Superb Official Trailer for RaMell Ross’ Acclaimed Film ‘Nickel Boys’

Meet the Nickel Boys. MGM + Orion have revealed the first trailer for the film Nickel Boys, which just premiered at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival last weekend. It earned quite a few rave reviews from critics as a follow-up to director RaMell Ross’ feature debut Hale County This Morning This Evening (2018). I also included Nickel Boys on my fall festival “10 Films to Keep An Eye On” guide a few weeks ago. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. Yes this looks like it’s wonderful. Nickel Boys stars Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, & Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. Tremendous! The film is presented mainly from the POV of the main characters, which gives it an especially distinct look and feel. The initial reviews also state: “By the time the credits roll, Ross will have made a lasting & unique impression of heartbreak on the souls of all who watch his film—precisely the cinematic treatment that Whitehead’s novel required.” Yep. // Continue Reading ›