The story of RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys,” laced with the cruelties of the Jim Crow-era South, has commonalities with films ...

Nickel Boys’ was a chance for Mississippi native Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor to honor her Southern roots. 'I always have to have ...

This visually inventive adaptation of a Colson Whitehead novel follows two boys at an abusive school in Jim Crow-era Florida.

“I had a friend of mine who said that to talk to folks who ain’t interested in your life, or try to convince someone to be ...

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Aaron Pierre is closing out his big year on a literal high note. After donning Malcolm X’s distinctive browline glasses in ...

As an actor, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has never regarded the camera as her ally. “I’ve always felt like it was an enemy, because ...

Nickel Boys is breathtaking in its suffocating beauty. Transcendent and painful, RaMell Ross delivers a haunting adapation.