Passing Strange: The Movie News

12/16/09 There have been years here at A.V. Club Central where the five core writers in the film-reviewing pool have been almost Borg-like in our consensus over the best movies of the year.  |  The A.V. Club

10/20/09 Director Spike Lee is teaming up with comedian Tracy Morgan to release a concert film of the funnyman performing stand-up.  |  The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

09/21/09 The fledgling Sundance Selects label has acquired North American rights to Don Argott's documentary "The Art of the Steal," 10 days after the film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.  |  Variety

09/03/09 Spike Lee has signed on as one of the presenters of "County of Kings," the solo show penned and performed by Lemon Andersen and beginning perfs at Off Broadway's Public Theater later this month.  |  Variety

09/03/09 Scraping by as a struggling songwriter in Amsterdam and Berlin, he falls in with a succession of bohemians and art-world hangers-on, trying to reconcile the romantic vision of African-American expatriates like James Baldwin and Josephine Baker with the reality of being the sole black face in an all-white world full of self-styled revolutionaries who still obediently go home for Christmas.  |  The A.V. Club

08/29/09 In this breathtaking film, Spike Lee captures the highly-acclaimed eponymous Broadway musical show written by singer/songwriter Stew (with music cowritten by his creative partner, Heidi Rodewald).  |  Rotten Tomatoes