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“Sinners” entered the night with the record for the most Oscar nominations for a single film, with 16.

It leaves with four awards, won by Ryan Coogler for original screenplay, Michael B. Jordan for lead actor, Autumn Durald Arkapaw for cinematography and Ludwig Göransson for score. Arkapaw became the first woman to ever win in her category.

It seemed every time the film’s title came up during the broadcast there would be cheers and a swell of emotion from the audience. The live performance of the nominated song “I Lied to You” re-created the fantastical moment from the film in which generations of musicians collide, weaving together past, present and future.

Since its release in April of last year, the film has been a cultural touchstone and point of extended conversation on its way to some $370 million in worldwide box office. Among this year’s best picture nominees, only “F1” earned more, with $631 million. When Oscars host Conan O’Brien mentioned the name of the film in his opening monologue, it generated a huge ovation from the room.

Directed and written by Coogler, the film tells the story of twin brothers, Smoke and Stack, both played by Jordan. On the opening night of their juke joint in 1930s Mississippi, they are beset by a small band of vampires, intent on turning everyone inside into bloodsuckers.

In accepting his lead actor award, Jordan thanked Warner Bros. executives Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy “for believing in this dream, this vision of Ryan Coogler and betting on the culture and betting on original ideas and original artistry.” (Including its Oscars for “One Battle After Another” and “Weapons,” Warners Bros. ended the night with an 11-Oscar tally, tying the record for most wins by a single studio.)

Across what seemed an extremely long awards season — a run that was even longer for “Sinners” due to its spring release date — the film had many ups and downs. But its momentum seemed to be peaking at just the right time, as seen with the crucial wins for Jordan and the cast at the Actor Awards on March 1.

Regardless of how one feels about its final tally at the Academy Awards, the movie has already firmly established its continued relevance. As The Times’ Greg Braxton recently wrote, “‘Sinners’ is now being increasingly hailed in Hollywood as a groundbreaking symbol of Black artistic excellence, as well as a timely pushback to the divisive political climate that has reached fever-pitch proportions.”

The director of one of the best films of 2025 that’s up for several Oscars is working on a highly anticipated revival of an iconic series

Ryan Coogler’s The X-Files reboot has just been given a thrilling update.

The revamped sci-fi mystery drama was first announced back in 2023, with the acclaimed director releasing his hit period horror blockbuster Sinners in the meantime.

Nearly three years later, the project has finally been given a pilot greenlight by streaming service Hulu, with Jennifer Yale (The Copenhagen Test) coming on board as showrunner.

Black Panther filmmaker Coogler will write and direct the first episode, which will star Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson) as an FBI agent investigating the paranormal.

A synopsis via Deadline confirms the series will follow “two highly decorated but vastly different FBI agents — one played by Deadwyler — [who] form an unlikely bond when they are assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena.”

Deadwyler has a big year ahead as she’ll next be seen in the HBO comedy series Rooster with Steve Carell as well as the third season of Euphoria. Her X-Files co-star has yet to be confirmed.

The original series starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, a believer and a skeptic who investigate unsolved cases known as X-Files.

Originally airing from 1993-2002 over nine seasons, the series is widely considered one of the greatest shows of all time, with Radio Times calling the first episode ‘the greatest pilot in TV history’. It returned for two new seasons in 2016 and 2018.

One Redditor claimed it’s “never to be dethroned”, and someone else agreed: “This show is my #1 of all time. It has its flaws but this is the show I go to every night.

“If TV died as a whole entirely and I was stranded on a desert island, this would be my one and only choice.”

And an X user called it “literally the best show ever made, so beautifully shot and a killer soundtrack!”

The reboot certainly has a daunting legacy to live up to, though thankfully director Coogler has more than enough credentials to meet fans’ high expectations.

His latest film, Sinners, starring Michael B Jordan as twin gangsters who encounter a chilling cult of vampires in 1930s Mississippi, was named the best film of 2025 by the African American Film Critics Association.

The critics consensus on Rotten Tomatoes reads: “A rip-roaring fusion of masterful visual storytelling and toe-tapping music, writer-director Ryan Coogler’s first original blockbuster reveals the full scope of his singular imagination.”

Teasing his next project on the Last Podcast on the Left, Coogler said: “I’ve been excited about that for a long time, and I’m fired up to get back to it. Some of those episodes, if we do our jobs right, will be really f***ing scary.

“We’re gonna try to make something really great and really be something for the real X-Files fans, and maybe find some new ones.”

He also revealed that he had spoken to Anderson about the revamped series, though her and Duchovny’s involvement is currently unconfirmed.

“She’s incredible. Fingers crossed there,” Coogler added cryptically.

The X-Files does not yet have a release date.

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