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Clanger: Denzel Washington plays a music mogul in his new movie directed by Spike Lee in an unsubtle mood. Photo: A24/Apple Original Films

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reunite with mixed results

Highest 2 Lowest brings together Spike Lee, Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky in a stylish but uneven exploration of legacy, hip-hop and powe

Saul Williams will be headlining the Live Ideas 2021 virtual festival next week. (Courtesy of Music Like Dirt)

Don’t Miss: Our weekly round-up of live and in-person events

Travels in Afrofuturism, Themba Mkhize and an exhibition focusing on Johannesburg’s informal recyclers take centre stage in our weekly events guide

Ruth E Carter on set with Nomzamo Mbatha working on the wedding dress worn in Coming 2 America. (Image courtesy of Amazon Studios)

The king, Queens and MaXhosa: Ruth E Carter’s blockbuster costume designs

Ruth Carter and Laduma Ngxokolo’s collaborative costumes make ‘Coming 2 America’ easier on the eye

American Skin and the allure of redemption narratives

American Skin is drowned by its own ambitions, which are at odds with the moment it seeks to reckon with

Staff rehearse for Sunday’s 76th Golden Globe Awards (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

‘A Star Is Born’ expected to win big at Golden Globes

Hosting the gala will be actress Sandra Oh and comedian Andy Samberg

Tebogo Malope: “I studied on the streets”.

The global messenger: ​Tebogo Malope

"My aim is to take the local story and make it global and give the world an honest portrayal of where I come from."

Zandi Tisani: ‘For any person

The character whisperer: Zandi Tisani

"Zandi Tisani’s aesthetic emerges, it seems, from an egoless part of her subconscious".

Loving: Nola Darling paints in her brownstone studio. Photos: David Lee/Netflix

Spike Lee revives Nola Darling in a TV joint that hits and misses

The director has recast his signature film and its characters for a new generation

“Do The Right Thing” was a challenge to Hollywood’s cultural hegemony. Spike Lee fought to get the story told on his terms
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Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing’ is as relevant as ever in the wake of Marikana & BLM

A film studies lecturer and filmmaker explains why Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” is one of the director’s most influential films.

US film director Spike Lee.
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Why films “Chi-Raq” and “Beast of No Nation” are game-changers

Spike Lee’s gang satire and the Idris Elba war drama couldn’t get made in the traditional Hollywood system.

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Chicago, Spike Lee’s kind of town?

The next Spike Lee joint needs to do more than add to the growing list of reductive and voyeuristic features and documentaries about the tough city.

Sharlto Copley in Spike Lees’s Oldboy.

A Spike in Copley’s Hollywood career

Spike Lee saw Sharlto Copley in District 9 and said "Who is this guy? I want to work with him.".

Mike Tyson.

Mike Tyson to hit TV screens

Mike Tyson is going back to pay TV, where his fights were some of the biggest moneymakers in boxing history.

Django: Racist, or just sexist?

Of the reams of writing and constant story updates done on Django Unchained, not much, if any, has been said about Kerry Washington’s insipid role.

Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio star in Django Unchained.

Opinion: Fiction, representation and ‘Django’

Does "Django Unchained" say anything about Hollywood with regard to its handling of sensitive subject matter like slavery?