Ryan Coogler

1 week ago | letterboxd.com | Ryan Coogler

★★★½ Very fun thriller comedy about a musician who unknowingly brings a group of vampires to a bar in the early 30's. Filled with great visual flair and a fun story overall. Sinners has a lot of fun energy to it but I thought the pacing could be a tad better. Especially when establishing the lead characters at the start. Plus at way over two hours. I feel that it could cut back a few scenes and nothing would be missed. The moment where it shows the evolution of music throughout the years was...

1 week ago | letterboxd.com | Jalen Maki |Ryan Coogler

★★★★½ This fucking rips, man. I hope Coogler makes more horror movies. I’d love to see his take on werewolves. Or the Monster Mash

1 week ago | letterboxd.com | Ryan Coogler |Joshua Briond

i maintain that the first 100 or so minutes of this is one of the greatest films ive ever seen. just masterful storytelling, incredibly stunning visually, intimate, humorous, historically astute as a period piece. so enjoyable and refreshing, with a wondrous score/soundtrack. i love the vampire storyline but would be lying if i said there wasn’t a part of me that could see this going to even greater heights if the film did not have to include the more violent or action-based aspects of the story.

2 weeks ago | letterboxd.com | Kitty Holmes |Ryan Coogler |Carla Monfort

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2 weeks ago | letterboxd.com | Rafael Reyes |Ryan Coogler

It’s really just a generic (in the best way) vampire flick (or a big-budget “American Horror Story”), dressed up with historical texture, tony gloss, and social consciousness, but fun. The civics lesson goes down easy because writer-director Ryan Coogler is a skilled craftsman (except perhaps in terms of overall movie length) and the way he plays around with genres is not off-putting, but engaging.