Unlike most biopics, Malcolm X doesn’t shy away from who the subject of the film really was. Lee knows how important it is to give just as much attention to Malcolm’s vices as well as his virtues.

Early in his career, Marvel star Anthony Mackie starred in one of Spike Lee's most underseen works, a made-for-TV crime thriller.

And “Malcolm X,” Spike Lee’s 3-hour, 21-minute biographical account of the hustler who became a separatist agitator on his way to becoming a passionate humanist, has this great strength: It ...

Spike Lee felt “depressed” while making ‘Malcolm X’. The critically acclaimed biographical film has since become one of cinema’s most important works, despite the immense personal ...

And Spike Lee's retelling of Malcolm's life shows how Malcolm X changed throughout, but it always comes back to him as a person. Moments like this scene humanize him and reveal a side we seldom see.

Civil rights leader Malcolm X would have celebrated his 95th birthday on May 19. Mark the day by watching Spike Lee’s epic 1992 biopic, 'Malcolm X.' ...

An anti-Spike Lee rally was even held in Harlem led by black radical poet Amiri Baraka. “We will not let Malcolm X’s life be trashed to make middle-class Negroes sleep easier,” said Baraka.

He said, ‘Spike, it’s three hours, but don’t tell ‘em I said so!’” Lee explained. “I felt that if that subject justified three hours, so did Malcolm X.

OPINION - Spike Lee's epic biopic of the controversial and complex Malcolm X became cultural touchstone, made Denzel Washington an A-list superstar and cemented his status a true auteur to be ...