Ryan Coogler on ‘Sinners,’ Making Oscars History and the Weight of the Moment: ‘My Award Is the Opportunity to Have This Job’

For nearly a century, the Academy has handed out the best director award without ever placing it in the hands of a Black filmmaker. This year that streak, long reduced to a footnote, may move from the margins of history to the center — and Ryan Coogler is the reason why. “Sinners” arrived not only […]

By Clayton Davis