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A chronological deep dive into the films of our favourite directors. Hosted by Reece Crothers and Bjorn Olson.
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Reece and Bjorn take a deep dive into Spike Lee's second joint from 1996, Get On The Bus, starring Charles S. Dutton as a bus driver carrying a group of black men to Washington D.C. for the million man march.
Reece and Bjorn are joined by special returning guest Jason Azzopardi for a deep dive into Spike Lee's newest joint, 2025's Highest 2 Lowest, a remake of master Akira Kurosawa's classic tale of two worlds colliding after a kidnapping.
Reece and Bjorn take a deep dive into Spike Lee's Netflix produced Vietnam/Gold Heist/grief picture, "Da 5 Bloods," featuring a blistering, shoulda-been-nominated performance from Delroy Lindo.
Reece and Bjorn dive deep in Spike Lee's 2015 quasi-musical, Chi-raq, the first film produced on Amazon's then-brand-new film division.
On this week's episode, Reece and Bjorn are joined by special guest, co-host of the Black Dog After Dark podcast, Darren Gay, for a deep dive into Spike Lee's 2014 remake of Bill Gun's Ganja & Hess - "Da Sweet Blood of Jesus."
In this week's episode Bjorn and Reece are joined by special guest Brendan Whelton for a deep dive into the head scratcher that is Spike Lee's remake of South Korean classic, Oldboy.
On this week's episode, Reece and Bjorn take a deep dive into Spike Lee's personally-financed neighbourborhood drama about faith and trauma, 2012's Red Hook Summer, starring Clarke Peters in an incredible lead performance.
Reece and Bjorn discuss Spike Lee's underseen and under appreciated 2008 joint, the epic war drama, The Miracle at St. Anna, which attempts to address the lack of films portraying the black experience of WW2.
Reece and Bjorn are joined by very special returning guest Cameron Pulley for a deep dive discussion about Spike Lee's 15th feature film joint, 2004's whistle-blower sex farce (yes, you read that right) She Hate Me.
Reece and Bjorn are joined by special returning guest - part of the three timers club - Mark Hanson, Nic Cage-a-holic, co-host of the Bay Street Podcast, and as Bjorn says, "Toronto's Best Film Writer," for a deep dive into Spike Lee's 14th feature film joint - 2002's deeply moving, funny, and devastating Edward Norton led ensemble drama, 25th Hour.
Reece and Bjorn are joined by returning special guest, former Queen Video clerk (and guest editor!) for a deep dive into Spike Lee's 13th feature joint - the blistering satire on media and race - Bamboozled.
Reece and Bjorn are joined by special returning guest - and fellow former Queen Video clerk - Brian Davey, for a discussion of Spike Lee's incendiary 1999 crime drama, Summer of Sam.
Reece and Bjorn are joined by returning special guest and fellow ex-Queen Video clerk, Adam Trozollo, to discuss Spike's 11th joint, the searing father-son basketball drama, He Got Game.
Reece and Bjorn take a deep dive into Spike Lee's 9th joint, the raucous 1996 phone sex comedy, Girl 6, starring Theresa Randle and featuring a soundtrack by Prince.
Reece and Bjorn take a deep dive into Spike Lee's 1995 joint, Clockers, based on the genre defining masterpiece novel by Richard Price (The Color Of Money; The Wire) .
Reece and Bjorn are joined by special guest Jason Azzopardi to discuss Spike Lee's follow up to Malcolm X, the sweet valentine to his childhood, co-written with his siblings, 1994's Crooklyn. Featuring searing performances by Alfre Woodard and Delroy Lindo, Crooklyn is another worthy addition to the growing number of Spike joints!
1Reece and Bjorn discuss Spike's 6th joint, the monumental achievement that is Malcolm X, one of the greatest films ever made, anchored by one of the greatest performances of all time by Denzel Washington in the title role.
Reece and Bjorn discuss Spike Lee's jazzy follow up to Do The Right Thing, 1990's Mo Better Blues, marking the director's first of five collaborations with Denzel Washington, never more magnetic and charismatic than he is here as a talented young trumpet player trying to juggle love, sex, and ambition.
Reece and Bjorn are joined by special guest, Yaw Djang, a Manchester restauranteur and former owner of X-Ray Films, for a discussion about Spike Lee's funny and furious masterpiece about race, community, and what happens when things get too hot on one blistering summer day on one simmering block of a Brooklyn neighborhood in 1989, all too relevant today.
Reece and Bjorn discuss Spike Lee’s 2nd joint Scool Daze, about the events and tensions surrounding homecoming week at an all black college.
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