Amy Nicholson
@theamynicholson.bsky.social
Film critic of the LA Times and host of the podcast Unspooled.
Say hello with your favorite movie and why -- or a picture of a standard poodle.
IG/Letterboxd: @theamynicholson
Say hello with your favorite movie and why -- or a picture of a standard poodle.
IG/Letterboxd: @theamynicholson
As an aside, the MOMMIE DEAREST scenes in last year's doc FAYE are pretty heartbreaking to watch, whether you love the film or not. But Faye herself felt it was disastrous to her reputation.
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
As an aside, the MOMMIE DEAREST scenes in last year's doc FAYE are pretty heartbreaking to watch, whether you love the film or not. But Faye herself felt it was disastrous to her reputation.
I was so shocked that I checked out different versions of the script -- this draft was even more blatant that 1985 Hill Valley hates actual science
October 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I was so shocked that I checked out different versions of the script -- this draft was even more blatant that 1985 Hill Valley hates actual science
AUSTIN REAVES 🏀❤️🏀
October 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
AUSTIN REAVES 🏀❤️🏀
Where are my freaks at? The ones down with ultra-gross out comedy?
Cause this is a great one. In LA for a few more days, traveling around after that.
Cause this is a great one. In LA for a few more days, traveling around after that.
October 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Where are my freaks at? The ones down with ultra-gross out comedy?
Cause this is a great one. In LA for a few more days, traveling around after that.
Cause this is a great one. In LA for a few more days, traveling around after that.
It's hobbling time
October 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It's hobbling time
Pale Man? I'm having nightmares about the Paul Man.
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Pale Man? I'm having nightmares about the Paul Man.
Should we cover one of the most beloved films on Letterboxd?
Aye, my Captain!
Aye, my Captain!
October 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Should we cover one of the most beloved films on Letterboxd?
Aye, my Captain!
Aye, my Captain!
Who's up for a lil pre-crime?
October 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Who's up for a lil pre-crime?
🚨emergency ep🚨
September 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🚨emergency ep🚨
Love you, buddy.
I'm so grateful we got to cross paths in this life from a cat circus in North Hollywood to the Bass Pro Shop pyramid in Memphis as you criss-crossed the country writing more forever-pieces that people of the future will read to make sense of right now.
I'm so grateful we got to cross paths in this life from a cat circus in North Hollywood to the Bass Pro Shop pyramid in Memphis as you criss-crossed the country writing more forever-pieces that people of the future will read to make sense of right now.
September 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Love you, buddy.
I'm so grateful we got to cross paths in this life from a cat circus in North Hollywood to the Bass Pro Shop pyramid in Memphis as you criss-crossed the country writing more forever-pieces that people of the future will read to make sense of right now.
I'm so grateful we got to cross paths in this life from a cat circus in North Hollywood to the Bass Pro Shop pyramid in Memphis as you criss-crossed the country writing more forever-pieces that people of the future will read to make sense of right now.
This is the Kaleb Horton piece that deserved to make him the defining voice of today. He was an poet, a comic, and a cultural anthropologist who understood America on a soul-deep level.
It's his 2016 road trip to the Constitution Party's election convention in Utah.
web.archive.org/web/20160918...
It's his 2016 road trip to the Constitution Party's election convention in Utah.
web.archive.org/web/20160918...
September 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is the Kaleb Horton piece that deserved to make him the defining voice of today. He was an poet, a comic, and a cultural anthropologist who understood America on a soul-deep level.
It's his 2016 road trip to the Constitution Party's election convention in Utah.
web.archive.org/web/20160918...
It's his 2016 road trip to the Constitution Party's election convention in Utah.
web.archive.org/web/20160918...
This tough guy right here
September 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This tough guy right here
Happy 50th birthday to DOG DAY AFTERNOON.
It's a good time to rewatch.
It's a good time to rewatch.
September 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Happy 50th birthday to DOG DAY AFTERNOON.
It's a good time to rewatch.
