Nickel Boys (2025)

Best picture Oscar-nominee Nickel Boys is adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The film has received astonishing amounts of critical praise with many heralding it as the best film of the year.

Nickel Boys followes the story of Elwood, a black teen sent to the Nickel Academy (based on a notorious real-life institution). Despite the school’s cruelty, he makes a connection with Turner as they find a way to squirrel hope against the odds.

As the former students reconnect later in life, we are witnesses not only to the scars left by their youth, but also the healing power of human connection.

“Intensely moving”

The Guardian ★★★★★

“You might not see a more astonishing film than this in 2025”

London Evening Standard ★★★★★

“Nickel Boys is a triumph”

Empire ★★★★★

“Shatteringly powerful”

The Times ★★★★★