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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: 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 take on a kidnapping that brings an ambitious businessman to his knees - which means,

Yahoo · 11h

Cannes: Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ praised as ‘slick’ and ‘fun’ with ‘great’ Denzel Washington lead performance at its core

According to early reviews at the Cannes Film Festival, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington have another winner on their hands. The Oscar winners have reunited for the fifth time with Highest 2 Lowest, their first project since 2006’s Inside Man,

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‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Review: Denzel Washington and Spike Lee Reunite in Dazzling Thriller Suffused With Lush New York City Vibes

The reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s masterful 1963 police procedural about an abduction and ransom plot also stars ...

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Trying to analyze a filmmaking legend using Chobani yogurt

Julia Izumi’s “Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (With Live & Active Cultures!)” at Woolly Mammoth is a ...

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Spike Lee’s Denzel Washington Pic ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Scores Six-Minute Ovation After 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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Cannes Film Festival 2025: Denzel Washington gets surprise honorary Palme d'Or

US actor Denzel Washington received a surprise honorary Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday evening in ...

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Highest 2 Lowest

Lee isn’t setting out to copy what was great before. He is using the past as a starting point to launch what may be the final ...

Rihanna supports A$AP Rocky at 'Highest 2 Lowest' world premiere in Cannes

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky stepped out together for a red carpet date on Monday night in Cannes. The duo attended the world ...

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Denzel Washington Confesses He's 'a Little Emotional' as He's Surprised with Honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes

Cannes Film Festival Denzel Washington received a surprise honorary Palme d'Or, the festival's highest honor. Spike Lee ...

A complete list of Akira Kurosawa’s 33 favourite American movies

Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, director of 'Seven Samurai' and 'Rashomon', once picked his favourite American movies by the likes of John Ford and Scorsese.

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Denzel Washington receives surprise honorary Palme d'Or award at Cannes

U.S. actor Denzel Washington received a surprise honorary Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday evening in ...

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