Sinners, written and directed by Ryan Coogler, is a horror musical set in 1930s Mississippi, shot in part on IMAX 70mm film, starring Michael B. Jordan as a pair of identical twins who return to their hometown for a new start, only to encounter vampires. It's as ambitious as that sounds and full of ideas and culturally specific nuance, and José loves it. Mike doesn't.

We discuss how the music draws on several influences, not just from the blues of the era but also from Irish folk and hip-hop; the getting-the-band-back-together feel of the opening, in which the twins bring their influence and riches to bear on the creation of the juke joint; the visual design, simultaneously confident and careless; the crowd-pleasing fantasy of an anti-racist Rambo; and the theme of vampirism - what it means and how it's used.

Recorded on 5th May 2025.

442 - Sinners

Tal vez recuerden a la antropóloga amiga Berni Ojeda por su participación en el capítulo de Nosferatu. Seca en vampirismo y otras sobrenaturalidades, Berni vino con Fílmico y hablamos a fondo de Sinners (2025), una de las películas del año, si me preguntan a mí. Puro spoiler, desde muy pronto.

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This week, Ryan Coogler's Sinners.

Twin brothers Smoke and Stack return to the Mississippi Delta from Chicago, bringing with them money and booze. The duo plan to open a juke joint for the local community, and set about preparing for the launch. Little do the pair realise that something sinister is stalking through the night, lurching towards their speakeasy, drawn by the siren call of the blues.

At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes

419. Sinners (#---)

Vampire fans Claire and Gavia discuss 2025's biggest horror movie, Sinners. Directed by Ryan Coogler, this historical drama explores the roots of blues music in 1930s Mississippi, starring Michael B. Jordan as a pair of identical twins who open a juke joint in their home town. Among other topics, this episode covers the film's meticulously researched historical storytelling, its imaginative use of music, and its unique vampire mythos.

Ep. 318: Sinners

Oscar season is six months away, but we’ve already seen one of the best films of 2025. And believe it or not… it’s a vampire movie. The difference is these vampires are directed by Ryan Coogler.

Michael B. Jordan plays twin brothers, Smoke and Stack, who come home to 1930’s Mississippi to start a juke joint. They gather up people from the community to each play a part, including their nephew and aspiring blues singer Sammie (Miles Caton). But their opening night festivities are soon cut short by sharp-toothed patrons who are after far more than alcohol. Ryan Coogler, fresh off directing back-to-back Black Panther movies, delivers the surprise hit of the summer.

Join Jon and Tim as they discuss Miles Caton’s acting debut, office gossip, The Last of Us season 2, Crispin Glover’s weird movies, sinner rankings, the power of word of mouth, Michael B. Jordan’s star-making performance, holy movie scenes, being in the world but not of the world, Ryan Coogler’s Hollywood metaphor, becoming wounded healers, and when the oppressed become the oppressors.

Sinners

¿Sienten los artistas negros presión social por tratar temas raciales? Hoy hablamos de SINNERS (2025) dirigida por Ryan Coogler.

00:00:00 Intro
00:24:45 Hablemos de SINNERS 
01:28:20 Recomendaciones de la semana

Episodio 144. SINNERS de Ryan Coogler

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This week's topics:

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In honor of the Sinners Film joining streaming services this week, we're publishing a teaser of our Patreon recap from May 2025.

The 2025 supernatural horror film written, directed and produced by Ryan Coogler:

"Sinners is set in 1933 in the Mississippi Delta, where Black sharecroppers still work the cotton fields nearly 60 years after the end of slavery. Jim Crow laws bear down on these industrious communities, while the Ku Klux Klan lurks at the edges, ready to pounce. Amidst that oppression and fear, a vibrant culture—of church life, of emergent blues music—thrives. Coogler’s film is a tribute to those traditions, and a sorrowful, furious acknowledgment of the waves of aggressors who, decade after decade, have come to seize or destroy them."

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