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La Haine Blu Ray Review
29 May 2012 3:11 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
La Haine Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz Written by Mathieu Kassovitz Starring: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui 17 years after its release, I'm just now getting to Mathieu Kassovitz's brilliant 1995 film La Haine. Thanks to a recent Criterion Collection blu ray release, I had the opportunity to watch it for the first time in high definition and the film (and its transfer) did not disappoint. La Haine takes place in and around a French housing project in the aftermath of a medium scale riot. Tensions are high after the brutalization of a neighbourhood teen by overzealous cops, leaving the victim in a coma and the multi-cultural melting pot on the verge of boiling over. Three friends, Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui), and Hubert (Hubert Koundé), attempt to make sense of the violence and struggle to come to terms with their role in this crisis and how they should respond. »
- Jay C.
Revisiting Spike Lee's *Forgotten Films* #1 - "She Hate Me"
29 May 2012 8:22 AM, PDT | ShadowAndAct | See recent ShadowAndAct news »
I call them Spike Lee's *forgotten* films, not because we don't remember them, but rather because, when discussion of Spike's film (specifically fan favorites) are had, these are the titles that rarely get mention. Films like Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, Jungle Fever, She's Gotta Have It, and others are usually at the top of the list. They're also his most familiar films. Ask the average audience member what Spike Lee films they've seen, or know of, and one of these titles will probably be mentioned 9 out of 10 times - especially Do The Right Thing and Malcolm X. But Spike has about 25 feature films in his oeuvre, including TV movies, and »
- Tambay
The Samaritan: New Clip From Samuel L. Jackson’s Latest
9 May 2012 2:13 PM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
Samuel L. Jackson is once again a name on the lips of America after his rousing turn as Commander Nick Fury in Joss Whedon’s unyielding summer blockbuster The Avengers. This is definitely a good thing, since we’ve all been huge fans of Sammy L. down at the Complex since we were mere boys. And now riding the crest of this wave of Avengers goodness is another film starring Jackson, The Samaritan.
The Samaritan is about former con-man Foley (Jackson) who gets out of prison after twenty years, ready to go straight. Naturally, his past comes to haunt him in the form of his old partner’s son, who wants Foley in on an ingenious scam (aren’t they all?). The good folks over at Collider managed to get their hot little hands on this clip from the film, wherein Foley meets his love interest for the film, Iris, »
- Jimmy Callaway
Clip joint: Arguments
9 May 2012 8:50 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Take a look back in anger at the finest instances of blazing rows and screaming showdowns on film
This week's Clip joint is by Ashley Clark, who also wrote Clip joints on Breaking the Fourth Wall and Mirrors. He runs the film blog Permanent Plastic Helmet. You can follow it on Twitter at @PPlasticHelmet, and/or him @_ash_clark.
Think you can do better than Ashley? If you've got an idea for a future Clip joint, send a message to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch – the magnificently named British writer – classified all fiction plots as a number of basic conflicts. One such conflict was "character v character", and down the years a raft of screenwriters and directors have drawn upon this maxim to provide audiences with the delightful experience of characters facing off against each other in a variety of ways. The most fun of these »
- Guardian readers
Amendment 1: North Carolina vote passes gay marriage ban
8 May 2012 9:59 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
On Tuesday night, North Carolina voters passed a new amendment to their state constitution, which will define marriage as solely between a man and a woman, with about 61% of the vote going to the amendment. Though gay marriage was already illegal in the state, the amendment represents another barrier to prevent progress for equal rights activists.
The amendment, which states, "Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State," also invalidates domestic partnerships and unions between heterosexual partners.
The vote was opposed by several prominent TV stars. "Will & Grace" star Eric McCormack tweeted, "North Carolina: Do The Right Thing. #voteagainstamendment1! Marriage should be about love. Period."
Sophia Bush from "One Tree Hill" -- which shot for 9 seasons in Wilmington, Nc -- tweeted "#ToleranceIsSexy so North Carolina #VoteAgainst #Amendment1 tomorrow. #LoveIsLove Help spread the word."
Her one-time co-star »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Evan Rachel Wood Rallying Fans Against Controversial North Carolina Bill
8 May 2012 12:06 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Bisexual actress Evan Rachel Wood has called on residents in her native North Carolina to vote against a proposed same-sex marriage ban during a state-wide poll on Tuesday.
