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.
How his basketball past shaped RaMell Ross’s viewpoint in ‘Nickel Boys’
As a guard at Lake Braddock High and Georgetown University, RaMell Ross had to have vision. The same holds true for his career in film.
RaMell Ross on ‘Nickel Boys’; Arianne Phillips talks dressing Chalamet as Dylan
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.’ Yvonne Villarreal is a senior television writer for the Calendar section and co-host of “The Envelope” podcast.
‘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
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.
'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 office.
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.
Brad Pitt Talks to Director RaMell Ross About How His Basketball Career Unexpectedly Influenced ‘Nickel Boys’
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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 ...
How ‘Nickel Boys’ Achieved Its Singular Visual Style
The cinematographer and camera operator behind the Oscar-nominated film — shot almost entirely from the first-person ...
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Reg Lenna Center To Screen Two Films Nominated For Best Picture
The Reg Lenna Center for the Arts will screen the films A Complete Unknown and Nickel Boys, both of which have been nominated for Best Picture. Timothee Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James ...
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How 'Nickel Boys' will shift your point of view
“Nickel Boys” — first a novel by Colson Whitehead, now the feature narrative debut of filmmaker RaMell Ross — tackles a lot ...
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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 ...