Nickel Boys” has been nominated for a best picture and best adapted screenplay Academy Award, but RaMell Ross is proudest of the film’s contribution to history.

Director RaMell Ross and cinematographer Jomo Fray rigged cameras to the actors’ bodies, allowing the audience to see through the characters’ eyes.

On this week's "Screen Talk," we also recap an invigorating awards weekend and preview the ongoing Berlin Film Festival.

The groundbreaking formalism Ross extracts from this single decision is equally terrifying and awe-inspiring, putting “Nickel ...

It’s clear that “Nickel Boys” is handcrafted with love and respect, offering the real-life victims the dignity that they’ve ...

Ross' Oscar-nominated film centers on two young Black men attempting to survive a brutal Florida reformatory school in the 1960s. He says he's sees the rural South as a "meaning-making space." ...

What scenes from 'Wicked,' 'Anora,' 'Conclave,' 'Nickel Boys' and 'I'm Still Here' were cut from the finished films?

I watched all ten Best Picture nominees for the 97th Academy Awards, and I will review and rank them in this paper. My first ...

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 ...

“Nickel Boys” — first a novel by Colson Whitehead, now the feature narrative debut of filmmaker RaMell Ross — tackles a lot of heavy subjects. Institutional racism in the Jim Crow Sout ...

The new film based on a novel reveals deep character from within. “Nickel Boys,” playing at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center starting Jan. 31, is not an easy film. Based on the Pulitzer ...

Dozier School for Boys has received two Oscar nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards. The film, "Nickel Boys," is an adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead. It tells the ...