Ryan Coogler's Sinners Turns Horror into History
Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.

Na Câmara da Morte (In the Deathroom) is a short film based on Stephen King's short story of the same name. Armando Costa (Gabriel Alsan), a Brazilian journalist stationed in Colombia, is kidnapped by a local militia. During a violent interrogation and various acts of torture, Pablo Escobar (Uriel Martínez) tries to extract information from Armando, while his allies plan his rescue.
Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.
It’s 2021 and what few LGBTQ+ films that are produced by major film studios continue to star cisgender heterosexual actors, rather than actual LGBTQ+ people.
Gretel & Hansel falters due to its razor thin story and lack of characterization. It loses sight of horror’s key rule: In order to create an effective tale, characters and emotions must be emphasized.
It’s been five months since Wayward premiered on Netflix and it still has some of us in a choke-hold.
The film reminds us to remember the people who had the courage and dignity that had made the world better, even when the memory was absent.
After years of silence, trauma, and backlash, Rose McGowan tells her own story in this miniseries.