Amy Nicholson

Amy Nicholson was chief film critic at LA Weekly from 2013 to 2016. Her work also appeared in the other Voice Media Group publications – DenverWestword, Phoenix New Times, Miami New Times, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, Houston Press, Dallas Observer and OC Weekly – and in VMG’s film partner, the Village Voice.

Nicholson’s criticism was recognized by the Los Angeles Press Club and the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. Her first book, Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor, was published in 2014 by Cahiers du Cinema.

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Benicio Del Toro Shines in Dark War Comedy A Perfect Day

By Amy Nicholson
Feb 16, 2016

Benicio Del Toro has the basset-hound look of a beast you can trust — or, at least, he'll happily admit when he's lying. He's the right man for a rotten world, with heavy-lidded, handsome eyes made for giving any tough spot an appraising squint. Recently, he's played a string of...
Michael Moore Celebrates Being in a Political Majority — and the White-Dude Minority

By Amy Nicholson
Feb 9, 2016

Three years ago, Michael Moore wrapped up a TV interview about the Sandy Hook massacre and asked the producers to leave him alone. “You guys call me every time there's a school shooting,” he sighed. He had, after all, made Bowling for Columbine, which blasted the NRA and the nightly...
An Older, Wiser Michael Moore Invades Europe

By Amy Nicholson
Feb 9, 2016

“I've turned into this kind of crazy optimist,” Michael Moore admits in his new documentary Where to Invade Next, his first film in six years. At 61, the gadfly savant has mellowed. Instead of charging into rooms, he shuffles, the American flag wrapped around his shoulders like a grandmother's shawl...
The 10 Sundance Movies to Watch for in 2016

By Amy Nicholson
Feb 3, 2016

The biggest story at this year's Sundance Film Festival was the record-breaking bidding war for The Birth of a Nation, a prestige biopic about rebellious slave Nat Turner. When Fox Searchlight snatched it for $17.5 million — $5 million more than any other flick in the festival’s history — their...
13 Hours Trades Truth for Explosions — but It's Not Truly Political

By Amy Nicholson
Jan 15, 2016

Benghazi is a hashtag battle cry, a call to arms that many Americans don't understand. Unlike the simplicity of "Remember the Alamo!" a bleat of "Benghazi!" still has people wondering, "Wait, what happened? And why are we mad?" Michael Bay's 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi has an explanation,...

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