Spike Lee

Talking Heads, perhaps then the most critically lauded band in the US, released the concert film Stop Making Sense in 1984. While some relationships were beginning to fracture, the new-wave four-piece were riding high on an imperious streak…

Spike Lee does Netflix as did Martin Scorsese, with a very long film, this time set in contemporary Vietnam, on the legacy of the colonial wars. The focus is on a squad of African American ex-soldiers, who return to search for their…

“What will cause the riot?” wrote Spike Lee in his diary back in 1989. “Take your pick: an unarmed Black child shot, the cops say he was reaching for a gun; a grandmother shot to death by cops with a shotgun; a young woman charged with…

Glitz, glamour and gold statuettes; the bright lights of Hollywood boasted all of these on Sunday as it played host to the 88th Academy Awards. However, underneath the glitter a griminess had risen up to overshadow the ceremony. For the…

So, let’s talk about Bamboozled, a Spike Lee film from 2001.  I know that it’s kind of late to be doing a review, but I think some movies need reflection more than review.  Maybe the climate is right for reflection.  After the Academy snub…