Christmas movies are a staple at this time of year, whether you have your classics, your canonical, or just your personal favorites. Within each movie, there are a number of the same tropes and themes: the importance of family, encroaching consumerism, the lost recognition of the holiday, and the diminishing Christmas spirit. In addition, there are often […]

 

 

Spike Lee’s focus, appropriately, is on the process and the passion, not the tabloid conjecture and presumed wackiness.