It takes a gutsy filmmaker to attempt to remake a classic, and Spike Lee certainly aimed for the sky with Highest 2 Lowest.

However, even if you watch the more popular Kurosawa movies, like Rashomon, Kagemusha, and Seven Samurai, you might not be ...

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

Akira Kurosawa's movies have influenced many Hollywood films, from Spike Lee's recent Highest 2 Lowest to the classic ...

Spike Lee's latest masterpiece, Highest 2 Lowest, delivers an epic ending but fails to immortalize itself in the same way as ...

In Highest 2 Lowest, a loose remake of the 1963 crime-thriller High and Low, the director shows off his knack for framing New ...

Over the decades, filmmakers have attempted to replicate the legendary Akira Kurosawa‘s filmography, but few have come close ...

From July 18 to 31, Film Forum will screen the new 4K restorations of “High and Low,” “Throne of Blood,” “Stray Dog,” “Ikiru,” “Yojimbo,” “Sanjuro,” and “The Hidden Fortress.” The festival coincides ...

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

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