Exclusive: Alessandro Nivola and director Matt Ruskin talk Boston Strangler
Premiering March 17, 2023, exclusively on Hulu from 20th Century Studios and award-winning writer-director Matt Ruskin is ‘Boston Strangler,’ a true-crime thriller about the trailblazing reporters who broke the story of the notorious Boston Strangler murders of the 1960s. The film stars Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Chris Cooper, Alessandro Nivola, Bill Camp, David Dastmalchian, Ryan Winkles, and Morgan Spector.
The film follows Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley), a reporter for the Record-American newspaper, who becomes the first journalist to connect the Boston Strangler murders. As the mysterious killer claims more and more victims, Loretta attempts to continue her investigation alongside colleague and confidante Jean Cole (Carrie Coon), yet the duo finds themselves stymied by the rampant sexism of the era. Nevertheless, McLaughlin and Cole bravely pursue the story at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.
Nivola was last seen opposite Christian Bale and Margot Robbie in David O. Russell’s Amsterdam. Prior to that, he was in Jeff Baena’s comedy Spin Me Round opposite Alison Brie, and played Dickie Moltisanti in the Sopranos film, The Many Saints of Newark. His most recent films include The Red Sea Diving Resort, Disobedience, You Were Never Really Here, and The Neon Demon.
Matt Ruskin is known for Crown Heights (2017), which starred Lakeith Stanfield and Nnamdi Asomugha, The Infiltrator (2016) and The Hip Hop Project (2006).
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Nivola and Ruskin on the making of the film.