Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are two of the most iconic filmmakers in modern Hollywood. The pair have made some equally iconic movies together. The new film Highest 2 Lowest marks their fifth film together, though it’s shockingly been nearly two decades since the last one.
While seeing Spike and Denzel work together again is certainly a topic worthy of note, and many have done that, the other thing that makes their project on the 2025 movie schedule interesting to me is the way Spike Lee used it to reference another friend and collaborator, Prince.
