There’s no sufficient way of explaining what it’s like to be around Spike Lee, but his new film, “Highest 2 Lowest” comes pretty close. The main character, played by Denzel Washington, is a Knicks fan who won’t tolerate Celtics green in his house.

Denzel Washington had no reason to suspect that Monday night’s Cannes Film Festival premiere of Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” would turn into an all-time moment for him. The actor barely had time to fly in on a private jet,

Lee was joined in the Cannes press conference by Wright and Ilfenesh Hadera, who plays King’s poised and skeptical wife Pam. Highest 2 Lowest marks Lee’s first collaboration with one-time muse Washington since 2006’s Inside Man.