Vampires come to Clarksdale, Mississippi – the birthplace of the Blues – in director Ryan Coogler's most recent film, 'Sinners.' ...

Their cousin Sammie, a pastor's son known as Preacher Boy (played by newcomer Miles Caton), is an aspiring musician; his ...

The multi-talented creative breaks down the connection between music and the Black church, and his role in Ryan Coogler’s ...

The rootsy soundtrack to the hit vampire film set in a '30s-era Mississippi juke joint is a streaming smash in an era of ...

If you haven't seen "Sinners" yet, you might want to put your newspaper down for later reading. Because there's an aspect of ...

Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan as the twins Smoke and Stack ... But in another sense, the flash-forward feels crucial to Sammie's story. In his commitment to the blues, you can read the music as an ...

Of course, just as the bouncer Cornbread guards the door in Sinners, pastors and religious leaders are wise to be cautious ...

Writer and director Ryan Coogler's new period drama Sinners is a blues movie that understands this inherently ... The devil is a recurring figure in many songs, his influence a precursor to sin on ...

Blues isn't simply the mother of sin; it is a nexus point along the continuum of Black music, birthing so many modern forms. In Sinners, vampires are the ultimate culture vultures, with the "soul ...

Blues isn't simply the mother of sin; it is a nexus point along the continuum of Black music, birthing so many modern forms. In Sinners, vampires are the ultimate culture vultures, with the "soul" in ...

This moment might call for excessive, imaginative Black art that wants to be gobbled up. That’s Ryan Coogler’s new movie.