Sinners Exhibit at Warner Bros. Studio Tour Burbank

Fans of “Sinners” have a few weeks left to get up close with the costumes, props, and prosthetics that helped Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller sweep this year’s Oscars. Warner Bros. Studio Tour in Burbank is hosting a dedicated exhibit through April 30, tucked inside the tour’s “Stage 48: Script to Screen” section, and it’s included with standard admission.

The film took home four Academy Awards on March 15, including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Cinematography for Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Best Original Screenplay for Coogler, and Best Original Score for Ludwig Göransson. It also pulled in a record 16 nominations across categories that translate directly into what’s on display here: Costume Design, Production Design, Hair and Makeup Design, and more.

The exhibit leads visitors through the world of 1932 Mississippi that Coogler built on screen. Jordan’s dual costumes for twin brothers Smoke and Stack anchor the collection, displayed alongside the costume worn by Miles Caton’s blues prodigy Sammie Moore. The supporting cast gets representation too. Visitors can see what Wunmi Mosaku wore as Annie, Delroy Lindo’s Delta Slim costume, Omar Miller’s Cornbread, and Hailee Steinfeld’s Mary, all authentic pieces pulled from production.

A section dedicated to Club Juke and Clarksville brings the film’s setting into physical focus. Original props on display include the chair used by the Sammie Moore character, a guitar, and a concert poster for the same character. Artwork, production photos, and video clips from the film run as backdrop throughout, giving context to the pieces without requiring visitors to have seen the movie first, though it certainly helps.

The prosthetics case is the most visceral stop in the exhibit. Miller’s Cornbread character gets a dedicated display featuring the fangs and headpiece used for his vampire transformation. For anyone curious about how practical effects still drive big-budget filmmaking, this is the kind of close-up access that’s hard to find anywhere else.

Arkapaw’s Best Cinematography win at this year’s Oscars made history. She became the first woman ever to win in that category, and the film she shot gives the exhibit its visual language. The deep blues, warm firelight, and oppressive Southern heat that defined “Sinners” on screen come through even in the static display of fabric and props.

Warner Bros. has been integrating exhibit programming into the Studio Tour for years, and this one fits the model well. The Burbank lot is where production infrastructure lives, and the “Script to Screen” section exists specifically to pull back the curtain on how films get made. A Southern Gothic period piece with a groundbreaking cinematographer, a record-setting Oscar haul, and a director at the peak of his creative powers gives the exhibit real substance to work with.

“Sinners” is currently streaming on HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video, which means visitors can do what the exhibit implicitly invites: watch the film before or after, and look at it differently once they’ve stood next to Smoke’s jacket or stared at Cornbread’s fangs through a glass case on a Burbank soundstage.

The Studio Tour runs daily, and the “Sinners” exhibit requires no separate ticket. April 30 is the closing date, which leaves just a few weeks for anyone who has been putting it off. Given that the exhibit covers a film that’s already part of Oscar history, with craftsmanship recognized across multiple categories, this is the kind of stop worth making before the costumes go back into storage.

Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood is located at 3400 Warner Blvd. in Burbank. Tickets and hours are available through the Warner Bros. Studio Tour website.