The Best Films of 2020 So Far: Highlights in a Strange Year
That Shelf writers select their favourite films of 2020 at the year's mid-point.
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Shelf Survey: The Best Things We Watched In June 2020
From Da 5 Bloods to Batman, here's what we were loving this month.
Da 5 Bloods Review: What’s Happening Brother?
Da 5 Bloods is about five black men who risk their lives and burden their souls fighting for a country that doesn’t love them back. What's more American than that?
Do the Right Thing Screening at TIFF Bell Lightbox Featuring Spike Lee
Academy Award-winning director Spike Lee is coming to TIFF Bell Lightbox for a screening of Do the Right Thing.
Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It Announces Season Two Release Date
Spike Lee and Netflix announce the release date for She's Gotta Have It's second season.
So That Happened: Let’s Discuss Green Book’s Best Picture Win
Let's talk about why Green Book's road to Oscar glory received so much backlash.
Soundtracking: Behind the 2019 Musical Oscar Nominees
Being both a record nerd and an Oscar obsessive, the music categories at the Academy Awards always warrant a particular level of fascination in the Soundtracking universe.
BlacKkKlansman Review
Spike Lee's Blackkklansman is an excoriating, unapologetic shot in the face to Trump's America and may well serve as one of the defining films of this era.
Cannes 2018: BlacKkKlansman Review
Spike Lee's Blackkklansman is an excoriating, unapologetic shot in the face to Trump's America and may well serve as one of the defining films of this era.
Chi-Raq Review
Chicago meets Iraq in this Greek play set in modern day, Chi-raq is one of Spike Lee's most powerful and funniest films in a long time.
Chi-Raq: Spike Lee Interview
While discussing Chi-Raq Spike Lee doesn't agree with everything we say and can't answer all of our questions, but we still bonded over a shared love for Samuel L. Jackson, Francis Ford Coppola, and the Crooklyn soundtrack.
Oldboy (2013) Review
Bullshit.
