Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer (* * stars out of four, R, opens Friday in select cities) has the pace of a long, languid August day — until about 90 minutes in. Then, this formless drama, anchored by the powerful performance of Clarke Peters, goes from vague and meandering to incendiary. Set in Brooklyn, director [...]
Emerging Jazz Star Jonathan Baptiste: A Gumbo of Style, Passion and Performance
August 21, 2012 | Posted by
This summer, emerging jazz wunderkind Jonathan Batiste made his big screen debut with Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer, following a recurring role on HBO’s Treme. The native of Kenner, Louisiana (also home to Wynton Marsalis) has been carving his path in the music industry since childhood and now draws sold-out crowds to venues including New [...]
Spike Lee’s ‘Red Hook Summer’: A Celebration of African-American Resilience
August 9, 2012 | Posted by
Spike Lee’s messy, meandering, bluntly polemical “Red Hook Summer” has one crucial ingredient: a raw vitality. This celebration of African-American resilience in a struggling New York neighborhood envisions two cultures coexisting uneasily in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. It is on the side of hope. There are the so-called old-timers, the loyal parishioners at [...]
Bruce Hornsby Completes Spike Lee’s ‘Red Hook Summer’ Soundtrack
July 13, 2012 | Posted by
Bruce Hornsby has put the finishing touches on his soundtrack to the Spike Lee film Red Hook Summer, which will be released by 40 Acres and a Mule and opens in New York City August 10 and nationally on August 24th. The self-produced soundtrack consists primarily of Hornsby’s distinctively evocative original instrumental solo piano compositions with two [...]
Another Iconic Look for Spike Lee’s New Joint, ‘Red Hook Summer’
June 19, 2012 | Posted by
Spike Lee’s New Joint, ‘Red Hook Summer‘ – When you look back on the body of work by auteur Spike Lee, what stands out almost as impressively as what he puts on screen is what he puts on his one-sheets, the movie posters that help to stimulate the desire to see the movie. The man [...]
Spike Lee’s Next Joint: Back to Brooklyn for ‘Red Hook Summer’
May 17, 2012 | Posted by
Spike Lee is gearing up for the limited theatrical release of his controversial film Red Hook Summer. The film centers on a teenager Flik Royale from Atlanta who is sent to stay with his very religious grandfather in Brooklyn’s Red Hook projects. Red Hook Summer is the latest installment of Lee’s chronicles of Brooklyn that [...]
