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Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster's The Nolan Show, councillor Jim Rodgers said "serious consideration should be given" on whether the concert should go ahead.

Of the three, which include Clint Eastwood’s “Juror #2” and Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” Coogler’s film is the only one written and directed by a Black filmmaker.

Caldwell put it more bluntly: “‘Oppenheimer’ got them going but let’s face it, Ryan Coogler is not Christopher Nolan.

For many moviegoers, the fervor about the genre-bending film is matched by excitement for Coogler’s technical accomplishments, which follows in the footsteps of Christopher Nolan’s best picture winner, “Oppenheimer.”

“Sinners” puts Coogler in the same company as renowned filmmakers Nolan, Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, who have the clout and expertise to shoot on film, said Keighley.