The 15th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival presented by BET Networks kicked off last night in NYC with the Opening Night world premiere of Nelson George and Diane Paragas’ documentary Brooklyn Boheme. Stars such as Chris Rock, Spike Lee, festival ambassador Mario Van Peebles, Maxwell, Giancarlo Esposito and John Boyega (who’s filming a movie with Spike) came out in support of the film […]
Join us for an all new episode of “Cinema in Noir.”  On this week’s podcast: –Reviews of  The Devil’s Double and Final Destination 5 –The lastest in casting and film news (Viola Davis, Kim Fields, Hype Williams, Morgan Freeman) –Actor P.J. Byrne gives us the scoop on his new film Final Destination 5 and Season […]
(via HipHopWired) Tyler Perry graces the cover of the August issue of Ebony Magazine. Â In an exclusive interview, Hollywood’s most powerful black director opens up about his past sexual abuse, his rivalry with fellow director Spike Lee, and his love life. Â Perry admits that in late 2010, he and his girlfriend experienced a pregnancy scare. […]
(via The Hollywood Reporter) This past Thursday, director Spike Lee sat down with journalist Charlie Rose for a Q&A session at PromaxBDA (an annual marketing, branding and design conference) in NYC. Â Spike was at the the conference to receive the organization’s lifetime achievement award for his work in film and television, in particular his series […]
Spike Lee has never been one to shy away from controversy. In the 1988 film School Daze, Lee gives a semi-autobiographical account of his experience attending Morehouse College, the historically all male black institution in Atlanta, Georgia. With a satirical eye, Lee explored hot-button topics such as colorism, misogyny, class divisions and apartheid. While School Daze […]
I was reminded of this short-lived series which Alex Haley hosted not-so long before he died in 1992, titled Dialogue With Black Filmmakers. The title should be self-explanatory. I believe the episodes were shot in 1991, but I couldn’t find very much written about the series; I couldn’t even find any absolute confirmation that it […]
Actor, Clifton Powell has a serious message for Spike Lee. He visited the Russ Parr morning show and when asked about the Tyler Perry, Spike Lee feud, responded: “I don’t like Spike, for real. I’m just saying it publicly on the radio. Spike is a hater. He was doing all these movies, Sam and all […]
Spike Lee has abandoned efforts to produce a film called “Brooklyn Loves MJ.” The film was announced last April and was slated to include an all-star cast that featured Samuel L Jackson, Rosie Perez, and Kerry Washington amongst others.
Spike Lee’s 1993 film Malcolm X has been chosen for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Von Pea, the Brooklyn-based member of the group Tanya Morgan is a little nervous about his solo debut, Pea’s Gotta Have It. “I see how people treat solo records and it always comes across like “this is a spinoff, this not the real thing, it’s just a side of the real thing,” he explains. “For […]
Spike Lee will be in the director’s chair for a live webcast of John Legend & The Roots’ September 23rd concert in New York City.
