Ross walks THR through a protagonist POV scene in which Elwood, the film’s main character, first catches a glimpse of his new home at reform school after being accused of stealing a car. By Hilton ...

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 ...

“Nickel Boys” — first a novel by Colson Whitehead, now the feature narrative debut of filmmaker RaMell Ross — tackles a lot of heavy subjects. Institutional racism in the Jim Crow South. Systemic ...

The director changes the camera’s point of view. First you see one person and then another. The camera shifts to another view of the same scene or from one car to another in a chase. Directors change ...

Most dog owners can recall at least one instance where their pup has reacted to a seemingly invisible presence. Are they picking up a sound pitched higher than our hearing? Sniffing out the memory 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 ...