Spin Me Round (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jeff Baena
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Alison Brie | Aubrey Plaza | Jake Picking | Molly Shannon
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
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
Read the review...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
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 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
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
Read the review...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
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
Read the review...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
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
Read the review...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
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
Read the review...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
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
Read the review...Howl (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jeffrey Friedman | Ron Epstein
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Bob Balaban | David Strathairn | James Franco | Jeff Daniels | Jon Hamm | Mary-Louise Parker
Thom says: “There wasn’t any reason to suppose that this wouldn’t be a great film but since this was Epstein & Friedman’s first dramatic film (although based on recorded events) I only plunged in because they have made quite a
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