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Mo' Better Noirnew

Could Inside Man be a positive turning point in Spike Lee's career?
Tucson Weekly  |  James DiGiovanna  |  03-29-2006  |  Reviews

Spike Lee Scoresnew

Although with Denzel, Jodie, and Clive it would be difficult to go wrong, Spike Lee and screenwriter Russell Gewirtz have created a truly original film from various shopworn genre cliches.
Austin Chronicle  |  Marc Savlov  |  03-24-2006  |  Reviews

Inside Jobnew

Spike Lee puts a new spin on an old formula.
L.A. Weekly  |  Scott Foundas  |  03-23-2006  |  Reviews

Looks Are Deceivingnew

Unlike Crash, this is an accurate rendition of modern urban America's infinite gradations of prejudice, and a true portrait of how such impulses get submerged and redirected so people can get ahead.
New York Press  |  Matt Zoller Seitz  |  03-23-2006  |  Reviews

Don't Believe the Heistnew

Spike Lee dissects the Big Apple and apple pie in Inside Man.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Felicia Feaster  |  03-23-2006  |  Reviews

Catch Me If You Cannew

Lee's new by-the-numbers heist flick is Spiked with ethnic vaudeville.
The Village Voice  |  J. Hoberman  |  03-22-2006  |  Reviews

Movies That Heated Up Cinemas in 2004new

Not one of the political documentariess distributed this year made a fraction of Fahrenheit 9/11's earnings, and deservedly so, because not one outraged, engaged or entertained the way Michael Moore's film did.
The Pitch  |  Bill Gallo, Melissa Levine, Jean Oppenheimer, Luke Y. Thompson and Robert Wilonsky  |  12-27-2004  |  Movies

Spike Shoots Blanksnew

Spike Lee strikes out with his new "joint" about an unemployed whistle-blower who makes a living impregnating sperm-deprived lesbians.
Austin Chronicle  |  Kimberley Jones  |  10-01-2004  |  Reviews

Spike Lee Blows His Credibilitynew

When Spike Lee was filming She Hate Me, a friend should have taken the filmmaker aside and told him he would better serve everyone's time -- that of his cast and crew, his audience, himself -- by turning the feature into a soft-core adult film.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Curt Holman  |  08-19-2004  |  Reviews

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