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

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

The 1959 Ed McBain crime novel “King’s Ransom” has crossed the Pacific Ocean twice now, and its latest screen incarnation, “Highest 2 Lowest,” makes for a disarming hand-off from the stern gravity of ...

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

You expect a measure (or three) of idiosyncrasy from a Spike Lee movie; few major filmmakers follow their muse with such ornery dedication. So if “Highest 2 Lowest” is Lee’s most ambitious and ...

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

This Saturday, cinema lovers have the rare opportunity to step into the vivid, surreal world of Akira Kurosawa's Dreams with ...

A loosey-goosey remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 classic "High and Low," the film stars Washington as a music business mogul ...

Highest 2 Lowest” — 2.5 stars Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” takes some time to find its groove. But once it does, when the ...

Denzel Washington surprises A$AP Rocky with a freestyle packed with Nas, Tupac and DMX bars in Spike Lee’s Highest 2 ...

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 ...

The director returns to New York City, reuniting with Denzel Washington as a big-time record exec, for a twisty parable about power and conscience.