Highest 2 Lowest' is in select theaters on Aug. 22 before streaming on Apple TV+ starting Sept. 5 Spike Lee thinks his new movie with longtime collaborator Denzel Washington may be their last on-screen project together.

Highest 2 Lowest was shot across New York with elaborate action scenes in the Bronx, set against the backdrop of Yankee Stadium. During the presser, Lee was asked about shooting in New York and how he thinks the recent drop in production in the city could be resolved.

Spike Lee is calling out a bad call from the Academy more than 30 years later: The auteur, along with most cinephiles, is convinced that Denzel Washington was snubbed for the Best Actor Oscar for "Malcolm X.