The article highlights significant movies released in 2025, emphasizing the importance of early-year offerings as potential awards contenders. A key focus is on Ryan Coogler's horror film Sinners, set in 1932 Mississippi Delta. The film, featuring twin brothers and a blues prodigy, combines dark humor with chilling elements, showcasing complex musical narratives that explore historical racial dynamics and the longing for belonging. It’s praised for its haunting mystery and depth, suggesting enduring themes of freedom and unity amid gothic horror.
"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."
"What makes Ryan Coogler's extraordinary horror entertainment Sinners so effective—so chilling, so hypnotic, and occasionally so grimly funny—is the way it yields to mystery, never seeking to overexplain."
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