Nickel Boys is a 2024 American historical drama film based on the 2019 novel The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. It was directed by RaMell Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay with Joslyn Barnes, and stars Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson, alongside Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.

Jan 23, 2025 · The ‘Nickel Boys’ director talks about finding artistic inspiration in the works of Terrence Malick, Charles Burnett, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Dec 12, 2024 · RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys,” a stirring cinematic adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, is polished to a remarkable luster. Its assuredness comes on like a stiff breeze on a sticky Southern summer day, telling a boldly conceived story of two Black kids named Elwood and Turner, living during the height of ...

Nickel Boys: Directed by RaMell Ross. With Ethan Cole Sharp, Sam Malone, Najah Bradley, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, "Nickel Boys" chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African-American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

Dec 20, 2024 · In “Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross uses what he calls “sentient perspective” to convey the characters’ view of their world. Critics say the result is stunning.

Dec 23, 2024 · RaMell Ross has traveled one unlike that of almost anyone else to direct his lauded feature debut, “Nickel Boys.” Before adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, he was a...

Dec 12, 2024 · In “Nickel Boys,” one of the most thrillingly innovative American films of the decade, Ross adapts Colson Whitehead’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. It’s about two young men — Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson) — who’ve been sent to an abusive, mid-century Florida reform school called Nickel Academy.

Dec 18, 2024 · RaMell Ross on making ‘Nickel Boys’ a first-person masterpiece: "The intention is to be inside the perspective."

1 day ago · A few months back, I attended a screening of Nickel Boys, followed by a Q&A with director RaMell Ross.It was my second time seeing the film, and its ethereal power washed over me all over again ...

Dec 19, 2024 · Told mostly in the first-person point of view, director RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” is an experiential — and experimental — adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel from 2019. The...