The New Boy is a movie about how colonization can disguise itself as kindness, and how that kindness is still violent and destructive. It is about the different ways in which faith can manifest ...

In the moody magical-realist drama, “The New Boy,” an Indigenous boy (Aswan Reid) is captured in the outback and forced to live in a Christian orphanage in rural Australia.

Vertical releases “The New Boy” in select theaters Friday, May 23, 2025. The spark of life that gave Warwick Thornton what is now “The New Boy” took 18 years to flicker, and then fully glow.

The Australian drama “The New Boy” was nominated for 12 Australian Academy of Creative and Television Arts Awards, winning winning three. Seen here, left to right, are actresses Cate Blanchett ...

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American rights to The New Boy, starring Cate Blanchett (Black Bag) and newcomer Aswan Reid, slating the film for release in theaters on May 23.. Written and ...

The Australian drama “The New Boy” was nominated for 12 Australian Academy of Creative and Television Arts Awards, winning winning three. Seen here, left to right, are actresses Cate Blanchett ...

The Australian drama “The New Boy” was nominated for 12 Australian Academy of Creative and Television Arts Awards, winning winning three. Seen here, left to right, are actresses Cate Blanchett ...

The Australian drama “The New Boy” was nominated for 12 Australian Academy of Creative and Television Arts Awards, winning winning three. Seen here, left to right, are actresses Cate Blanchett ...