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While Everybody's Talking About Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest, Can I Please Talk About The Excellent Akira Kurosawa Movie That Inspired It?

As a huge fan of Spike Lee, I’m looking forward to seeing his latest film, Highest 2 Lowest, as part of the 2025 movie ...

'Highest 2 Lowest' Fans Need To Stream Akira Kurosawa's 'High and Low'

With 'Highest 2 Lowest,' Spike Lee joins Martin Scorsese, Bong Joon-ho, and Steven Soderbergh as a scholar of Akira Kurosawa's 'High and Low.' ...

‘Denzel and I, We’re Jazz Musicians’: Spike Lee on ‘Highest 2 Lowest’

Director Spike Lee talks about his new film 'Highest 2 Lowest, working with Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky, and more.

How Akira Kurosawa discovered Toshiro Mifune: “He’s something of a roughneck”

Japanese directing legend Akira Kurosawa risked falling out with the whole industry in order to make sure Mifune made it ...

Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest, Kurosawa’s film, and a 1962 TV show episode share one surprising link

Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, and a 1962 episode of the American TV show 87th Precinct all ...
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Spike Lee channels his inner Kurosawa in 'Highest 2 Lowest'

I came away more disappointed than enchanted by “Highest 2 Lowest,” IR movie reviewer Brent Northup says. "I had set the bar ...

‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Review: Spike Lee’s Spin on Kurosawa

Denzel Washington stars in the director’s New York kidnapping drama, inspired by the 1963 classic ‘High and Low.’ ...

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington’s Thrilling New Movie Reimagines a Classic

A new rumor suggests that Chris Evans’ Captain America might play a huge role in Avengers: Doomsday and will be targeted by ...
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Mike Nichols Remaking Akira Kurosawa's High and Low

October 29, 2008 Filmmaker Mike Nichols, of Closer and Charlie Wilson's War most recently, will direct a remake of Akira Kurosawa's High and Low, a 1963 detective thriller starring Toshiro Mifune.