In the final scene of Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” an aged Sammie Moore (Buddy Guy) sits at a blues venue bar when Elias “Stack” Moore (Michael B. Jordan) and Mary (Hailee Steinfeld) stroll in, frozen in time and looking like the day they were turned to vampires. As they get up to leave, Sammie stops them to land the film’s final emotional punch: “Maybe once a week I wake up paralyzed reliving that night. But before the sun went down, I think that was the best day of my life. Was it like that for you?” he asks.

“No doubt about it,” responds Stack. “Last time I seen my brother. Last time I seen the sun. And just for a few hours, we was free.”

Amid the scene swells the opening strings of “Last Time (I Seen the Sun),” the closing credits song for “ Sinners ” performed by Miles Caton (who p

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