Tagged Ryan Coogler

The first Marvel feature of 2018 has landed and looks sure to be one of the biggest films of the year. Long-awaited and much-needed, Black Panther has undeniably struck a chord with audiences worldwide. Our...

The release of Black Panther this week need not only be marked on the calendars of Marvel super-fans. It’s good news for fans of director Ryan Coogler’s previous output, and not just because he’s brought...

Black Panther is the first Marvel instalment of 2018, and it’s opening the year with a bang. Featuring an enormously talented cast, the film tells the story of the Black Panther T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman)...

I was talking, late last week, to a friend who works at the Independent about the impending release on these shores of Nate Parker's once-heralded The Birth of a Nation. As our general displeasure with the...

1. Toronto International Film Festival kicks off with The Magnificent Seven This week the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off with Antoine Fuqua's The Magnificent Seven. Unsurprisingly for...

Marvel Studios has a diversity problem. While I’m personally a big fan of the (admittedly sometimes formulaic) money printers that Kevin Feige and co. have masterminded over the last decade, representation...

Freud theorised that every son would kill his father, but what happens when the father is already dead? For the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed, the answer is simple: fight his name. Ryan Coogler, an...

Shuddering footage extrapolated from a cellphone shows a group of black men sitting on a station floor. One is thrown down and a bang stings the air. Fruitvale Station begins with an ending. Michael B. Jordan...