The story of RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys,” laced with the cruelties of the Jim Crow-era South, has commonalities with films ...
There, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson) are constantly in the range finder of the school's abusive ...
And yet, with “Nickel Boys,” filmmaker RaMell Ross not only commits to the idea but delivers one of the most powerful films ...
RaMell Ross' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is an ambitious, immersive experience.
The film is told from a different perspective – point of view – with actors staring into the camera to tell the story of an ...
In a world where success is often measured by "likes" on social media platforms, the refreshingly demanding "Nickel Boys" ...
This visually inventive adaptation of a Colson Whitehead novel follows two boys at an abusive school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
The Village Voice review of "Nickel Boys" finds that this film adaptation retains the power of Colson Whitehead's novel.
The film, co-written and directed by RaMell Ross, approaches the story via Elwood (sensitively portrayed by Ethan Herisse), a ...
At a cruel reform school in the Jim Crow South, two adolescent boys, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), grow ...
Here’ and ‘Nickel Boys,’ reviewed.
Filmmaker RaMell Ross doesn't just interpret Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer-winning novel about a racist, nightmarish boys' ...