Time to declare war on the shaky camera

The obnoxiously photographed "Battle: Los Angeles" shows how utterly bankrupt a movie technique has become
By: Matt Zoeller Seitz
March 15, 2011

How to describe the aggressive dreadfulness of "Battle: Los Angeles," maybe the worst-directed Hollywood movie I've ever seen? Incompetent doesn't do the trick, because it implies an inability to master basic craft. That's not the case here. "Battle: Los Angeles" takes one of the more controversial cinematography fads of recent years -- the "shaky camera and shallow focus equals 'reality'" fad -- to noxious new levels of excess. The movie is the work of professionals who decided to make their film look bad on purpose.

Soliciting School Photographs

We are soliciting school photographs, class photographs and yearbooks from fellow classmates of Spike's who attended the following Public Schools during these years:

P.S. 29
1st grade - 1963 - 1964
2nd grade - 1964 - 1965
3rd grade - 1965 - 1966

27 and Counting

Check out the new Yankees Spike Lee Joint for New Era


click the image to go to New Era website

Beyond the Shadows

The HBCU Athlete

The grind of history.  The reality of human disposition, and the social and political incubations of an emerging nation.  With the excitement and adulations associated with March madness and the pervasive permutations of sports that have become a globalize industry, the tremendous struggles and accomplishments of those that toiled and built a lasting legacy, coaches, and administrators, especially the Black athlete at Historical Black Colleges and Universities.

A Tattooed Nation

The inimical perception of the behavior of athletes in the NBA have been called into question, including the good offices of the NBA and the NBA Players Association.

No Feud with Tyler Perry by Spike Lee

Despite what has been written or said I'm not feuding with Tyler Perry. I was on a show being interviewed by Host Ed Gordon. The only words pulled from my answer about Mr. Perry were 'Coonery and Buffoonery'. Please read the below transcript of the exchange. I feel Artists should be able to critique each other's work, Athletes and Musicians have been doing this for ages. As long as it's given in a loving spirit (which my opinions were) it's all good.

Thank you for reading.
Spike Lee
Filmmaker
Brooklyn, New York
3/17/10