Ryan Coogler was deep into writing "Sinners" when he realized the movie was missing something: He needed a moment that would jolt the audience and plunge them into a different space. "Instead of ...

The writer and director Ryan Coogler narrates a sequence from his film. By Mekado Murphy In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in their movies.

Step Up is more than just the franchise that minted Channing Tatum as a star. It’s more, even, than a franchise that gave us a gem of a sequel subhed. It is also the movie that gave us Jon M. Chu, ...