“Nickel Boys,’’ has earned two Oscar nominations – for best picture and adapted screen-play. The movie is based on Colson ...

Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all ...

“Nickel Boys” — first a novel by Colson Whitehead, now the feature narrative debut of filmmaker RaMell Ross — tackles a lot ...

“Nickel Boys” is a lush and essential reimagining of one of Florida’s most shameful chapters. I took in a Tampa screening of ...

Nickel Boys, the film based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2019 novel, marks the narrative feature debut of director RaMell Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay with producer Joslyn Barnes.

Nickel Boys,” playing at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center starting Jan. 31, is not an easy film. Based on the ...

The most impressive feat a film can pull off is to convince its viewers they are seeing something wholly original. Even more ...

Ross’ adaptation of “Nickel Boys” remains a relentlessly heart-wrenching watch through and through. The movie’s ...

Nickel Boys” tells the story of Elwood and his friend Turner. Although the film does include harsh scenes, its focus is on ...

A movie based on north Florida's shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys has received two Oscar nominations for the 2025 ...

The astonishingly beautiful opening moments of RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” signal that this is ... a marble, strangely free in a place of captivity, bouncing down a stark staircase; the ...

Nickel Boys just came out this week, but critics have already dubbed it a "masterpiece" and one of the best films of the year. The film is an adaptation of Colson Whitehead's novel of the same ...