Third Lady on the Moon

one thing that really stands out when rewatching sinners is how the characters almost KNOW that they're in a horror movie without knowing. so much of the buildup of the party and the interpersonal drama gets downplayed by the final act and the bloodshed but before they know about the vampires, they're planning and fighting and building and it all gets wiped to ashes by the attack. and it's such a clean metaphor for the way black communities were and are destroyed by white machinations that never even considered the intricacies of the lives being lived. god I actually cannot get over how much time this movie spends on detailing lives that we the audience know are under distinct attack. and the characters live their lives with this ever present threat of violence, but they're still dreaming and scheming and arguing and threatening each other. idk maybe it's because I don't watch tons of horror movies but I've never seen a movie spend so much time on the immediate plans of people we all know are about to die.its not like "one day I wanna go to college 😃" it's like "tomorrow we're going to the store" and "I will be beating your ass in the morning" and only one person survives that sunrise. and the audience is screaming oh my god there's vampires outside and the characters are saying there's always vampires outside.