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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 ...

Denzel Washington knows all money ain’t good money – but he made it all the same

Denzel Washington knows “all money ain’t good money” – but sometimes you’ve got to put food on the table.
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Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood Is 1 of the Most Underrated Supernatural Thrillers of the 20th Century

One of Kurosawa's best films is Throne of Blood, a Shakespearean drama that also happens to be an underrated supernatural ...

Denzel Washington doesn't care about awards, admits he 'shouldn't have won' some: 'I don't do it for Oscars'

Washington added in a new interview that "man gives the award, God gives the reward," and that awards won't do him any good ...
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In 'Highest 2 Lowest,' Spike Lee reinterprets Akira Kurosawa's classic 1963 film

Spike Lee's new film "Highest 2 Lowest" stars Denzel Washington as a record mogul whose life is upended by a kidnapping.
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What to stream: Choose a Kurosawa original or one of many remakes

For his latest film “Highest 2 Lowest,” Spike Lee has turned to one of his influences, and one of cinema's most iconic ...
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Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky had a rap battle. One is claiming victory

A$AP Rocky had no idea Denzel Washington was going to throw Nas at him. Midway through Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest,” a New ...
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Things to Do: Kurosawa and Godzilla, 'Unruly Spaces' at BAS, African American trolley tour at Forest Lawn

Most famously, the acclaimed filmmaker’s 1958 samurai/action-adventure film “The Hidden Fortress” was the primary influence for George Lucas when he made “Star Wars.” In the Kurosawa film, two ...