In 2024, there were several impressive first features from a new an generation of filmmaking talent.
Chief among them was RaMell Ross’ formally inventive, emotionally searing adaptation of Colson Whitehead novel, Nickel Boys, about two inmates of an inhumane reformatory in the Jim Crow South.
Other standout debuts included Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker’s rethink of the mother-daughter drama, Janet Planet;
India Donaldson’s transfixing portrait of a crucial moment in a young woman’s late adolescence, Good One;
Sean Wang’s semi-autobiographical Asian American coming-of-age tale, Didi;
Cinematographer Rachel Morrison’s boxing drama, The Fire Inside;
Vera Drew’s subversive queer supervillain parody, The People’s Joker.
Hollywood 2024: Debuts–Impressive First Films (“Nickel Boys,” “Janet Planet”)
In 2024, there were several impressive first features from a new an generation of filmmaking talent.
Chief among them was RaMell Ross’ formally inventive, emotionally searing adaptation of Colson Whitehead novel, Nickel Boys, about two inmates of an inhumane reformatory in the Jim Crow South.
Other standout debuts included Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker’s rethink of the mother-daughter drama, Janet Planet;
India Donaldson’s transfixing portrait of a crucial moment in a young woman’s late adolescence, Good One;
Sean Wang’s semi-autobiographical Asian American coming-of-age tale, Didi;
Cinematographer Rachel Morrison’s boxing drama, The Fire Inside;
Vera Drew’s subversive queer supervillain parody, The People’s Joker.