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.'
‘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.
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.
Nickel Boys: RaMell Ross's portrait of the harsh life in a US reform school is a surprise Oscars contender
A tale of two black teenagers coping with the harrowing environment of a US reform school in the 1960s is up for best picture and best adapted screenplay at the Academy Awards.
Post Pitch: On Georgetown alum RaMell Ross’ Oscar nominated film “Nickel Boys”
This week, the Voice’s podcast editor Katie Reddy interviews our writer, Hailey Wharram, about her conversation with Georgetown alum Ramell Ross and his Oscar nominated film Nickel Boys. Tune in to hear the two discuss the film’s origins and to learn more about Ross himself.
‘Nickel Boys’ Screenwriters RaMell Ross And Joslyn Barnes To Receive WGA West’s Paul Selvin Award
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes will receive the Writers Guild of America West’s 2025 Paul Selvin Award for Nickel Boys.
How ‘Nickel Boys’ Became One of the Year’s Most Visually Striking Films
When the filmmaker and photographer RaMell Ross first read “The Nickel Boys,” Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ...
Brad Pitt Talks to Director RaMell Ross About How His Basketball Career Unexpectedly Influenced ‘Nickel Boys’
Exclusive: See Oscar-winning actor and producer Brad Pitt discuss Best Picture nominee 'Nickel Boys' with writer/director ...
'We feel what they feel': 'Nickel Boys' actress on the film's perspective and power
The new film 'Nickel Boys' is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead and it focuses on the friendship ...
As USAID effectively disappears, a former Trump appointee says the decision is ‘deadly’
Former Trump appointee to the State department Matthew Bartlett talks to Christiane Amanpour about how this decision will ...
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RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes to Receive WGAW’s 2025 Paul Selvin Award for Nickel Boys
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes have been named recipients of WGAW’s 2025 Paul Selvin Award in recognition of their writing of Nickel Boys.
'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.
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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 ...