Spike Lee, Olivia Colman and other Oscar contenders kicked off Hollywood’s 2019 awards season with an emotional trip to the desert city of Palm Springs.

The Palm Springs International Film Festival gala was a familiar setting for Cooper, who received director of the year...

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