Cinema Romantico

Released 20 years ago, Spike Lee’s rare foray into something approximating genre filmmaking suggested Sidney Lumet’s own New York bank robbe...

Spike Lee’s oeuvre is so extensive and varied that it’s impossible to drill down to his most essential work. That’s why over the years I hav...

In “BlacKkKlansman”, director Spike Lee made a movie about a true story from the past that was communicating with the present, foreshadowing...

Is it any wonder that Spike Lee would be drawn to the true-life tale of “BlacKkKlansman”, in which Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) be...

Antoinette Nwandu’s “Pass Over” is “a provocative riff on ‘Waiting for Godot’”, to quote the blurb proffered by Steppenwolf Theatre where th...

Maybe the funniest part of Spike Lee’s hardwood opus “He Got Game” (1998) is the college basketball coach cameos. Even now you will recogniz...

Though many references are made to the foul smells of the neighborhood that gives Spike Lee’s “Red Hook Summer” (2012) its title, from the o...

Spike Lee’s controversially named “Chiraq” – the undesirable nickname of Chicago where the film is set – opens with an all-hands-on-deck tit...

I loved Movies from a very young age and still love Movies whole-heartedly. I don’t capitalize Movies flippantly but to suggest somethi...