Alessandro Nivola
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Season 09 | Episode 01

Alessandro Nivola

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Actor Alessandro Nivola discusses a few of his favorite films with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Face/Off (1997)

American Hustle (2013)

A Most Violent Year (2014)

The Neon Demon (2016)

The Many Saints Of Newark (2021)

Kraven The Hunter (2024)

The Room Next Door (2024)

The Brutalist (2024)

*One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

The Ciderhouse Rules (1999)

I Want You (1998)

*Scum (1979)

Scum (1977)

*In The Name Of The Father (1993)

Disobedience (2017)

Laurel Canyon (2003)

Mansfield Park (2001?)

Love’s Labor’s Lost (2000)

A Room With A View (1985)

Timecode (2000)

*Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

Sid And Nancy (1986)

The Darkest Hour (2017)

Raging Bull (1980)

Taxi Driver (1976)

The Wizard Of Lies (2017)

Meet The Parents (2000)

Midnight Run (1988)

Taking Off (1971)

*Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Mean Streets (1973)

Staying Alive (1983)

*The Philadelphia Story (1940) – John Landis’ trailer commentary

*This Is Spinal Tap (1984) – John Landis’ trailer commentary

Best In Show (2000)

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)

Waiting For Guffman (1997)

A Mighty Wind (2003)

*The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Live And Let Die (1973)

*Grizzly Man (2005)

*Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Burden Of Dreams (1982)

My Best Fiend (1999)

Star 80 (1983)

Encounters At The End Of The World (2007)

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)

Downton Abbey 3 (2025)

 

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Alan Clarke 

Ray Winstone

Mick Ford

Play for Today British anthology series (1970-84)

Daniel Day-Lewis 

Pete Postlethwaite

Deadwood TV series (2004-2006)

British Independent Film Awards

Emily Mortimer

Kenneth Branagh

Helena Bonham Carter

Julian Sands

Mike Figgis

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Helen Mirren

Gary Oldman

Joe Orton

Alfred Molina

Mike Leigh

Sid Vicious

Winston Churchill

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Robert De Niro

Bernie Madoff

Barry Levinson

The Tribeca Film Festival

David Chase

Jack Nicholson

Milos Forman

The Czech New Wave

Buck Henry

Linnea Heacock

Sam Nivola

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest novel by Ken Kesey (1962)

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest play by Dale Wasserman (1963)

Kirk Douglas

Michael Douglas

Danny DeVito

Brad Dourif

Louise Fletcher

The Academy Awards

Christopher Lloyd

Taxi TV series (1978-83)

Vincent Schiavelli

John Travolta

The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet play by William Shakespeare (1597)

James Stewart

Katherine Hepburn

Cary Grant

The Philadelphia Story play by Philip Barry (1939)

Jim Piddock

Fred Willard

Christopher Guest

The Office TV series (2005-13)

Parks And Recreation TV series (2009-15)

Oasis

Liam Gallagher

Noel Gallagher

Spinal Tap 

Eugene Levy

Catherine O’Hara

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James Bond

Roger Moore

Sean Connery

Elvis Costello

Barbara Bach

Yaphet Kotto

Werner Herzog

Mick Jagger

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Klaus Kinski

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Woody Harrelson

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