It's a good time to rewatch.
This doc is incredible.
An intimate portrait of Kanye's grand scale self-immolation. Tragic and mesmerizing.
And it's barely playing -- try to see before it's gone.
An intimate portrait of Kanye's grand scale self-immolation. Tragic and mesmerizing.
And it's barely playing -- try to see before it's gone.
September 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This doc is incredible.
An intimate portrait of Kanye's grand scale self-immolation. Tragic and mesmerizing.
And it's barely playing -- try to see before it's gone.
An intimate portrait of Kanye's grand scale self-immolation. Tragic and mesmerizing.
And it's barely playing -- try to see before it's gone.
Do I like this weekend's new releases? Not really.
Do I think it's kinda effed that AMC is so swamped with Taylor Swift traffic that it's telling audiences they have to buy movie tickets for tonight at the theater? Totally.
Do I think it's kinda effed that AMC is so swamped with Taylor Swift traffic that it's telling audiences they have to buy movie tickets for tonight at the theater? Totally.
September 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Do I like this weekend's new releases? Not really.
Do I think it's kinda effed that AMC is so swamped with Taylor Swift traffic that it's telling audiences they have to buy movie tickets for tonight at the theater? Totally.
Do I think it's kinda effed that AMC is so swamped with Taylor Swift traffic that it's telling audiences they have to buy movie tickets for tonight at the theater? Totally.
This episode at least goes up to 8 or 9
September 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This episode at least goes up to 8 or 9
We're now pretty grown up. Have our hearts died?
September 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We're now pretty grown up. Have our hearts died?
❤️CHER + CYNDI❤️
August 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
❤️CHER + CYNDI❤️
Surprise Joni Mitchell! For my queen Cyndi Lauper's farewell tour at the Hollywood Bowl!
(They sang "Carey" twice in a row cause why not)
(They sang "Carey" twice in a row cause why not)
August 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Surprise Joni Mitchell! For my queen Cyndi Lauper's farewell tour at the Hollywood Bowl!
(They sang "Carey" twice in a row cause why not)
(They sang "Carey" twice in a row cause why not)
Hard to remember that 25 years ago, no distributor would buy this movie because they didn't think audiences would get it.
New ep gets into how Steven Soderbergh was so spooked that MEMENTO went unsold that he said indie cinema was dead back in the year 2000.
New ep gets into how Steven Soderbergh was so spooked that MEMENTO went unsold that he said indie cinema was dead back in the year 2000.
August 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hard to remember that 25 years ago, no distributor would buy this movie because they didn't think audiences would get it.
New ep gets into how Steven Soderbergh was so spooked that MEMENTO went unsold that he said indie cinema was dead back in the year 2000.
New ep gets into how Steven Soderbergh was so spooked that MEMENTO went unsold that he said indie cinema was dead back in the year 2000.
In Vegas to see THE WIZARD 🔮
August 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
In Vegas to see THE WIZARD 🔮
Let's go to the movies
August 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Let's go to the movies
The most quotable comedy I saw last year at Fantastic Fest is FINALLY in theaters.
Paul McCartney. Steve Wonder. Bickering about hot chocolate.
This movie is for freaks -- the kind of freaks who are my people
Paul McCartney. Steve Wonder. Bickering about hot chocolate.
This movie is for freaks -- the kind of freaks who are my people
August 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The most quotable comedy I saw last year at Fantastic Fest is FINALLY in theaters.
Paul McCartney. Steve Wonder. Bickering about hot chocolate.
This movie is for freaks -- the kind of freaks who are my people
Paul McCartney. Steve Wonder. Bickering about hot chocolate.
This movie is for freaks -- the kind of freaks who are my people
Ok, so how cool were this summer's big movies?
August 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Ok, so how cool were this summer's big movies?
Maybe the podcast of two people doesn't amount to a hill of beans. But this is our hill. And these are our beans.
August 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Maybe the podcast of two people doesn't amount to a hill of beans. But this is our hill. And these are our beans.