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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Set against the backdrop of a vibrant 1960s New York music scene, the versatile Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan, the enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota in A Complete Unknown.
Marquee Arts cinema program director, Nick Alderink, has returned from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. He screened a good number of films with an eye towards bringing them to the big screens in Ann Arbor.