7 h. ago How director Ryan Coogler’s historic Sinners deal with Warner Bros could change his life

The’ Black Panther’ director will own the film after 25 years

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61 h. ago Why movie fans are divided over 'best reviewed film of the decade'

A new horror film is dominating the box office and wowing critics. Sinners, from Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, has been called 'the best reviewed wide-release film of the decade'.

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5 d. ago Sinners is a horror film about the highs and lows of the Black experience | Andrew Lawrence

Ryan Coogler’s wildly ambitious period vampire movie is set around the great migration and uses supernatural and real-life horrors to smartly make its pointWhen it comes to centering the Black experience on film, director Ryan Coogler has carved a fruitful and unprecedented niche. Fruitvale Station reconstructs the final hours in the life of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Oakland man killed by a transit cop on New Year’s Day. The Creed franchise tarries in the space between Black athletic genius and fatherlessness. The Black Panther franchise meditates on the relationship between Black Africans and the global diaspora. Now comes Sinners, a Jim Crow period piece that frames the Black experience in America as a horror show – complete with real scars.The film, which made its theatrical debut over the weekend, follows Sammie – a young guitar hero (played by newcomer Miles Caton) itching to break away from his preacher father and the family church to play the blues for the unsaved masses. He...

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7 d. ago X Files director Ryan Coogler reveals he’s spoken to Gillian Anderson about reboot

‘She’s incredible and fingers crossed there’ said Coogler

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9 d. ago Sinners review: two Michael B Jordans battle supernatural hell in a rollicking fight for their souls

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler’s genre-busting horror is devilish fun with a side of social commentary

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9 d. ago ‘My heart broke’: director Ryan Coogler on mourning Chadwick Boseman, rebooting Black Panther and his new movie Sinners

The highest grossing Black film-maker of all time is known for his superhero movies and reinventing the Rocky franchise. Now he’s made his most personal film yet – and it’s a vampire thrillerWe’re supposed to be talking about movies, but Ryan Coogler has family on his mind when we have our video call – parents, siblings, twins, ancestors and, most of all, his two daughters. “It’s all good, kids not up yet,” the director says in his Oakland drawl. He’s speaking from a New York hotel room, the morning after the premiere of his new movie, Sinners. But, sure enough, 10 minutes into our conversation, his daughters, three and five, come into the room and bundle on to his lap. “Aw, here’s my little ones, bro.” A toy boomerang flies into and out of shot. “Daddy’s gotta work,” he patiently explains. Noises off-screen and doors closing.Anyway, where were we? Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sinners review: two Michael B Jordans battle supernatural hell in a rollicking flesh

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler’s genre-busting horror with a saucy side serving of Hailee Steinfeld is devilish fun

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2 w. ago Black Panther director reflects on devastating impact of star Chadwick Boseman's death

The posthumous Emmy winner tragically died, at age 43, in 2020 following a secret four-year battle with stage III colon cancer

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