Nothing quite says 1997 New York City like a brand-new VHS. John Carpenter’s 1981 cult classic Escape From New York saw Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken drop into near-future New York City with a mission to save the President. Most of us probably first saw the film on the old school format, which just so happened to be […]
Ryan Coogler Explains Why Sinners Had to Be Made Before Black Panther 3
Ryan Coogler’s presence in genre cinema has demonstrated the filmmaker’s knack for helming blockbuster fare, including the Black Panther franchise for Marvel Studios and Creed, an expansion of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky universe. But it’s been a while since the director, who made his feature debut with 2013’s Fruitvale Station, did something original with his singular […]