Editing Spike Lee (section)

=== 2010s ===
In 2012, Lee directed ''[[Red Hook Summer]]'', in which he reprised his role as Mookie from ''Do the Right Thing.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coming of age in Brooklyn movie review (2012) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/red-hook-summer-2012 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=www.rogerebert.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2013, Lee won [[The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize]], one of the [[List of the world's richest literary prizes|richest prizes in the American arts]] worth $300,000.<ref>{{cite web |author=Chris Lee |date=September 18, 2013 |title=Spike Lee awarded $300,000 Gish Prize |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-spike-lee-awarded-gish-prize-20130918,0,5323916.story |access-date=September 19, 2013 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> The same year, he directed ''[[Oldboy (2013 film)|Oldboy]]'', a remake of the [[Park Chan-wook]] [[Oldboy (2003 film)|2003 film]], which was reportedly taken away from Lee in the editing room, leading him to remove his trademark "A Spike Lee Joint" credit for a more impersonal "A Spike Lee Film".<ref name="variety1">{{cite news |author=Maane Khatchatourian |date=November 29, 2013 |title='Oldboy' Will Likely Be Trampled by New Releases in Thanksgiving Rush |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/spike-lees-oldboy-looking-like-a-big-fat-turkey-at-thanksgiving-b-o-1200892692/|access-date=August 4, 2016}}</ref> He followed this with ''[[Da Sweet Blood of Jesus]]'' (2014), which was primarily funded on [[Kickstarter]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foundas |first=Scott |date=2014-06-23 |title=Film Review: 'Da Sweet Blood of Jesus' |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-spike-lees-da-sweet-blood-of-jesus-1201242049/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2015, Lee received an [[Academy Honorary Award]] from the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] for his contributions to film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/news/spike-lee-debbie-reynolds-and-gena-rowlands-receive-academys-2015-governors-awards |title=Spike Lee, Debbie Reynolds And Gena Rowlands To Receive Academy's 2015 Governors Awards |date=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> Friends and frequent collaborators [[Wesley Snipes]], Denzel Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson presented Lee with the award at the private [[Governors Awards]] ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntDXsajJnXI| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/ntDXsajJnXI| archive-date=October 28, 2021|title= Spike Lee receives an Honorary Award at the 2015 Governors Awards|website= [[YouTube]]| date=November 15, 2015|access-date= August 6, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Lee directed, wrote, and produced the MyCareer story mode in the video game ''[[NBA 2K16]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spike Lee Is Writing A Video Game Campaign |url=http://kotaku.com/spike-lee-is-writing-a-video-game-campaign-1709168903 |publisher=[[Kotaku]] |last=Plunkett |first=Luke |date=June 4, 2015|access-date=June 6, 2015}}</ref> Later that same year, after a perceived long dip in quality, Lee rebounded with a musical drama film, ''[[Chi-Raq]]''. The film is a modern-day adaptation of the ancient Greek play ''[[Lysistrata]]'' by [[Aristophanes]] set in modern-day [[Chicago]]'s Southside and explores the challenges of race, sex, and violence in America. [[Teyonah Parris]], [[Angela Bassett]], [[Jennifer Hudson]], [[Nick Cannon]], [[Dave Chappelle]], Wesley Snipes, [[John Cusack]], and Samuel L. Jackson starred in the film. The film was released by [[Amazon Studios]] in select cities in November. ''Chi-Raq'' received generally positive reviews from critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has rating of 82% with the site's critical consensus stating, "''Chi-Raq'' is as urgently topical and satisfyingly ambitious as it is wildly uneven – and it contains some of Spike Lee's smartest, sharpest, and all-around entertaining late-period work."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chi_raq/ |title=Chi-Raq (2015) |work=Rotten Tomatoes |date=December 4, 2015 |access-date=August 6, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Cannes 2018 14.jpg|thumb|Lee and his cast promoting ''[[BlacKkKlansman]]'' at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Lee's 2018 film ''[[BlacKkKlansman]]'', a [[true crime]] drama set in the 1970s centered around the true story of a black police officer, [[Ron Stallworth]], infiltrating the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. The film premiered at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival]], where it won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]] and opened the following August.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/05/19/cannes-2018-winners-spike-lee-blackkklansman-shoplifters/|title= Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman wins Grand Prix award from Cannes|magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date= August 6, 2020}}</ref> The film received near universal praise when it opened in [[North America]] receiving a 96% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] with the critics consensus reading, "''BlacKkKlansman'' uses history to offer bitingly trenchant commentary on current events – and brings out some of Spike Lee's hardest-hitting work in decades along the way."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blackkklansman|title= Rotten Tomatoes – BLACKKKLANSMAN|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date= August 10, 2018|access-date= August 6, 2020}}</ref> In 2019, during the awards season leading up to the [[Academy Awards]], Lee was invited to join a Directors Roundtable conversation run by ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''. The roundtable included [[Ryan Coogler]] (''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]''), [[Yorgos Lanthimos]] (''[[The Favourite]]''), [[Alfonso Cuarón]] (''[[Roma (2018 film)|Roma]]''), [[Marielle Heller]] (''[[Can You Ever Forgive Me?]]''),  and [[Bradley Cooper]] (''[[A Star Is Born (2018 film)|A Star is Born]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/director-roundtable-spike-lee-bradley-cooper-ryan-coogler-more-1169111|title="Movies Fall Apart a Million Times": The Director Roundtable|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=December 14, 2018|access-date= August 4, 2020}}</ref> It was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] (Lee's first ever nomination in this category). Lee won his first competitive Academy Award in the category [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIzK9rFkTx0|title="BlacKkKlansman" wins Best Adapted Screenplay|date=March 25, 2019 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019|title=The 91st Academy Awards &#124; 2019|website=Oscars.org &#124; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=April 15, 2019 }}</ref> When asked by journalists from the [[BBC]] if the [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] winner ''[[Green Book (film)|Green Book]]'' offended him, Lee replied, "Let me give you a British answer, it's not my cup of tea".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXd8vSbAFak| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/QXd8vSbAFak| archive-date=October 28, 2021|title= Oscars 2019 Spike Lee says Green Book 'not my cup of tea'|website= [[YouTube]]| date=February 25, 2019|access-date= August 6, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Many journalists in the industry noted how the [[91st Academy Awards|2019 Oscars]] with ''BlacKkKlansman'' competing against eventual winner ''Green Book'' mirrored the [[62nd Academy Awards|1989 Oscars]] with Lee's film ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'' missing out on a Best Picture nomination over the eventual winner ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/spike-lee-reacts-green-books-oscars-win-1190271|title= Spike Lee on 'Green Book's' Controversial Oscars Best Picture Win|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= February 24, 2019|access-date= August 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/green-book-win-gives-spike-lee-driving-miss-daisy-deja-vu-ref-made-a-bad-call/|title= Spike Lee Gets 'Driving Miss Daisy' Deja Vu From 'Green Book' Win: 'Ref Made a Bad Call'|website= [[The Wrap]]|date= February 24, 2019|access-date= August 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/arts/green-book-interracial-friendship.html|title= Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies?|website= [[The New York Times]]|date= January 23, 2019|access-date= August 6, 2020|last1= Morris|first1= Wesley}}</ref>