Film: "Sinners" (2025) (Ebert Center for Film Studies)
- Event Date: Thursday, September 18, 2025
- Time: 7:00 pm–9:30 pm (CDT)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
- Cost: Free
Join the Ebert Center for our first event of the season, a screening of Sinners (2025), a Blues-inflected thriller set in the 1930s Deep South, directed by Ryan Coogler. The surprise blockbuster film follows twins Smoke and Stack's (both played by Michael B Jordon) return to their Mississippi hometown to open a juke joint, where they encounter a greater evil waiting for them. Introduced by Michael Phillips, film critic for the Chicago Tribune for 20 years and Ebert Fellows mentor.
There will be free tacos, popcorn, snacks and beverages.
Contact
For further information on this event, contact Julie Turnock at jturnock@illinois.edu (email link).
All are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.