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

For the second weekend in a row, the box office was dominated by “Sinners,” Ryan Coogler’s horror-drama musical about the tension between the ground-level cultural revolution of the blues ...

Warning: This essay contains spoilers for the film Sinners. Sinners stars Michael ... his father warns that the blues is supernatural, but the boy is set on leaving town and pursuing a career ...

The film’s use of music is especially potent—composed by Ludwig Göransson, the score blends gospel, early blues, and experimental strings ... and Coogler stages it like an exorcism by way of a church ...

Pictures shows actors Delroy Lindo, from left, and Michael B. Jordan with director-writer-producer Ryan Coogler on the set of “Sinners.” (Eli Adé/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) This image released by ...

By Mesfin Fekadu Buddy Guy would do just about anything for the blues. So when the guitarist and singer got the call for a role in Ryan Coogler’s musical horror period-drama “Sinners,” the ...

Sinners employed powerful music with moving emotional episodes for its impact. Blues music acted as a powerful emotional force in the film that brought people to their feelings and historical ...

Raw, aching, and undeniably powerful, the story behind Sinners is deeply tied to one man, the legendary Robert Johnson. Robert Johnson was an American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born ...

Warning: This essay contains spoilers for the film Sinners. There's a song written by the jazz singer Billy Eckstine with Sid Kuller called "Blues, the Mother of Sin" that has always been ...