Latest RaMell Ross News

Movie Review: ‘Nickel Boys’ is a knockout, one of the most powerful films of the year

Dec. 12, 2024 18:40 PM EST

A movie shot in first person sounds like a gimmick. Part of the magic of filmed storytelling is accepting that something can be from someone’s point of view and yet also from a distance. Using the camera as a character’s actual eyes is the domain of university students and niche experimental...

In 'Nickel Boys,' striving for a new way to see

Dec. 12, 2024 10:21 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — RaMell Ross sometimes sends his photography students out on a unique assignment. He tells them to photograph a white person, a Black person, an Asian person and an Indian person. “And,” he adds, “I want you to ask them how they want to be represented.” ...

The snubs and surprises in the 2025 Golden Globe nominations

Dec. 09, 2024 11:19 AM EST

The Golden Globes nominated more than 40 individual films Monday — and yet still managed to overlook quite a bit. That may just be the brutal truth of awards season: The field narrows and suddenly great performances and wonderful films are simply left in the dust. The Globes have...

The best movies of 2024 as ranked by AP film writers

Dec. 04, 2024 13:29 PM EST

As much as theaters are humming right now, with “Wicked” and “Moana 2" bringing moviegoers by the droves, it's been a fairly bruising movie year. In between the blockbusters, though, the challenge of not just capturing the attention of audiences but of simply getting to the...

'Anora,' 'I Saw the TV Glow' lead Spirit Award nominations

Dec. 04, 2024 11:17 AM EST

“Anora,” Sean Baker’s odyssey of a New York stripper, and Jane Schoenbrun’s psychological horror “I Saw the TV Glow” dominated nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards with six nods each, including best film and best director. The nonprofit organization announced nominations...

'The Brutalist' tops New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Carol Kane, Adrien Brody win acting prizes

Dec. 03, 2024 13:51 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Brady Corbet's 3 1/2-hour postwar epic “The Brutalist” won best film from the New York Film Critics Circle on Tuesday, while its lead, Adrien Brody, also won best actor. The win notches an early awards-season victory for one of the fall's most-talked about...

Dark comedy 'A Different Man' surprisingly triumphs at Gotham Awards

Dec. 03, 2024 08:52 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — In a surprise that stunned the audience of Hollywood’s first big awards-season bash, “A Different Man,” a dark comedy about doppelgängers, deformity and authenticity in acting, won best feature film at the 34th Gotham Awards on Monday night. Much can be...

At the New York Film Festival, an art form at play

Sep. 26, 2024 19:23 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — When you think of blockbusters, the first thing that comes to mind might not be a 215-minute postwar epic screening for the first time at Lincoln Center. But that was the scene last week when the New York Film Festival hosted a 70mm print of Brady Corbet’s “The...