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Spike Lee's latest New Orleans doc premieres on HBOnew
The American media tends to take a pit-bull approach to news. It grabs on, digs its teeth in, and then tosses the lifeless carcass to the wind when the sensation has run its course. Follow-through is not always the media's forte. Thank goodness, then, for documentary filmmakers who make sustained and methodical reportage their strong suit.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
08-23-2010 |
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'Miracle at St. Anna' is a Miserable Messnew
Aside from one great scene, this Spike Lee wannabe epic disappoints in every way.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-09-2008 |
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Spike Lee Remembers Balck Braverynew
Lee has been fighting World War II long before the release of his latest film, Miracle at St. Anna. His campaign began with a salvo at Clint Eastwood for excluding black faces from Flags of Our Fathers and perpetuating the assumption that blacks contributed little to the U.S. victory.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
10-03-2008 |
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Battle Fatigue Settles in on Spike Lee's WWII Epicnew
So why is his new film such an interminable, unfocused, ridiculous mess?
The Memphis Flyer |
Addison Engelking |
10-03-2008 |
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Spike Lee Goes to Warnew
In Miracle at St. Anna, he gets in touch with his inner Spielberg.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
09-26-2008 |
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Spike Lee’s Rivalry with Spielberg Continues with an All-black WWII Infantrynew
As another example of Lee settling scores, it ruins its own premise by attempting to out-do Saving Private Ryan.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-25-2008 |
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Spike Lee Harangues the Audience in the Heavy-Handed 'Miracle at St. Anna'new
Even though I was steeled for a tetchy lecture on America's sad legacy of racism, this movie's sledgehammer didacticism fairly pounded me out of my seat.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Mike D'Angelo |
09-25-2008 |
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'Miracle at St. Anna' Shows War Isn't the Genre for Spike Lee
Spike Lee boxes outside of his directorial weight-class with a war story bogged down by ham-handed smacks of magical realism and over-pronounced examples of racial prejudice.
Spike Lee Tries is His Hand at War in 'Miracle at St. Anna'
Lee boxes outside of his directorial weight-class with a war story bogged down with ham-handed smacks of magical realism and over-pronounced examples of racial prejudice.
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Watery Gravenew
Lee's profound, troubling document of a disaster illuminates deep, horrible undercurrents in American life.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-17-2006 |
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Too Self-Importantnew
Viewers who cut their teeth on Dog Day Afternoon are most likely to look charitably on Spike Lee's latest.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
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Tags: Spike Lee, Inside Man
Mo' Better Noirnew
Could Inside Man be a positive turning point in Spike Lee's career?
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-29-2006 |
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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 |
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Tags: Spike Lee, Inside Man
Inside Jobnew
Spike Lee puts a new spin on an old formula.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
03-23-2006 |
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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 |
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Tags: Spike Lee, Inside Man
