Coogler: I felt very guilty when he passed away that I wasn’t there enough, and that pursuit of my dream took me away and robbed me of these experiences of being home. This film was a love letter to him and that exploration of the music that he was obsessed with.

The back-to-back boost of “Minecraft” and “Sinners” has given Warner Bros. film chiefs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy some breathing room as they try to lead the storied Burbank-based studio through a daunting recovery period.

Filmmaker Ryan Coogler's newest feature starring Michael B. Jordan released in theaters on April 18 and stunned audiences. Sinners is Coogler's fourth and by far most ambitious feature following Fruitvale Station (2013),