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The Room Next Door (2024)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | John Turturro | Juan Diego Botto | Julianne Moore | Tilda Swinton

The Room Next Door
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Spin Me Round (2022)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jeff Baena
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Alison Brie | Aubrey Plaza | Jake Picking | Molly Shannon

Spin Me Round
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Janie Jones (2011)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: David M. Rosenthal
Starring: Abigail Breslin | Alessandro Nivola | Brittany Snow | Elisabeth Shue | Frances Fisher | Frank Whaley | Joel David Moore | Peter Stormare

Janie Jones

Scott says: “In a brief but pivotal scene, Frances Fisher provides the missing piece of the puzzle to the character of her estranged son, a rock and roll musician in the midst of a career meltdown and a surprising personal

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Disobedience (2018)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Sebastián Lelio
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Allan Corduner | Anton Lesser | Bernice Stegers | Nicholas Woodeson | Rachel McAdams | Rachel Weisz

Disobedience
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The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Gideon Raff
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Ben Kingsley | Chris Evans | Greg Kinnear | Masasa Mbangeni | Michael Kenneth Williams

The Red Sea Diving Resort
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The Art of Self-Defense (2019)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Riley Stearns
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Imogen Poots | Jesse Eisenberg | Phillip Andre Botello | Steve Terada

The Art of Self-Defense

Julie says: “I had the pleasure of seeing THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE (TAOSD) at the Coolidge as part of the IFF Boston 2019. It was a late showing (~9:40 pm)  and the previous movie left me dosing off at one

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Weightless (2018)

By Michael Colford
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Jaron Albertin
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Eli Haley | Johnny Knoxville | Julianne Nicholson | K. Todd Freeman | Phoebe Young

Weightless

Michael says: “WEIGHTLESS is notable to me for giving the handsome and talented Alessandro Nivola a challenging leading role as Joel, a troubled man working in a landfill in rural America. There’s reference to mental illness, and an occasional explosion

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A Most Violent Year (2015)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: J.C. Chandor
Starring: Albert Brooks | Alessandro Nivola | David Oyelowo | Jessica Chastain | Oscar Isaac

A Most Violent Year

Jason says: “A MOST VIOLENT YEAR was shot from an original screenplay by director J.C. Chandor, but it feels like a highly successful adaptation of a great novel: Painted on a broad canvas, giving a feeling for the characters and

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Devil’s Knot (2014)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Colin Firth | James Hamrick | Kristopher Higgins | Reese Witherspoon | Seth Meriwether

Devil’s Knot

Michael says: “For his latest film, Atom Egoyan tackled the controversial true story of the West Memphis Three, a court case about the shocking murder of three young boys. Three young men were targeted as the murderers because of the

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Ginger & Rosa (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.375
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Alice Englert | Annette Bening | Christina Hendricks | Elle Fanning | Jodhi May | Oliver Platt | Timothy Spall

Ginger & Rosa

Thom says: “Here’s another atrocious film from the vastly overpraised Sally Potter, & I never seem able to learn my lesson. I did give her first film ORLANDO my highest rating, perhaps in retrospect more for the presence of the

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