#Francis Ford Coppola Compares Fall of Rome to Current American Politics: “Lost Its Republic and Ended Up With an Emperor”

#Francis Ford Coppola Compares Fall of Rome to Current American Politics: “Lost Its Republic and Ended Up With an Emperor”

Francis Ford Coppola got political while discussing his new film Megalopolis on Monday, suggesting that the upcoming presidential election may mirror the downfall of Rome. At a conversation as part of the New York Film Festival — which was also streamed to 65 theaters across the U.S. and Canada with support from Imax — Coppola…

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#Spike Lee on Jann Wenner ‘Masters’ Controversy: “Emblematic of How Often Black People Are Overlooked for Their Genius”

#Spike Lee on Jann Wenner ‘Masters’ Controversy: “Emblematic of How Often Black People Are Overlooked for Their Genius”

Spike Lee is among those upset about Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner’s recent controversial choice to leave women and Black musicians out of his new book The Masters. During a wide-ranging interview with Lee at the 2023 New Yorker Festival on Saturday, New Yorker editor David Remnick recalled how a few weeks ago the pair…

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#Filmmaker Spike Lee signs multiyear movie deal with Netflix

#Filmmaker Spike Lee signs multiyear movie deal with Netflix

“#Filmmaker Spike Lee signs multiyear movie deal with Netflix” Spike Lee has inked a multiyear movie deal with Netflix, the studio behind his most recent film “Da 5 Bloods” and the “She’s Gotta Have It” series, the streaming giant said Thursday, Under the deal, the “Do the Right Thing” filmmaker will direct and produce narrative…

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#Was Gov. Cuomo cut from Spike Lee’s new 9/11 documentary?

#Was Gov. Cuomo cut from Spike Lee’s new 9/11 documentary?

“#Was Gov. Cuomo cut from Spike Lee’s new 9/11 documentary?” Is disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo too radioactive even for Spike Lee? The director’s new four-part documentary, “NYC EPICENTERS 9/11➔2021½,” focusing on the 20-year aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks, is star-studded with a constellation of political and cultural New York luminaries. That is, except for…

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