LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: John Cusack has ignited a storm of controversy with a social media post suggesting that Iran should ...

Spike Lee's political satire Chi-Raq filmed on Chicago's South Side for just over a month this summer. "In the time that we were there filming, I believe 65 people were killed and 300 shot" in ...

Chi-Raq’s Lysistrata (a terrific Teyonah Parris), though, is dealing with gangland purples and oranges — the Trojans and the Spartans, as it happens. She does a quick Web search and comes up ...

Chi-Raq is the film’s key example of a Black man trapped in a dangerous world in which he had little choice in being a part of. He is a victim of systematic racism that has left him in a position of ...

Now, Chi-Raq Cuisines is his business venture, one he named to be an eye-catcher. "I'm from Chi-Raq and I once was a part of the problem and I've now become a part of the solution," Jeffries said.

Stuffing “Chi-Raq” to bursting point with different ideas and techniques, he jumps from the goofiest of comic set pieces to a long sermon from John Cusack’s gravel-voiced preacher.

"Chi-Raq" has award-worthy supporting performances by Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, Wesley Snipes and Dave Chappelle, and an award-winning star turn from newcomer Teyonah ...

Chi-Raq review by Paul Heat at the Berlin Film Festival, 2016.Chi-Raq appears at this year’s Berlinale Film Festival out of competition, a couple of months after a very limited US release in ...

Chi-Raq was the first feature to be released by Amazon Studios, and though its box office take was only $2.7 million, it will only grow in visibility thanks to the streaming service.

Though Spike Lee was given an honorary Academy Award at the Governors Awards in November, the “Chi-Raq” director said Monday he will not attend the Oscars next month because of the lack of ...

Chi-Raq, Spike Lee’s film about gang violence in Chicago, features Jennifer Hudson as Irene–a mother whose young daughter is killed. This was an especially difficult role for Hudson on a ...

Various Artists, “Chi-Raq (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (RCA) The soundtrack for Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” aligns with the movie — a mish-mash of styles, time periods and ...