As we get closer to nominations for the 2025 Oscars, it’s looking more and more likely that RaMell Ross’s film adaptation of Nickel Boys is going to get some love. Based on Colson Whitehead’s 2019 ...

This visually inventive adaptation of a Colson Whitehead novel follows two boys at an abusive school in Jim Crow-era Florida. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

Everything’s dissolving into something new and squishy and unpredictable in the commercial cinema world, but a handful of big, pre-sold brand names still take care of themselves every year. This ...

It’s harder to adapt a great book than an average one. Literary greatness often inhibits directors, who end up paying prudent homage to the source rather than engaging in the bold revisions that ...