Highest 2 Lowest' is in select theaters on Aug. 22 before streaming on Apple TV+ starting Sept. 5 Spike Lee thinks his new movie with longtime collaborator Denzel Washington may be their last on-screen project together.

Highest 2 Lowest was shot across New York with elaborate action scenes in the Bronx, set against the backdrop of Yankee Stadium. During the presser, Lee was asked about shooting in New York and how he thinks the recent drop in production in the city could be resolved.

Spike Lee is calling out a bad call from the Academy more than 30 years later: The auteur, along with most cinephiles, is convinced that Denzel Washington was snubbed for the Best Actor Oscar for "Malcolm X.

Spike Lee threw some shade at Donald Trump during the Cannes Film Festival press conference for his latest joint "Highest 2 Lowest."

Spike Lee reunites with Denzel Washington for a movie that starts off a mess and ends up somewhere great. Photo: David Lee/A24

Lee's "re-imagining" of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller 'High and Low' also stars Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, Wendell Pierce and rappers ASAP Rocky and Ice Spice.

The sound system at the Carlton Beach was blasting out James Brown's “The Boss” while, incongruously, Spike Lee was engaged in a Rodgers and Hammerstein sing-along. "There's a bright, golden haze on the meadow,