Sinners Review: Ryan Coogler's Magnum Opus Bites Deep Into America’s Southern History
Sinners Bites Deep Into America’s Southern History By Dylan Barbee Courtesy of @sinnersmovie on Instagram Release Date: April 18th, 2025 I had rarely heard or seen anything about Ryan Coogler and Micheal B. Jordan’s newest collaborative film Sinners before it crept into the spotlight with high praise. The marketing for the film seemed very brief, not really revealing anything about the plot which I now know was purposeful. Sinners is a striking period piece that immerses viewers into America’s Jim Crow South, exploring the region’s cultural roots through its music. Departing from Coogler’s previous approach on films like Black Panther and Creed, this original story quickly takes a bold gothic horror twist, using vampires as a haunting metaphor on cultural assimilation and the erasure of Black heritage. The film starts with gangster twin brothers Smoke and Stack (both played by Micheal B. Jordan) returning home to Mississippi from Chicago to open a juke joint to give back ...