Black History Month Halloween film: Sinners

There is a scene in this piercing, spellbinding film, where bodies move through music, space and, crucially, time. The definition of poetry in motion, it is arguably the best single, movie sequence of the year, (and one of the best of any year), and it perfectly encapsulates Ryan Coogler’s latest and more personal work.

In between history and fiction, fantasy and reality, life and death, the past and the future, then and now, the promising caress and violent honesty of music, and more than 2 film genres, Sinners finds its sweet spot and utterly unique voice.

Ambitious. Audacious. A true original. The 5th feature film from the director of Fruitvale Station, Creed and the Black Panther movies became a worthy early favourite and remains a front-runner in this year’s Oscar race.

So join us for a groundbreaking, big screen, audiovisual journey through music, space and, crucially, time.

Reviews:

“The settings are stunning, the music stirring and the party scenes electric. In one gorgeous, metaphysical moment, Coogler draws across centuries and continents with breathtaking scope, passion, and poetry. See it in IMAX if you can, and stay for the credits.” Elizabeth Weitzman, TimeOut

“Sinners is one of the most distinctive, confident mainstream films of the modern era.” Jake Cole, Slant

“Coogler… sees how the present becomes the future in the blink of an eye, but also how the past… never fully disappears. Sinners is about vampires, perpetual outsiders who desperately yearn to belong, but whose silky promises are rooted in treachery. Mostly, though, Sinners is alive to the mystery of music: the way, for centuries, white people and Black people seemed to hear and feel music differently, until somehow the sounds they were hearing, and making, merged and blurred into a kind of aural futureworld, one that’s still unfolding today.” Stephanie Zacharek, Time

“It’s both a wildly ambitious meditation on American history and a rip-roaring good time. ” Dana Stevens, Slate