Voting in North Carolina began early Tuesday morning and The Ides of March star is now rallying support for the gay community by urging Twitter.com fans to shut down Amendment One, which would declare marriage between a man and a woman the only valid domestic legal union.
Wood, who grew up in Raleigh, writes, "if the amendment passes it will prevent the state from giving committed couples rights to allow them to order their relationships, including threatening their ability to determine the disposition of their deceased partner's remains; to make medical decisions if their partner is incapacitated; and to allow second-parent adoptions in order to ensure that both partners have a legal tie to, and financial responsibilities for, the children they are raising...
"The amendment is much more than Gay marriage. It can also effect the rights of opposite sex couples. Do the right thing Nc! make me proud Please get retweeting. Get people informed. So many families and children will be affected.
"Bottom line. The law shouldn't be hand in hand with a certain religion. You have the right to believe what you want... But you cannot, repeat Cannot take away another's freedom because of what You believe. If every sin was a law, then jails would be overcrowded with adulterers."
Wood wasn't the only celebrity speaking out to protest the controversial legislation - former Dawson's Creek star Busy Phillips tweets, "I lived in Nc for two years, during DC (Dawson's Creek). I Know the people there will do the right thing! voteagainst".
And actress and activist Mia Farrow writes, "Gay marriage is a question of human rights . Discrimination is always- under all circumstances - wrong".
The voting on the proposed constitutional amendment on Tuesday coincides with the state's Republican presidential primary election. »
Spike Lee's 'Red Hook Summer' Finds International Distributor
7 May 2012 3:25 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Spike Lee’s forthcoming “Red Hook Summer” earned a pair of international distributors on Monday – Recreation and Incentive Capital. The Los Angeles-based sales company and the Salt-Lake City-based media fund jointly acquired the rights to the latest offering from Lee, which debuted at Sundance. The New York-based director reprises his role as “Mookie” from “Do the Right Thing,” co-starring with Jules Brown, Tony Lysaith, Clarke Peters and Nate Parker. "This is a powerful and relevant film from one of the most influential filmmakers of our time and reminds us of some of Spike’s »
- Lucas Shaw
100 Facts on Universal Pictures' 100th Birthday
30 April 2012 11:28 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Today marks the 100th birthday of Universal Pictures and to celebrate the studio has released a list of 100 facts based on its first 100 years in existence. I have placed in bold some of the ones I found interesting as well as offered a selection of photo and video accompaniments here and there. 1. Universal Film Manufacturing Company was officially incorporated in New York on April 30, 1912. Company legend says Carl Laemmle was inspired to name his company Universal after seeing "Universal Pipe Fittings" written on a passing delivery wagon. 2. The only physical damage made during the filming of National Lampoon's Animal House was when John Belushi made a hole in the wall with a guitar. The actual Sigma Nu fraternity house (which subbed for the fictitious Delta House) never repaired it, and instead framed the hole in honor of the film. 3. The working title for Et: The Extra Terrestrial was "A Boy's Life. »
- Brad Brevet
Spike Lee’s ‘Red Hook Summer’ Lands a Distributor & Release Date
25 April 2012 5:25 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Controversy magnet – and two-time Oscar-nominated pioneer filmmaker – Spike Lee’s latest “joint,” Red Hook Summer, is yet another Brooklyn-based tale to join the ranks of classic Lee works like She’s Gotta Have It, Do the Right Thing and Crooklyn, among others. Not so shockingly, studios have been apprehensive about picking up the movie since its premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Variance Films have now worked out a deal with Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks to distribute Red Hook Summer in theaters around the U.S., beginning this August. Read on for a summary of the film, which marks the first occasion that Lee has directed from his own, solely-produced original script since Bamboozled in 2000.
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- Sandy Schaefer
Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer Gets Late Summer Release Date
25 April 2012 4:55 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks announced today that the company will undertake its first independent distribution effort with founder Spike Lee's Brooklyn coming-of-age story, Red Hook Summer. 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks will partner with New York-based Variance Films for the theatrical release, which will begin August 10, 2012 in New York City theaters, expanding to the top 30 markets throughout the month of August.
