You know it’s March Madness when Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee and Charles Barkley return to TV \\ Spike Lee directed the trio in their sixth year of hijinks, with Jim Nantz and Larry Bird also making appearances, in Capital…
Spike Lee Is 2019’s Real Oscars M.V.P. \\ That hug with Samuel L. Jackson! That stone face he shot at Awkwafina! That jump when Barbra Streisand gave Brooklyn a shout-out! Even if he lost out on best director to Alfonso…
Directors Guild of America 2019 Awards: Alfonso Cuarón, Bo Burnham, Ben Stiller win top honors \\ Best TV Movie/Limited Series Directing Ben Stiller, Escape at Dannemora ...more [via Firstpost]
Setting the stage for a ‘New York love story’ \\ To sell Joe’s romantic appeal from the very first shot, director Lee Toland Krieger gave You the look and feel of an entirely different sort of show. “I wanted something…
Lee Toland Krieger directed the pilot of the not-so-romantic thriller 'YOU', which enjoyed a modest following during its one-season run on Lifetime, and has become a bonafide hit on Netflix, where production has already begun on the show’s second season.…
After more than three decades of making films that have collectively established an undeniable cultural legacy, 61-year-old auteur Spike Lee is finally an Academy Award nominee for best picture and director. \\ It’s as noteworthy a headline as Tuesday’s Oscar…
10 Takeaways From the 2019 BAFTA Nominations \\ 4. DONE THE RIGHT THING: Spike Lee finally earned some nomination love on this side of the Atlantic by landing his first BAFTA nods ever – three of them, in fact, for…
The Directors Guild of America has strengthened the Oscar bids of several films in the current awards race. \\ The industry guild announced the nominees for its year-end accolades Tuesday, fortifying the presence of films like BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, scoring…
Deadly Class is that rare pilot, directed by Lee Toland Krieger, that opens up with a mission statement and manages not to feel particularly didactic about it. \\ The series, which follows a homeless teenager named Marcus (Bejamin Wadsworth) after…
Nominations, praise piling up for ‘Dannemora’ \\ No matter how the laurels settle from the many award nominations for “Escape at Dannemora,” director Ben Stiller will walk away with more tools in his actor’s arsenal. The accolades keep coming for…
