Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys has been adapted for the big screen. In 2019, Whitehead spoke with Dave Davies when the book was released. It's set in the early '60s,
O ver two months after its theatrical debut, the acclaimed drama Nickel Boys saw a major increase in its theatrical footprint after scoring a hugely coveted Best Picture nod at th
A movie based on north Florida's shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys has received two Oscar nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards.
The most impressive feat a film can pull off is to convince its viewers they are seeing something wholly original. Even more impressive is when a film can accomplish this while adapting a work, making it definitionally unoriginal.
Nickel Boys, the film based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2019 novel, marks the narrative feature debut of director RaMell Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay with producer Joslyn Barnes.
The screen format is an unexpectedly old-school square, and what we see in that square is clearly through a child’s eyes as he experiences the world.
Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, now a feature film, is based on a notorious Florida reform school where boys were beaten and sexually abused. Originally broadcast July 16, 2019.
Currently, the only way you can watch The Brutalist is by heading to the theater. There's no official digital or streaming release date, but we'll update this list once the date is released. As an A24 film, we do expect it to eventually make its way to Max alongside other A24 theatrical releases.
Director RaMell Ross's "Nickel Boys," which was nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, is not yet available on streaming.
"African Americans and Labor" is this year's theme for Black History Month, which begins Saturday, Feb. 1. The Hinsdale Public Library will recognize the month with special displays of books by black authors.
Nickel Boys,” playing at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center starting Jan. 31, is not an easy film. Based on the Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by Colson Whitehead, the tale is raw. The film’s title refers to the Nickel Academy,
“Nickel Boys” is a lush and essential reimagining of one of Florida’s most shameful chapters. I took in a Tampa screening of the film, directed by RaMell Ross and recently nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, eager to see the interpretation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Nickel Boys.”