Reuniting with his longtime leading man Denzel Washington and remaking an Akira Kurosawa crime classic, Lee captures energy ...

A lot like the 1963 Akira Kurosawa film “High and Low,” but a lot not, Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” goes its own unpredictable way.

The film, based on Akira Kurosawa's 1963 movie 'High and Low,' is often audacious but also has moments that don't work.

A reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller “High and Low,” Lee brings the story to a modern-day New York where a ...

From the opening moments of “Highest 2 Lowest,” Spike Lee’s remix-as-remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 film “High and Low,” you ...

Spike Lee's new film "Highest 2 Lowest" stars Denzel Washington as a record mogul whose life is upended by a kidnapping.

For the fifth time, Oscar-winning acting legend Denzel Washington unites with legendary Oscar-winning director Spike Lee for ...

On top of that, “Highest 2 Lowest” is Lee’s remake of “High and Low” (1963), a tense moral thriller that has come to be recognized as one of Akira Kurosawa’s greatest achievements. The nerve! The ...

Spike Lee talks about his love for Washington and Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, whose 1963 film High and Low he ...

There’s a reason why Spike Lee‘s latest, “Highest 2 Lowest” opens with “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'” from “Oklahoma!” ...

Spike's latest joint is a love letter to three things he adores: New York City, Denzel Washington and director Akira Kurosawa ...

Spike Lee's new film "Highest 2 Lowest" stars Denzel Washington as a record mogul whose life is upended by a kidnapping.