How RaMell Ross made best picture nominee ‘Nickel Boys’ as ‘visceral’ as real life
In our first episode back after the Oscar nominations, we chat with 'Nickel Boys' filmmaker RaMell Ross and costume designer Arianne Phillips of 'A Complete Unknown.'
'Nickel Boys,' movie based on Marianna's Dozier School, nominated for Best Picture Oscar
A movie based on north Florida's shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys has received two Oscar nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards.
RaMell Ross On Double ‘Nickel Boys’ Oscar Nominations: “People Are Responding To The Adventure Of Complexity And The Vicarious”
The Academy Awards have picked up their pencils and voted filmmaker RaMell Ross in Best Screenplay and Best Picture at this year's Oscar ceremony
RaMell Ross reimagines Blackness’s aesthetic in Nickel Boys
When RaMell Ross speaks about filmmaking, he doesn’t talk about entertainment or box office success. Instead, he describes his work as “knowledge production” – a means of engaging with the world’s complexity through a lens that challenges conventional storytelling.
‘The way we shot the film is point of view, which means that the audience is the character’: RaMell Ross on ‘Nickel Boys’
The director of the Academy Award-nominated adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel sees his movie as a chance to touch the inner lives of young men who suffered the cruelty of the Jim Crow South
What’s in Our Queue? ‘The Nickel Boys’ and More
I am a photo editor for the International desk. I’m starting the year off by diving into some “serious” watches and reads.
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Review: 'Nickel Boys' pushes the limits of how cinema can tell stories
"Nickel Boys" tells the story of two African American boys at an abusive reform school. Through an exploration of identity ...
'Nickel Boys' Remains Lowest-Grossing Best Picture Nominee Despite Passing Domestic Box Office Milestone
Based on Colson Whitehead's novel and directed by RaMell Ross, Best Picture nominee Nickel Boys isn't faring well at the box ...
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‘Nickel Boys’ is the rare film adaptation that does justice to the book
Is it possible to capture a well-received book’s power without diluting it entirely? With his film “Nickel Boys” (2024), director RaMell Ross passes the adaptation test. Drawing from Colson ...
Brad Pitt Talks to Director RaMell Ross About How His Basketball Career Unexpectedly Influenced ‘Nickel Boys’
Exclusive: See Oscar-winning actor and producer Brad Pitt discuss Best Picture nominee 'Nickel Boys' with writer/director ...
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I’m Booked: “The Nickel Boys”
Written by Ally Abruscato. Graphic by Anna Porter. Among the many books I was lucky enough to receive for Christmas, “The Nickel Boys” became my first completed book of 2025. This Pulitzer Prize ...
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“Nickel Boys” is a viscerally empathetic film that invents a new language of film form
The most impressive feat a film can pull off is to convince its viewers they are seeing something wholly original. Even more ...
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Review: ‘Nickel Boys’ reaffirms subjective storytelling’s political power
An aging Elwood Curtis (Daveed Diggs) jumps between browser tabs in his New York apartment, pouring over news articles about ...