Are you new to Ann Arbor or starting a new academic journey at the University of Michigan? Well, the Michigan Theater has a special event planned for you! WEMU's David Fair talks all about it with ...

Denzel Washington collaborates with director/executive producer Spike Lee, fellow veteran actor Jeffrey Wright, in entertaining though uneven twist on today’s rich and ...

Highlights this week include Angela Yee Day in Brooklyn and Manhattan’s 2025 Charlie Parker Festival — both free.

The Oscar-winner’s latest collaboration with Lee – based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 masterpiece ‘High and Low’ – is short on emotional depth ...

The Latin jazz and salsa icon, who died on August 6 at the age of 88 after an extended illness, appears in the film’s Puerto ...

Remaking an Akira Kurosawa masterpiece is no small task, but Highest 2 Lowest is a worthy attempt.

He’s done better in reenvisioning Akira Kurosawa’s great 1963 kidnap noir, “High and Low” starring the indelible Toshiro ...

After the movie's "bafflingly rough start," said Alison Willmore in NYMag.com, the action moves to the streets of New York City "and when it does," Highest 2 Lowest "bounds forward with a thrilling ...

The overwhelming final impression, from top to bottom and highest 2 lowest, is of the sheer joy Lee takes in his work and all ...

Spike Lee's latest masterpiece, Highest 2 Lowest, delivers an epic ending but fails to immortalize itself in the same way as ...

However, even if you watch the more popular Kurosawa movies, like Rashomon, Kagemusha, and Seven Samurai, you might not be ...

A resonant voice sings “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” from the musical “Oklahoma” at the start of Spike Lee’s neo-noir crime thriller “Highest 2 Lowest,” showing through Labor Day at the Martha’s ...