‘Nickel Boys’ Review: Film Version Of Colson Whitehead’s Acclaimed Novel Is Flawed But Artistic Journey To Hell And Back — Telluride Film Festival

I consumed Barry Jenkins’ 10-part limited series adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad over the course of a weekend because, basically, I couldn’t stop. It was extraordinary storytelling and filmmaking, if harrowing in its uncompromising depiction of slavery. Whitehead followed that book up with The Nickel Boys in 2019, and like Underground Railroad, won […]