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Amazon Releases First Trailer for Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq’
Spike Lee’s new movie “Chi-Raq” has received a new trailer, a month ahead of its release. The film centers on gang violence by men in some of Chicago’s neighborhoods, based on the Greek comedy...
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Film Review: ‘Chi-Raq’
A sprawling, blistering state-of-the-union address that presents Chicago’s South Side as a cesspool of black-on-black violence, gang warfare, gun worship and macho misogyny, ruled by unbreakable cycles...
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Spike Lee Leads Gun Violence Protest After ‘Chi-Raq’ Premiere
The fact that Chicago’s police superintendent was fired hours before the premiere of Spike Lee’s latest feature, “Chi-Raq,” only reinforced the timeliness of the movie’s message about the senselessness...
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Chance the Rapper Blasts Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq’: It’s ‘Exploitive and...
Chance the Rapper has a bone to pick with Spike Lee over the content of Lee’s latest film, “Chi-Raq.” Chance took to Twitter Friday morning to criticize Lee’s modern re-telling of “Lysistrata” by...
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‘Straight Outta Compton’ Named Top Film by African-American Film Critics
The African-American Film Critics Association has selected “Straight Outta Compton” as the winner of the group’s award for best picture. Universal’s box office hit, centered on the origins of the...
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Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee & David O. Russell Lean on Music to Finesse Tales
Scores played significant roles in determining the use of source material in the three recent films from directors long known for their adept use of pop tunes: Spike Lee, David O. Russell and Quentin...
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Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq’ to Play at Berlin Film Festival, Competition Lineup...
LONDON — The 66th Berlin Film Festival has completed its Competition program, and has added Spike Lee’s satire “Chi-Raq” as an out-of-competition title. Among the world premieres added Wednesday are...
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Amazon Debuts Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq’ on Prime to Mixed User Ratings
Amazon Studios’ first original movie, “Chi-Raq” from Spike Lee, is now available for streaming to Prime members at no extra cost. And so far, the film has generated a polarizing response from Amazon...
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Berlin: Spike Lee Sounds Off on Hollywood’s Diversity Problem, Gun Violence
BERLIN — Spike Lee and John Cusack offered their take on several issues at a press conference at the Berlin Film Festival ahead of the screening of “Chi-Raq,” a bold and vibrant movie dealing with gun...
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Every year, Variety asks prominent directors to talk about the fellow directors whose work moved them.
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