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Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2018
An interview with cinematographer turned director Ernest Dickerson

The veteran filmmaking reflects on his career in film and television, making the transition to directing, and his collaborations with Spike Lee.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, Television, Ernest Dickerson, Spike Lee, Juice, Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight, She's Gotta Have It, School Daze, Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, cinematography, John Sayles, The Brother From Another Planet, The Wire, The Walking Dead, White Heat, Tupac Shakur

Film, Movie Review Aug 26, 2016
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Barack and Michelle Obama’s love affair—with each other, and the city—hits the big screen

Chicago plays itself in Southside With You, a dramatization of the First Couple’s first date.
- By Leah Pickett
- Tags: Movie Review, Southside With You, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Richard Tanne, Dreams of My Father, The Audacity of Hope, Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, Janet Jackson, Miss You Much, South Shore, Parker Sawyers, Sidley Austin, Tika Sumpter, Chicago Cultural Center, Art Institute of Chicago, Ernie Barnes, The Sugar Shack, Altgeld Gardens, Harold Washington, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 27, 2014
Weekly Top Five: The best of Spike Lee

Highlights from the filmography of Spike Lee
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Weekly Top Five, Film, Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, Inside Man, 25th Hour, Dog Day Afternoon, Jungle Fever, She's Gotta Have It

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2013
With Oldboy, Spike Lee exercises and we all feel the burn

Notes on Spike Lee's remake of Chan-wook Park's acclaimed South Korean thriller
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: It's Complicated, Film, Spike Lee, Oldboy, Chan-wook Park, Do the Right Thing, When the Levees Broke, expressionism, Korean new wave

Film, Movie Review Jun 20, 2013
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The bitter get better in Life Is Sweet

Mike Leigh revisits his breakout film in a new Criterion release.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Life is Sweet, Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies, All or Nothing, Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky, Jim Broadbent, Alison Steadman, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, Frank Capra, You Can't Take It With You, Happy-Go-Lucky, Sally Hawkins, Juzo Itami, Tampopo, Gabriel Axel, Babette's Feast, Ang Lee, Eat Drink Man Woman, Stephen Rea, Timothy Spall, Edith Piaf, Do the Right Thing, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Aug 24, 2012
Now playing: Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer

Clarke Peters and Jules Brown star in Lee's latest
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Opening, Film, Spike Lee, Red Hook Summer, Do the Right Thing, Inside Man, Malcolm X, Clockers, Summer of Sam, Miracle of St. Anna, Clarke Peters, the Wire, Jules Brown

Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2012
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This week's movie action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Frederick Wiseman, Crazy Horse, Oren Moverman, Rampart movie, Woody Harrelson, Chico & Rita, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Hell and Back Again, An Evening With Don Hertzfeldt, It's Such a Beautiful Day, My Way Home, Bill Douglas, On the Ice, Thin Ice, Greg Kinnear, Billy Crudup, Laure Prouvost, Don Siegel, Charley Varrick, University of Chicago Doc Films, Otto Preminger, Daisy Kenyon, Northbrook Public Library, Robert Bresson, Diary of a Country Priest, Lancelot du Lac, Gene Siskel Film Center, Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, Music Box, Mikio Naruse, Her Lonely Lane, Jean-Luc Godard, In Praise of Love, Howard Hawks, Twentieth Century, Portage theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Instituto Cervantes, Flamenco School, The Spanish Room, University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Andrew McCall, Peace on Earth Film Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 24, 2010
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Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee ripped the cover off urban America for my 13-year-old self with his 1989 tour de force. He speaks and signs copies of his photo memoir "Spike Lee: Do the Right Thing" 12/24 at Barbara's Bookstore at Maxwell Street, er, University Village.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Film, Free Shit, Swag, Books, Spike Lee, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Do the Right Thing, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, Barbara's Bookstore, Jason Matloff, race, L.A. Riots, Video

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An interview with cinematographer turned director Ernest Dickerson

The veteran filmmaking reflects on his career in film and television, making the transition to directing, and his collaborations with Spike Lee.

Recommended Video
Barack and Michelle Obama’s love affair—with each other, and the city—hits the big screen

Chicago plays itself in Southside With You, a dramatization of the First Couple’s first date.

Weekly Top Five: The best of Spike Lee

Highlights from the filmography of Spike Lee

With Oldboy, Spike Lee exercises and we all feel the burn

Notes on Spike Lee's remake of Chan-wook Park's acclaimed South Korean thriller

Recommended
The bitter get better in Life Is Sweet

Mike Leigh revisits his breakout film in a new Criterion release.

Now playing: Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer

Clarke Peters and Jules Brown star in Lee's latest

Video
This week's movie action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

Video
Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee ripped the cover off urban America for my 13-year-old self with his 1989 tour de force. He speaks and signs copies of his photo memoir "Spike Lee: Do the Right Thing" 12/24 at Barbara's Bookstore at Maxwell Street, er, University Village.

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The veteran filmmaking reflects on his career in film and television, making the transition to directing, and his collaborations with Spike Lee.

Chicago plays itself in Southside With You, a dramatization of the First Couple’s first date.

Highlights from the filmography of Spike Lee

Notes on Spike Lee's remake of Chan-wook Park's acclaimed South Korean thriller

Mike Leigh revisits his breakout film in a new Criterion release.

Clarke Peters and Jules Brown star in Lee's latest

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

Spike Lee ripped the cover off urban America for my 13-year-old self with his 1989 tour de force. He speaks and signs copies of his photo memoir "Spike Lee: Do the Right Thing" 12/24 at Barbara's Bookstore at Maxwell Street, er, University Village.

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