"From my very first joint back in 1986, She's Gotta Have It, I have been an independent filmmaker, and even today I still am," said Spike Lee. "I'm elated to join forces with Variance Films for the independent distribution of my new joint Red Hook Summer. We look forward to getting this film into the marketplace, where we believe 100 percent that there is a starving audience for American independent films like Red Hook Summer."
"Variance's sole mission is to ensure filmmakers retain their rights and their power," said Dylan Marchetti, »
- MovieWeb
Spike Lee Goes Home in 'Red Hook Summer' Teaser
25 April 2012 3:43 PM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Spike Lee is officially back in Brooklyn — and, not surprisingly, it's damn hot.
The "Inside Man" director is getting personal again with his latest "joint," "Red Hook Summer," a film that's already been inspiring the kind of controversy and debate that recalls the heated (and extremely divided) response to Lee's early works such as "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X."
"Red Hook Summers" tells the tale of Flick Royale (a Lee-esque character name if there ever was one — remember 'Bleek Gilliam' from "Mo' Better Blues?"), a young boy from Atlanta who spends the summer in Brooklyn with his grandfather, a preacher determined to convince his grandson to find God. And that's just the beginning of a story that goes in several surprising directions as Lee once again works with an ambitiously sprawling narrative canvas.
The first look at "Red Hook Summer," courtesy of the film's official site, is a »
- Bryan Enk
40 Acres And A Mule Filmworks Announces Aug 10th Theatrical Release Plans For Spike Lee.s Red Hook Summer
25 April 2012 3:33 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
(L-to-r), Jules Brown as Flik Royale talks with his grandfather, Clarke Peters as Bishop Enoch Rouse, in a scene from Spike Lee.s Red Hook Summer. (Photo by David Lee, courtesy 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks)
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks announced today that the company will undertake its first independent distribution effort with founder Spike Lee.s Brooklyn coming-of-age story, Red Hook Summer. 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks will partner with New York-based Variance Films for the theatrical release, which will begin August 10th, 2012 in New York City theaters, expanding to the top 30 markets throughout the month of August.
.From my very first joint back in 1986, She.S Gotta Have It, I have been an independent filmmaker, and even today I still am,. said Spike Lee. .I.m elated to join forces with Variance Films for the independent distribution of my new joint Red Hook Summer. We look forward »
- Michelle McCue
Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer Set for Release on August 10
25 April 2012 2:43 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Spike Lee’s latest joint, Red Hook Summer, premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival to an incredibly polarizing and controversial response. The film had its supporters, but those who weren’t taken by it really hated it. In his review of the film, our own Matt Goldberg said the most remarkable thing about the movie “is how it finds so many ways to be absolutely terrible.” Now the pic has finally found distribution through Variance Films, and is set for release on August 10th in New York. The drama will then expand to the top 30 markets throughout August. Apparently Red Hook Summer went through a major re-edit before this deal was brokered, so it’s entirely possible that we’ll be seeing a drastically different version of the film than the one screened at Sundance. When Lee is on, he’s on (Do the Right Thing, 25th Hour, »
- Adam Chitwood
Spike Lee Apologizes for Re-Tweeting Wrong Address for Alleged Killer of Trayvon Martin
29 March 2012 4:01 AM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
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On Wednesday evening, Spike Lee issued an apology on Twitter to the elderly couple that reportedly was harassed by the public after the director mistakenly re-tweeted the wrong address for George Zimmerman, the man who allegedly shot and killed unarmed African-American teenager Trayvon Martin. (Zimmerman has not been charged with any crime.) Lee wrote, “I deeply apologize to the McClain Family for retweeting their address. It was a mistake. Please leave the McClain’s in peace. Justice in Court. »
- Lyneka Little
New Directors/New Films 2012: Critic's Notebook
28 March 2012 11:18 AM, PDT | GreenCine Daily | See recent GreenCine Daily news »
by Vadim Rizov
Kleber Mendonça Filho's Neighboring Sounds opens with contextless black-and-white stills implying a history of subjugation: villagers interviewed by tailored officials, laborers hoeing a field. "Slavery is very much present in our everyday life in Brazil," Filho noted Saturday night after a New Directors/New Films screening. He's a critic and director making his fiction feature debut after a series of shorts and a feature mockumentary. Part of the inspiration, he said, came from a bad job where the boss treated workers like sugar cane plantation laborers. Unspoken but fraught class tensions are the subject, examined in an often oblique fashion.
