Nickel Boys’ preserves Colson Whitehead’s critically acclaimed narrative style while adding cinematic texture that enhances key details of the book.

Here are the biggest differences between the "Nickel Boys" book and film: In the novel, one of the key moments in Elwood's life, presented as a catalyst for his feelings about justice and rights ...

In adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Nickel Boys,” director RaMell Ross faced what he calls a ...

Director RaMell Ross on adapting Colson Whitehead's novel of systematic racism and abuse into a highly subjective film.

The book features a penal institution for juvenile offenders that Whitehead calls the Trevor Nickel Academy but is based on the notorious real-life Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, FL.

He’s recorded every delivery, payoff and off-the-books chore in his notebook, a wire-bound volume he is convinced will expose Nickel and bring it crashing down. Nickel Boys is a tragedy of promise and ...

Readers already know I’m high on “Nickel Boys,” having named it the third-best film of 2024. It’s sure to factor into the ...

In “Nickel Boys” the real-life horrors of a Florida reformatory school become the stuff of a masterpiece directed by RaMell ...

Here are the biggest differences between the "Nickel Boys" book and film: How Elwood hears speeches from Martin Luther King, Jr. In the novel, one of the key moments in Elwood's life, presented as ...

Here are the biggest differences between the "Nickel Boys" book and film: How Elwood hears speeches from Martin Luther King, Jr. Brandon Wilson, left, and Ethan Herisse co-star in the film ...