Kory Nicholoff could have seen “Sinners” in a movie theater in his hometown of Detroit. Instead he drove nine hours round trip to see it in Indianapolis.He wanted to watch Ryan Coogler’s horror film about vampires and blues music in the most expansive,

For more than a decade, Coogler has been Hollywood's quiet revolutionary - symbolizing, for the Black community, a figure akin to our very own Christopher Nolan. From chronicling the final hours of Oscar Grant's life in "Fruitvale Station,

"Sinners," though, is more than just a higher-budget vampire thriller with better production values. There are layers of depth to the story, with the movie also serving as an examination of Mississippi Delta blues music and life under Jim Crow in 1932. And it does both incredibly well.