Denzel Washington descended upon the French Riviera this week for the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where both a lifetime achievement award and an eager photographer awaited his attention.

The Oscar winner had an emotional evening at Cannes, receiving a surprise honor from his longtime friend Spike Lee.

A spokesperson for the Oscar winner sheds some light on the actor's mindset during Spike Lee's "Highest 2 Lowest" world premiere The post Denzel Washington Still Had ‘A Great Evening’ at Cannes Despite Viral Run-In With Handsy Photographer appeared first on TheWrap.

"I think this is it," Lee said of "Highest 2 Lowest," his fifth and perhaps final film with the "Training Day" star.

The two-time Oscar winner couldn’t afford to miss a performance of the starry revival of the beloved Shakespearean tragedy, which has shattered box office records at City’s

Among the weirdest films to premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival is Spike Lee ’s out-of-competition drama-thriller Highest 2 Lowest, the kind of idiosyncratic indulgence only a filmmaker of Lee’s stature is allowed.

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.