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Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ praised

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Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest Is The First Great A$AP Rocky Film

When news broke that Spike Lee was remaking Akira Kurosawa’s crime classic High and Low, you’d be forgiven for feeling at least a little nervous. The director’s track record when it comes to reinterpreting beloved cinema is far from stellar: his 2013 take on Park Chan-wook’s cult classic Oldboy was less a reimagining and more a greatest-hits highlight reel that failed to capture the exhilarating yet queasy spirit of Park’s film.

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‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Review: Spike Lee Returns with a Jarringly Fun and Upbeat Riff on One of Akira Kurosawa’s Bleakest Films

Denzel Washington gives his most commanding screen performance in ages as a music tycoon who thinks his son has been kidnapped.

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'Highest 2 Lowest' Review: Denzel Washington and Spike Lee Take on Kurosawa in Vibrant Crime Drama | Cannes 2025

Spike Lee remakes Akira Kurosawa's High and Low into a thrilling caper crime movie starring Denzel Washington and Jeffrey Wright.

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‘Highest 2 Lowest’: Spike Lee on Trump, Cannes Scandals and the Knicks’ Championship Chances: “We’re Going to Win!”

Lee was joined in the Cannes press conference by Wright and Ilfenesh Hadera, who plays King’s poised and skeptical wife Pam.

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‘Highest 2 Lowest' Review: Spike Lee's Kurosawa-Inspired Kidnapping Drama Isn't So Much a Remake as a Manifesto

There's enormous risk in remaking a movie like "High and Low." Japanese master Akira Kurosawa set the bar high with his 1963 ...

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Spike Lee’s Denzel Washington Pic ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Scores Six-Minute Ovation At Cannes Premiere

Spike Lee returned to the Cannes Film Festival Official Selection tonight with his latest feature, Highest 2 Lowest, which is ...

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Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Rocks Cannes With Star-Studded Premiere, Warm Reception After Surprise Honor for Denzel Washington

Lee's "re-imagining" of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller 'High and Low' also stars Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, ...

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Spike Lee on the collision of his two passions, the Knicks and cinema, in Cannes

Some of Spike Lee’s most deeply felt passions — filmmaking and the New York Knicks — have collided at the Cannes Film ...

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