So, You Want to Get Rid of the Penny. Do You Have a Plan for the Nickel?
President Trump recently ordered the U.S. Mint to stop producing pennies, for a simple-sounding reason. Each penny, he…
Nickel Boys gives a new point of view to the Civil Rights era
How do you adapt an “unadaptable” book? Today, host Brittany Luse finds out with RaMell Ross, director of…
RaMell Ross takes us inside the pages of the ‘Nickel Boys’ script
RaMell Ross estimates he read a grand total of one screenplay before collaborating with producer Joslyn Barnes on…
How RaMell Ross made ‘Nickel Boys’ as ‘visceral’ as real life
In the latest episode of The Envelope video podcast, “Nickel Boys” filmmaker RaMell Ross breaks down the film’s…
How ‘Nickel Boys’ Achieved Its Singular Visual Style
The cinematographer and camera operator behind the Oscar-nominated film — shot almost entirely from the first-person perspective —…
‘Nickel Boys’ | Anatomy of a Scene
My name is RaMell Ross. I am the co-writer and director of “Nickel Boys.” “Young man! Young man.…
Get a Hug From Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in ‘Nickel Boys’
In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes…
‘Nickel Boys’ Awakens Black Cinema’s Time Revolution
By bending time and leaning on nonlinear storytelling, “Nickel Boys” joins a recent trend of contemporary Black filmmakers…
Why RaMell Ross insisted on a distinct POV for ‘Nickel Boys’
No two filmmakers travel the same path to their chosen profession. RaMell Ross has traveled one unlike that…
‘Nickel Boys’ review: Paean to lives of reform-school kids
The 2012 discovery of a mass unmarked grave on the grounds of the Florida School for Boys was…