Spike Lee thinks Denzel Washington should have won the best actor Oscar for 'Malcolm X' over Al Pacino, but means 'no disrespect.'

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington have walked a long road together. The director and actor’s collaboration has run for 35 years, starting with “Mo’Better Blues” and including the seminal “Malcolm X.” But one thing they’ve never done is ascend the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival as comrades in arms.

Denzel Washington was the willing recipient of a surprise Palme d'Or honor on Monday night, but he was less enamoured with the attention he received from a photographer. Walking the Le Palais red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival,