RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” unearths the haunting realities of two boys, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), as they navigate a brutal reform school, blending visceral storytelling with ...
Jomo Fray can pinpoint the day when the bold idea of “first-person perspective” truly clicked. The Brooklyn-based cinematographer and his director, RaMell Ross (an Oscar nominee for the 2018 ...
Nickel Boys is a film based on the 2019 book The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. It’s inspired by The Florida School for Boys, a reform school that gained a reputation for its horrific treatment of ...
RaMell Ross subverts our gaze again, as he did with the documentary “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” another Academy Award contender. By Alissa Wilkinson It’s incredibly rare — in fact, I don ...