Spike Lee Says This Joint He Wrote With the Co-Creator of 'Game of Thrones' Deserves More Recognition

Few directors alive have a filmography that can rival Spike Lee's. Since his 1986 debut, She's Gotta Have It, the Brooklyn native has helmed some of the most poignant, evocative, and virtuosic films of the modern era. Movies like Do the Right Thingand Malcolm X rightfully hold a permanent place in the canon of American storytelling. But with a career as expansive and impressive as Lee's, it's inevitable that certain films will feel overshadowed or underdiscussed.Recently, while being interviewed on The Big Picture podcast, Lee was asked which of his joints he thinks deserves more recognition and a place among his all-time best. Lee immediately pointed to his 2002 post-9/11 masterpiece,25th Hour. Seeing as it remains one of the most moving and honest portraits of America at that moment—and arguably Lee's most realized depiction of New York City on screen—his conviction about its underrated status is hard to dispute.