‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Review: Denzel Washington and Spike Lee Reunite in Dazzling Thriller Suffused With Lush New York City Vibes

‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Review: Denzel Washington and Spike Lee Reunite in Dazzling Thriller Suffused With Lush New York City Vibes

A single card credit at the end of Spike Lee’s hugely entertaining crime thriller Highest 2 Lowest reads: “Inspired by the master, Akira Kurosawa.” That tribute feels not in the least like someone paying lip service. Reinterpreting the giant of Japanese cinema’s 1963 classic, High and Low, a tense police procedural with a sharp dissection…

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Highest 2 Lowest, Reuniting With Denzel, Cannes

Highest 2 Lowest, Reuniting With Denzel, Cannes

Spike Lee arrives for this interview in Los Angeles fresh off of Steven Spielberg’s plane, wearing a New York Knicks hat and jacket. He’ll be quickly changing into a black-and-white suit covered in tiny Michael Jordan silhouettes to speak at Francis Ford Coppola’s AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony in Hollywood, then will hop on another…

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