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

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

Over two months after its theatrical debut, the acclaimed drama Nickel Boys saw a major increase in its theatrical footprint ...

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

Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson in "Nickel Boys." Nickel Boys—director RaMell Ross’ drama that earned a 2025 Best Picture Oscar nomination Thursday—is coming soon to streaming video on demand.

From the very first moment of “Nickel Boys,” there is an undeniable creativity that, over the course of the narrative, takes its final form in a beautifully crafted film, story and art piece. Taking ...

My name is RaMell Ross. I am the co-writer and director of “Nickel Boys.” “Young man! Young man. Do — Do you know a student named Elwood Curtis?” Hattie, who’s played by Aunjanue Ellis ...

(L-R) Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson in 'Nickel Boys' Everett On Thursday, documentary filmmaker RaMell Ross scored his first feature film nomination—Ross was previously nominated in 2018 for ...

But on “Nickel Boys,” the acclaimed drama about the inhabitants of a Jim Crow-era boarding school, the line between composition and performance is dissolved. Shot almost entirely from the ...

We have a huge team that has been out there hitting the pavement for Nickel Boys. However, I was on my couch in my studio under the covers [laughs]. I had some popcorn and a blue Gatorade watching ...

One very pleasant surprise in the list was the inclusion of RaMell Ross's superb Nickel Boys in the Best Picture line-up, a film that was critically acclaimed and certainly one of the year's most ...