“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 ...

Sammie's character in Sinners is heavily inspired by legendary musician Robert Johnson, with both of them living lives that share many similarities.

Learn more about juke joints and legendary bluesmen Robert Johnson, Charley Patton and Buddy Guy The post 10 Blues ...

Ryan Coogler’s blood-soaked film mixes vampires, Delta blues, the Jim Crow South and twin Michael B. Jordans. A lot of it works — some of it doesn’t.

From props to paint, these Louisiana artists created the look and feel of Ryan Coogler's new vampire movie, filmed here last ...

The film follows twin brothers Elijah “Smoke ... solace, and resistance. Delta blues music, a style born in the Mississippi Delta region, is central to Sinners‘ atmosphere and plot.

Director Ryan Coogler talks about how a trip to Mississippi and a suggestion to shoot on IMAX turned "Sinners" into an ...

What's received less attention in all the fuss over the blues are the nods to Irish, Choctaw and Chinese culture that the movie includes, acknowledging the melting pot of the Mississippi Delta. The ...

Coogler’s love for Delta blues permeates the film, with a soundtrack of slide guitar and harmonica weaving scenes together. The film’s standout moment occurs when Sammie, jamming with the juke ...

It’s not worth recounting how, exactly, a period piece about the Delta blues turns into an action vampire horror. This sort of unusual genre switch-up is a bold move, one that could’ve been a cheap ...

and homespun Delta blues.” Sinners is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, which means it will eventually land on the studio’s streaming service, Max (formerly HBO Max). Since the film has ...

Clarksdale, Mississippi was ground central for Delta Blues and the site where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads. Morgan Freeman appears in the film to describe ...