Juan Carlos Ampie
@juancarlosampie.bsky.social
Nicaraguan film critic in exile. Director of Student Media at Marquette University’s Diederich College of Communication. Opinions are my own.
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday Glad I held off on “Ran” until the chance to see it on the cinema. Loved “Spider Woman…” as much as I hated “Chicago.” We contain multitudes.
October 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday Glad I held off on “Ran” until the chance to see it on the cinema. Loved “Spider Woman…” as much as I hated “Chicago.” We contain multitudes.
October 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
September 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday Caught up with “Snake Eyes” for De Palma’s birthday. Carla Gugino should have been huge.
September 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday Caught up with “Snake Eyes” for De Palma’s birthday. Carla Gugino should have been huge.
Wild, solid week! I hope Vinegar Syndrome or Severin restore “Alucarda”soon. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
September 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Wild, solid week! I hope Vinegar Syndrome or Severin restore “Alucarda”soon. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
“The Black Hole” is on #Hulu. Will be ever see the other “dark Disney” lost film? Release Jack Clayton’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” cowards!
September 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“The Black Hole” is on #Hulu. Will be ever see the other “dark Disney” lost film? Release Jack Clayton’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” cowards!
It’s just wrong that Heidi Gardner will be out of #SNL when Emily Blunt is about to appear in screens as the boxer’s girlfriend in every boxing movie ever done.
August 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
It’s just wrong that Heidi Gardner will be out of #SNL when Emily Blunt is about to appear in screens as the boxer’s girlfriend in every boxing movie ever done.
August 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
You love Almodovar? Spanish cinema has ANOTHER irresistible, randy filmmaker. Check out the Bigas Luna movies, now at Criterion Channel. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
August 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
You love Almodovar? Spanish cinema has ANOTHER irresistible, randy filmmaker. Check out the Bigas Luna movies, now at Criterion Channel. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
Nobody told me “Suzhou River” is a banger. A gritty reflection of “In the Mood for Love.” They’d make a killer double bill. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
August 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Nobody told me “Suzhou River” is a banger. A gritty reflection of “In the Mood for Love.” They’d make a killer double bill. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
July 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I know these lists are silly, but I had to represent “The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet”.
June 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I know these lists are silly, but I had to represent “The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet”.
“Polyester” was glorious. Waters not getting funds to keep working is a cultural tragedy, akin to Netflix backing out of David Lynch’s “Wisteria.”#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
June 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Polyester” was glorious. Waters not getting funds to keep working is a cultural tragedy, akin to Netflix backing out of David Lynch’s “Wisteria.”#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
To scratch & sniff or not to scratch & sniff…that is the question. #OrientalTheatre #MKE
June 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
To scratch & sniff or not to scratch & sniff…that is the question. #OrientalTheatre #MKE
“MI: Final Reckoning” did NOT have to be split into two movies, but I’ll give it a pass for the overall quality of the series. Solid entertainment. Best: the DePalma. Worst: JJ Abrams’. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
June 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“MI: Final Reckoning” did NOT have to be split into two movies, but I’ll give it a pass for the overall quality of the series. Solid entertainment. Best: the DePalma. Worst: JJ Abrams’. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
New Cronenberg is always the best Cronenberg! #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
May 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New Cronenberg is always the best Cronenberg! #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday I missed many of the Tavernier films that left the Criterion Channel, but at least, managed to find a new favorite in “A Sunday in the Country”
May 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday I missed many of the Tavernier films that left the Criterion Channel, but at least, managed to find a new favorite in “A Sunday in the Country”
#HappyIndieBookstoreDay Check out my stash!
April 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#HappyIndieBookstoreDay Check out my stash!
Every Lynch movie I rewatch is a joy and a wake. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
April 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Every Lynch movie I rewatch is a joy and a wake. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
One helluva week. “Babette’s Feast” is the kind of movie that begs for periodical rewatches. As years pass by, you discover in it new layers of significance and feeling. Going through exile certainly colors everything differently! #letterbxdFriday #LastFourWatched
April 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
One helluva week. “Babette’s Feast” is the kind of movie that begs for periodical rewatches. As years pass by, you discover in it new layers of significance and feeling. Going through exile certainly colors everything differently! #letterbxdFriday #LastFourWatched
Wild at heart, weird on top. No more David Lynch’s movies…the joy of watching his works on the big screen is tempered by the knowledge that it’s all over.
April 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Wild at heart, weird on top. No more David Lynch’s movies…the joy of watching his works on the big screen is tempered by the knowledge that it’s all over.
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday on a Lynch-Tavernier bender.
April 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday on a Lynch-Tavernier bender.
On a Tavernier bender, to catch his outgoing movies at Criterion Channel. Plus, Lymch shorts!
April 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
On a Tavernier bender, to catch his outgoing movies at Criterion Channel. Plus, Lymch shorts!
“The People’s Joker” should have got all the Oscar noms granted to “Emilia Perez,” including Best Original Song.” #LetterbxdFriday #LastFourWatched
March 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“The People’s Joker” should have got all the Oscar noms granted to “Emilia Perez,” including Best Original Song.” #LetterbxdFriday #LastFourWatched