W hen it is not being whitewashed and romanticized, the history of colonization is usually told as that of an extremely ...

Cate Blanchett stars as a nun who encounters an Indigenous Australian boy with special powers in this film about forced assimilation.

When Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton first wrote the screenplay for “The New Boy” years ago, he knew it was a beautiful story, but he also sensed he didn’t yet fully understand the tale he hoped ...

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 filmmaker looked to his own childhood, raised by monks ...

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 ...