http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-330-spike-lee/topic-rss.do Spike Lee RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23746616-new-yorks-divisions-show-up-our-racial-harmony.do Watching Do The Right Thing again should make us want to celebrate London's spirit of tolerance 2009-09-21T08:28:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23715130-bleached-out-michael-jackson-is-no-role-model-for-me.do It is exactly a week since the ridiculous mass hysteria first erupted over the death of MJ (as he is now being called). For seven days the nation has been deluged with little else but the ceaseless outpourings of grief 2009-07-03T07:28:27Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23714048-quarter-of-a-million-to-see-michael-jacksons-body.do Up to 250,000 fans expected to descend on Neverland Ranch, where Michael Jackson's body is to be put on public view 2009-07-01T06:19:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23689595-new-orleans-spirit-burns-bright-for-terence-blanchard.do Trumpeter Terence Blanchard is making a dignified transition from youthful firebrand to elder statesman. 2009-05-11T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23676896-watch-out-for-the-mother-in-law-in-not-easily-broken.do Not Easily Broken doesn't stray far from cliché but transcends it when its lively actors take hold. 2009-04-15T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23587788-harmonies-on-major-scale-at-jazz-festival.do God help anyone who was not jolted into a beatific state by the celestial voices and exuberant rhythms of Take Six. 2008-11-17T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23583469-the-perfect-public-kiss.do Barack and Michelle Obama proved how to get it right when it comes to centre stage kissing 2008-11-07T08:34:04Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23582482-a-mad-happy-november-night-in-grant-park.do Chicago became the biggest open-air party in the world as people flooded the streets to celebrate 2008-11-05T09:06:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23582639-will-michelle-be-the-radical-in-the-oval-office.do 2008-11-05T13:38:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23546738-stars-come-out-for-obama-as-hollywood-moves-to-denver-for-candidates-historic-speech.do First word on Barack Obama's historic nomination acceptance speech from a bevy of celebrities in attendance was decidedly partisan: 'It was excellent,' Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie said. 'It was amazing.' 2008-08-29T10:06:10Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23531907-isaac-hayes-and-bernie-mac-the-soul-men-stars-who-died-before-the-films-release.do When Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac signed up to star alongside each other in the upcoming movie Soul Men, nobody could have predicted both men would be dead before the film's release. 2008-08-13T12:16:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23516794-i-could-have-been-dead-but-gained-self-esteem.do 2008-07-16T08:17:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23516805-terence-blanchard-blows-up-a-storm.do Terence Blanchard doesn't slash and burn. His band makes powerful points and intercommunicates on a far deeper plane than the average. 2008-07-15T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23496939-kids-have-a-choice---you-can-put-down-a-weapon.do The writer, director and star of Kidulthood insists its portrayal of teenage sex, violence and drug-taking reflects his own experience of life in London 2008-06-20T07:34:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23496725-the-great-lost-american-move.do As a director representing black America, Charles Burnett is as important as Spike Lee, argues Derek Malcom as he reviews Burnett's seminal piece of cinema. 2008-06-18T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23494650-bringing-sexy-courtside-becks-hooks-up-with-justin-timberlake-at-lakers-basketball-game.do It was a meeting of two of the showbiz world's biggest male stars - and a sight to make the heart of most red-blooded females beat unseasonably fast 2008-06-13T11:22:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23443069-the-time-is-right-for-me-to-wear-a-turban-too.do Hillary Clinton's team is under suspicion following the appearance of a picture of her rival, Barack Obama, wearing a Somali Muslim turban. Whoever is responsible no doubt hopes to undermine his presidential campaign. I think the photo will only enhance Obama's multicultural mystique 2008-02-27T09:39:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23426089-the-making-of-a-great-othello.do Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Moor in the Donmar Warehouse’s production has been hailed as one of the best ever. Experiencing a ‘memorable jealousy’ gave him the necessary inspiration. 2007-12-07T12:51:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23410960-dvds-of-the-week.do The week's top DVDs are led by an example of British film at its best in This Is England. 2007-09-03T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23396674-searching-for-signs-of-the-zodiac.do If you have the patience David Fincher's Zodiac, a meticulously made thriller about the serial kiiller who terrified San Francisco in the Sixties and Seventies, should provide ample reward. 2007-05-16T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23363615-dvd-reviews-tommys-quest-for-justice.do Tommy Lee Jones makes his directorial debut with The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada while Clive Owen thinks he's planned the perfect bank robbery in Inside Man. 2006-08-07T23:00:00Z