#film-tourism

#film-tourism

The movie played for an unprecedented 14 months, and local parents quickly discovered that the theater doubled as the cheapest babysitter in town. They dropped us off with Maria and the von Trapps at least six to eight times that year, knowing we were in good hands for a few hours of show tunes. Somewhere between "Do-Re-Mi" and the escape from the Nazis over the Alps, I fell hard for musicals, for Austria, and the very handsome Christopher Plummer.

In "Highest 2 Lowest," Denzel Washington plays David King, a music mogul thrust into a dangerous moral predicament when a kidnapping plot spirals out of control. The recent release blends a unique social commentary with director Spike Lee's cinematic flair, marking the duo's fifth joint venture since 2006's "Inside Man." It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2025, earning a nearly six-minute standing ovation, as Reuters reports.