Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' is a transcendent horror film full of complex characters. But there is one main character you might ...

This article was published in partnership with Scalawag, a publication centering Black folks in the South. Subscribe to its ...

In Sinners, Ryan Coogler weaves real historical and cultural elements with fantastic elements to create a unique horror story ...

Ryan Coogler's first original film, 'Sinners,' blends elements of supernatural horror, gangster drama, romance, and blues ...

In particular, the film celebrates Delta blues, music made by Black artists “living under a back-breaking form of American apartheid,” and what Coogler describes as “our country’s most ...

It was a long way from his grandfather’s Delta farm near Tippo ... His inclination to play blues and boogie-woogie came from hearing Black musicians playing in local juke joints, road houses ...

“Sinners,” which has topped the box office in first two weeks in theaters, is a horror thriller with vampires set in the Jim Crow South. A popular Metallica song helped writer-director Ryan Coogler ...

F or those who haven't seen Sinners, the film may seem like your basic historical horror movie, but in reality, it uses time ...

As the story goes, Johnson met the devil at a crossroads and sold his soul in exchange for unparalleled guitar prowess. This perennial fable, rooted in American folklore and the haunting melodies of ...

But the blues is a gateway to transcendence as well as temptation, the soul-deep cry of a people in exile, capable of ...