The balcony view from the condo managed by João (Gustavo Jahn) is spectacular, all blue skies and massive buildings. It's not exactly Do the Right Thing, but João has Mookie's awkwardly hunched, walk-no-faster-than-required gait. When asked if he likes his job, he frankly replies "I hate it, »
Spike Lee Re-Tweets Wrong Address For Alleged Trayvon Martin Shooter
28 March 2012 10:04 AM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
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Director Spike Lee reportedly re-tweeted the wrong address for George Zimmerman, the man who last month allegedly shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teenager. Zimmerman, who has said he was acting in self defense, has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the shooting. Lee retweeted the address to his more than 240,000 followers. In the wake of the tweet, which has apparently been removed, Lee has been subject to a number of racist attacks on Twitter. »
- Lyneka Little
Spike Lee Tweeted Wrong George Zimmerman Address
27 March 2012 10:10 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Rosie Perez, Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing Spike Lee, 55, is no stranger to controversy, especially when it involves issues related to anti-black racism. Lee's latest ethnicity-related controversy is a result of his retweeting to his nearly 248,000 followers (and potentially to their followers, and so on) the home address of George Zimmerman, the man accused of stalking and murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin because of Martin's black skin. The reasons for Lee's retweet — the original tweet purportedly came from a man in California — remain murky. Was he expecting peaceful protests in that residential Sanford, Florida, neighborhood? Or perhaps a scene out of the Do the Right Thing climax, when the pizza delivery guy (played by Lee himself) throws a garbage can through the window of the local pizzeria owned by Italian-Americans? Anyhow, according to the Orlando Sentinel, Lee has tweeted the wrong address. Someone lives in that house, but that someone »
- Zac Gille
TV highlights 26/03/2012
25 March 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Just A Minute | Scott & Bailey | My Murder | Storyville: Tabloid – Sex In Chains | Ad Men | One Night
6pm, BBC2
To celebrate its 45th anniversary, the Radio 4 panel show returns to TV for the first time since the 1990s. The hiatus is not surprising: the format of four competitors getting 60 seconds to speak on a subject "without repetition, hesitation or deviation" is hardly visual. Or so you might imagine. The first episode, which finds host Nicholas Parsons overseeing Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Graham Norton and Phill Jupitus, reveals much about the panellists you might otherwise miss, notably Jupitus's genuine frustration at his own inability to avoid repetition. Jonathan Wright
Scott & Bailey
9pm, ITV1
Very little Scott in tonight's episode as Rachel copes with keeping her brother Dom out of jail. Meanwhile, she and her boss are called in to assist on a copycat rape case. The infamous perpetrator of »
- Jonathan Wright, David Stubbs, Julia Raeside, Andrew Mueller, Martin Skegg, John Robinson
Watch: Spike's Most Memorable Joints
20 March 2012 11:07 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Throughout the years, Spike Lee and his production company, 40 Acres and a Mule, has managed to produce some of the most talked-about films in black culture. Following his 1989 Oscar-nominated flick "Do The Right Thing," Lee went on to direct a slew of films, including the biopic of influential Black Nationalist leader Malcolm X.
In celebration of Lee's 55th birthday, Black Voices takes a look at some of his most memorable films.
Let us know your favorite Spike Lee joint in the comments section.
Watch:
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- Brennan Williams
Review: 'Gimme The Loot' Is A Heartfelt But Dull Look At Two Teen Graffiti Artists
16 March 2012 12:41 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Throughout "Gimme the Loot," you'll ask yourself the following question: why is this movie called "Gimme the Loot?" Then it becomes clear: if the movie were authentically named, it would probably be called "Bomb the Apple," since the two main characters (Tysheeb Hickson and Tashiana R. Washington) are young graffiti artists looking to tag (or "bomb") the giant apple that comes out after players hit a home run at CitiField (formerly Shea Stadium, which it's referred to as here). But then you realize that a movie called "Bomb the Apple" probably sounds like it concerned terrorists in Manhattan, which probably wouldn't be a good thing. It would, however, be a much more interesting movie than "Gimme The Loot" (which is also the name of an old Notorious B.I.G. song) ended up being.
"Gimme the Loot," which just picked up the Grand Jury prize at this year's SXSW Film Festival, is »
- Drew Taylor
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