An Auteur for the MTV Age: The Music of Spike Lee
A list of some of the most memorable musical sequences, dance scenes, and music videos in the filmography of Spike Lee.
SPIKE LEE
JUNE 2020
Jonny Diaz
- Jul 4, 2020
The Four New Yorks of Marty, Sidney, Woody, and Spike
A summary of New York City as depicted on film by its four greatest auteurs: Martin Scorsese, Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, and Spike Lee.
Carson Cook
- Jul 3, 2020
Reflections of America: A Brief Vietnam War Film Primer
A starting place for examining America, as both a country and an idea, through the lens of films about the Vietnam War.
Rough Cut Staff
- Jul 2, 2020
Spike Lee's Filmmaking Tree
The branches of Spike Lee's filmmaking tree include some of the greatest cinematic discoveries.
Carson Cook
- Jun 26, 2020
The Remake Spectrum
Spike Lee's two remakes found little critical or commercial love: can categorizing the various types of remakes help illuminate why?
Jonny Diaz
- Jun 25, 2020
Spike Lee and the Ambivalent Academy
A history of Spike Lee's ambivalent (and often contentious) relationship with the Oscars, from Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop to BlacKkKlansman.
Rough Cut Staff
- Jun 22, 2020
Spike Lee and the Coded Racism of "Controversy"
The "controversies" of Spike Lee are part of a uniquely American - and racist - tradition.
Carson Cook
- Jun 17, 2020
Working Within the System: Spike Lee and the Hollywood Idealization of the Police
As we reconsider the role of the police in film and TV, Spike Lee's crime dramas help contextualize the entrenchment of certain depictions.
Rough Cut Staff
- Jun 16, 2020
Da 5 Bloods Offers A Vision of Black Autonomy
Spike Lee's latest places past next to present to recontexualize history.
Rough Cut Staff
- Jun 11, 2020
The Rough Cut Fictional Athlete Draft
In honor of He Got Game's Jesus Shuttlesworth, the Rough Cut staff conduct a draft of their top fictional movie athletes.
Rough Cut Staff
- Jun 3, 2020
Mailbag: The Inimitable Spike Lee
A Q&A on one of the most important filmmakers of the last 35 years.