Red Hook Summer (movie)

Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers to play Portsmouth in August

2013-05-13 07:22:00

Williamsburg's Bruce Hornsby hasn't been a stranger to local audiences recently. I've seen him show up and jam with both Jackson Browne and Rosanne Cash at area gigs. Last summer, he played a headlining gig at OpSail in Norfolk. Now, he's coming back...

Concert review: Bruce Hornsby at Plaza Live

2013-03-22 12:33:00

For even the most experienced performers, there’s an art to working in the spotlight alone. It takes more than solid material, more than self-assurance and engaging stage presence. All of those elements are required, of course, along with...

Variance scores 'Beauty' deal: Sundance romancer to hit theaters April 12

2013-01-14 16:30:05

Variance Films has acquired all North American theatrical rights to Terence Nance's romancer "An Oversimplification of Her Beauty," a year after its debut at Sundance. Variance will release the film in the U.S. and Canada on April 12. Cinema Guild will...

'Red Hook Summer': Spike Lee summers in Brooklyn, again ★★ 1/2

2012-08-23 00:00:00

Spike Lee's movies generally attempt too much, try too many things, canvass a larger array of characters and situations than even a loosely structured story line can easily accommodate. And that's one of the gratifying traits in his work. "Red Hook...

Nate Parker books 'Non-Stop': 'Arbitrage' thesp joins Liam Neeson airplane thriller

2012-10-06 01:05:09

With his feature career taking off as one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch in 2012, "Arbitrage" star Nate Parker is boarding a flight to "Non-Stop," Jaume Collet-Serra's airplane thriller starring Liam Neeson that will mark Silver Pictures' first film...

Nate Parker in talks for 'Oldboy': 'Arbitrage' thesp would reteam with Spike Lee

2012-09-04 21:55:08

One week after being named one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch in 2012, "Arbitrage" star Nate Parker has entered negotiations to reteam with his "Red Hook Summer" helmer Spike Lee for Good Universe's "Oldboy." A remake of Chan-wook Park's Korean revenge...

PIX11 Attends 'Red Hook Summer' Premiere

2012-08-07 09:23:00

PIX11 attended premiere of Spike Lee's latest film in his “Chronicles of Brooklyn” series RED HOOK SUMMER. Hundreds came out to support the iconic writer/director including Mike Tyson, Gayle King, Laila Ali, Debra Lee, Stephen Hill, Mona...

'Summer' special: 'Red Hook' preems at the DGA Theater

2012-08-09 21:55:07

At the DGA Theater preem of Variance's "Red Hook Summer," Spike Lee felt the aud's love Monday night in Gotham. "He's the ultimate black filmmaker of my lifetime," Toure said. "A man with his own voice who tells black stories in a very black way. If we...

'Bourne' again at domestic B.O. with $40 mil

2012-08-12 21:55:07

Kickstarting a successful re-branding of Universal's near-$1 billion Jason Bourne franchise, the studio's fourth installment, "The Bourne Legacy," scored an estimated $40.3 million domestic debut, plus $7.8 million from 13 smaller day-and-date...

R; 2:01 running time "Red Hook Summer," the latest in Lee's Brooklyn-set ensemble affairs, starts in one key and shifts three or four times into quite another, and then sends you out with a soaring visual and musical tribute to the faces and landmarks of the film's setting.

2012-08-23 07:57:00

Kimberly Herbert-Gregory as Sister Sweet (seated, in background), Toni Lysaith as Chazz Morningstar, Jules Brown as Flik Royale, and Clarke Peters as Bishop Enoch Rouse in "Red Hook Summer."

2012-07-26 14:55:00

Spike Lee, photographed in Brooklyn, N.Y., has a movie coming out called "Red Hook Summer."

2012-07-26 14:54:00