‘Nickel Boys’ & ‘The Last Showgirl’ Land As Awards Season Hopefuls Rev Up Indie Market – Specialty Preview
deadline.comWith just a few weeks left in 2024, notable films continue to land with Nickel Boys and The Last Showgirl officially jumping into awards season — the former already a two-time winner at the first stop, the Gotham Awards.
A few big indie stories are yet to betold with Babygirl and A Complete Unknown hitting for Christmas, making it possible to opine definitively on the year’s improving indie film market. The Brutalist, also being widely recognized this season, opens next week. Nickel Boys by RaMell Ross from Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures, is the much-nominated film based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
It opens at two NYC theaters (Angelika Film Center, AMC Lincoln Square) with an LA expansion Dec. 20, adding other markets into January.
The gripping film is writer/director Ross’s narrative debut after his acclaimed 2018 documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening.
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