Reuniting with his longtime leading man Denzel Washington and remaking an Akira Kurosawa crime classic, Lee captures energy and moral complexity, sometimes wildly.

Denzel Washington stars as a music executive who takes police matters into his own hands, in this remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 kidnapping classic.

Spike Lee's new film "Highest 2 Lowest" stars Denzel Washington as a record mogul whose life is upended by a kidnapping.

Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, and a 1962 episode of the American TV show 87th Precinct all come from the same source

There’s a reason why Spike Lee‘s latest, “Highest 2 Lowest” opens with “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'” from “Oklahoma!” playing over swooning aerial views of the high-rises of New York. The oldest of five kids,