David Phillips’ Best in Film 2025
The year 2025 has been a well-lauded turn around the sun for film, and reasonably so. This last calendar year ...
Tag: Ryan Coogler
‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ Fight it Out For Cinematic Supremacy in IFJA’s Year-end Awards
In a neck-and-neck race to take home the most awards doled out by the Indiana Film Journalists Association, Ryan Coogler’s ...
Oscars 2026: Is ‘Sinners’ the Oscar Sleeper Hiding in Plain Sight?
At this moment, the race for Best Picture would appear to be One Battle After Another’s to lose. Paul Thomas ...
Oscar Contender Delroy Lindo on ‘Sinners’ Genesis, Development, That Devastating Car Ride
If there is a list floating around of the best working actors to have never been nominated for an Oscar, ...
Michael B. Jordan to Receive Icon Award from Palm Springs International Film Festival
Palm Springs, CA (November 11, 2025) – The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Michael B. Jordan is ...
Miles Caton on His Extraordinary Film Debut in ‘Sinners’ & What’s Next After Achieving Instant on Screen Success
You’d be hard-pressed to recall a more auspicious film debut than that of Miles Caton in Ryan Coogler’s critically acclaimed ...
2026 Oscar Predictions: Who Can Beat Paul Thomas Anderson?
In early days, Paul Thomas Anderson seems poised to collect at least one Oscar next March for One Battle After ...
No Irish, No Blacks, No Vampires: Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ Upends Horror Genre
Ryan Coogler has directed five films, and Michael B. Jordan has been in all of them. Between Black Panther One ...
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