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fromIndieWire
1 day ago

Praying 'Sinners' Wins Best Picture? Try the Hypnotic Vampire Classic 'Ganja & Hess' While You Wait

Black horror cinema predates 2017; 'Ganja & Hess' (1973) used vampire mythology to explore Black identity decades before contemporary films like 'Sinners.'
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

Ryan Coogler on "Sinners," His Epic Film about Race, Music, and the Undead

When the Oscar nominations were announced this year, Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' set a record. It received sixteen nominations, the most for any film ever. The fact that it's, in part, a vampire movie, made by a director who's not yet forty, makes that feat all the more remarkable.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

If you loved 'Sinners,' here's what to watch next

In a straightforward metaphor for all the ways Black culture has been co-opted by whiteness, the raucous pleasures and sonic beauty of the juke joint attract the interest of a trio of demons they wish to literally leech off of the talents and energy of Black folks.
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fromFuncheap
4 months ago

Profs & Pints San Francisco: Nosferatu and Erotic Horror

Nosferatu embodies dark eroticism and seductive horror, depicting vampiric power that both repels and attracts across a century of cinematic reinvention.
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