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Tyler Haas
April is Ryan Coogler month at Cinema Tyler!
If you're like me and you haven't stopped thinking about Sinners for the past year, this upcoming block is for you. I'll be screening each of Coogler's four previous theatrical releases, capping it off with a 70mm screening of Sinners at the newly renovated Castro Theater on April 22 (tickets are still available as I'm writing this).
Coogler's filmography is consistently great with works that blur the line between artful dramas and crowd-pleasing blockbusters. It's going to be a great month!
- Mon, April 6 @ 7:30 – Fruitvale Station (2013) – Ryan Coogler
Ryan Coogler's debut film and debut teamup with Michael B. Jordan tells the true story of Oscar Grant, a 22-year unarmed man shot and killed in Oakland by BART police while unarmed, handcuffed, and on lying on his stomach. Coogler and Jordan take a story that could be a simple tragedy and manage to weave a great deal of beauty and human pathos through it. It's an incredible debut work and well worth catching if you haven't seen it.
- Thu, April 9 @ 7:00 – Creed (2015) – Ryan Coogler
The seventh installment of the Rocky Balboa boxing franchise has no business being this good. Coogler takes what might have been just another ill-advised attempt to cache in on IP and delivers one of the greatest sports films ever. MBJ is phenominal (and extremely jacked). We even get an Oscar nominated performance from Sylvester Stallone, a man hadn't made a good film in like 30 years! It's incredible!
- Mon, April 13 @ 7:00 – Black Panther (2018) – Ryan Coogler
The cultural phenomenon that was Black Panther needs no introduction. It rocked when it came out and it still rocks now. I have thoughts about how much DNA these films share with Sinners. Come revisit them if you want to hear more.
- Wed, April 15 @ 7:00 – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) – Ryan Coogler
Wakanda Forever is a film about grief and grappling with the bone-deep anger that follows after a loss. Made in the wake of Chadwick Boseman's tragic death and in the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic, it draws connections between personal loss and societal loss at the hands of colonialism. It's not a perfect film, but for a Marvel movie it's surprisingly underdiscussed.
- Wed, April 22 @ 7:30 @ the Castro Theatre – Sinners (2025) – Ryan Coogler
This will be the my fourth time seeing Sinners in a theater and I can't wait. If you missed it in theaters—or even if you didn't—you need to come experience it how it was meant to be enjoyed. Come celebrate a local hero. Come celebrate a film shot by the first woman to win an Oscar for cinematography. Come celebrate the newly re-opened Castro Theatre. Come celebrate film. Purchase tickets here.