Spike Lee's latest, Chi-Raq, is designed to provoke: women in Chicago's south side go on a "sex strike" to curb gang violence, cribbing from Lysistrata, Aristophanes' comic account of the ...

Yes, "Chi-Raq" is what Lee has also described as satire — a modern treatment of the Greek play "Lysistrata," first staged in 411 B.C. In fact, it's a Spike Lee satire, ...

Indeed, in “Chi-Raq,” gang violence serves as a celluloid proxy — a big screen metaphor — for the myriad shortcomings of African-American men.

As it turns out, Spike Lee’s controversial film “Chi-Raq” isn’t about Chiraq. Not the one Chicagoans have come to know. I attended the film’s premiere at the Chicago T… ...

By 7:40 a.m. Monday, early notices for the hottest potato of 2015 were up online, on both coasts, and the Guardian newspaper in London took note with a roundup titled: “Spike Lee’s ...

Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” is surreal, preachy, and… Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Facebook ...

Opening Dec. 4, Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” is destined to make almost everybody angry — not for what it says about Chicago’s homicide statistics, especially among young African-Americans, but ...

While “Chi-Raq” is very much set in the here and now, its origins date back to screenwriter Kevin Willmott acting in the ancient greek play “Lysistrata,” which “Chi-Raq” is based upon ...

Chi-Raq filmed this past summer, and not long afterward, Amazon’s Ted Hope and Bob Berney approached Roadside Attractions and ongoing partner Lionsgate about handling parts of the title’s release.