Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reunite with mixed results – The Mail & Guardian

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reunite with mixed results – The Mail & Guardian

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are one of the most captivating actor-director duos in Hollywood. Right up there with Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio or Ryan Coogler and Michael B Jordan.  I’ll never forget watching Lee and Washington’s towering portrait of African-American revolutionary Malcolm X, originally released in 1992. They also gave us Mo’ Better Blues (1990), He Got Game (1998) and Inside Man (2006).  So, when I found out they we…

Spike Lee hypes himself & Denzel Washington as “dynamic duo”

Believe it or not, it’s been nearly 20 years since Spike Lee and Denzel Washington worked together. And while they have only done five films – ‘Mo Better Blues, Malcolm X, He Got Game, Inside Man, and this month’s Highest 2 Lowest – Spike still considers himself and Denzel to be a “dynamic duo” despite the gap. Speaking with IndieWire ahead of Highest 2 Lowest – a modern version of Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low – Spike Lee said of the reunion, “…