“This is Devil in a Blue Dress by a hometown hero, Carl Franklin. So, this movie’s a masterpiece. Massive influence on my latest picture, Sinners. But it’s a Great Migration movie. It’s about Los Angeles, but the characters are all from Houston. And it’s just beautiful, man. It’s a Walter Mosley adaptation. You know, my admiration for this film has only deepened. But it’s just an incredible piece of cinema, and an incredible film noir.”