Juan Carlos Ampie
@juancarlosampie
Nicaraguan film critic in exile. Director of Student Media at Marquette University’s Diederich College of Communication. Opinions are my own.
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday Uncanny to watch Fuller’s “Park Road” the day of the WHC dinner. The last Fassbinder on the big screen was quite something. The curse of “whatever your just bought on Criterion gets a repertory screening” attacks again.
Nolan’s #TheOdyssey gives the epic a pop spin, echoing the heady themes of “Oppenheimer” in an audience friendly key. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
Solid week. Ninon Sevilla - and historical heft - saves the weakest of the bunch. “Aventurera” rocks so much, both actresses are literally smoking in the poster #LetterbxdFriday #LastFourWatched
The year in movies, so far. Most watched director: Wong Kar-Wai. 3 movies…not counting all those episodes of “Blossoms Shanghai”
The year in movies, so far. Best rewatches: “The Last Temptation of Christ” and “Sorcerer.”
The year in movies, so far. Fave first runs: “A Poet,” “Blue Heron,” “Resurrection.”
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday Did “Rose of Nevada” earn an extra half star for catching it in 35mm? Maybe!
Mid-tier Spielberg is still great filmmaking. On this hill, I stand. Also, long-unavailable Jack Clayton-Ray Bradbury “Dark Disney” phantasmagoria is available to stream. Run, don't walk. MUBI holds “…Flamingo,” a perfect movie for Pride Month.
I really need to see the new Spielberg, mixed reactions be damned! #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
This is not a test, #MKE. The Odyssey” will be projected in 70mm at the Oriental Theatre! Don’t bother with IMAX.
Sure, “Backrooms” is creepy…but what about an old movie theatre that turns patrons into blood thirsty demons? That’s more like it! Bava for the win. #LetterbxdFriday #LastFourWatched
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday New horror sensation marred by repetitive beats, uplifted by performances. “Taxi Driver” never gets old.
Reports of Herbie’s demise are wild exaggerations. He is living his best life in the Midwest. Got some work done. Looks spectacular.
Thanks to @glennkenny.bsky.social for introducing me to “Coffin Joe” and @arrowvideo.bsky.social for making Mojica Marins’ movies available. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
#LetterbxdFriday #LastFourWatched So nice to see Robert Pattinson in his black comedy era, so sad to see another Batman around the corner.
#LetterbxdFriday #LastFourWatched Thanks to Criterion Channel for helping this Nicaraguan remedy a blind spot caused by the Sandinista propaganda machine: Herzog’s short doc, never shown in the country for its indictment of violent state repression against miskito indigenous population.
Finally got to see/hear the Anvil Orchestra in action with “The General.” Thanks to the MKE Film Fest! And the other movies of the week were not too shabby, either. #LetterbxdFriday #LastFourWatched
I’m here for Naomi Watts as the heroine in “My Uncle the Shopping Cart,” the hilarious spoof of a mid century live action Disney comedy. A movie within the sublime ode to moviegoing “Matinee” (Joe Dante, 1993).
Darn! My movie watching game is OFF. Just two in a week? “Blossoms Shanghai” is eating up a lot of my movie-watching time. #LetterbxdFriday #LastFourWatched
I fell for the “Project Hail Mary” propaganda, but Jesus swooped in at the end of the week to save me. Faux Garcia-Berlanga was rough. #LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday
Celebrating Easter as God intended: watching “The Last Temptation of Christ” @TheOrientalMKE. First time on the big screen! #blessed #SaintMarty
Do I like everything now? Help! #LettrbxdFriday #LastFourWatched
#LetterbxdFriday #LastFourWatched A new Latin American classic and proof that Amanda Seyfried was awesome even from the start or her career.
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday Darn! “Shanghai Blossoms” is eating my movie watching time.
#LastFourWatched #LetterbxdFriday Man, Rose Byrne deserves all the awards. And A$AP Rocky? Great. Between this and “Highest 2 Lowest,” his acting career should be sealed. I love 70’s paranoid thrillers, but “Winter Kills” is such a great waste it made me sad.
Spent all Saturday at my fave Arthouse, caught 2 bangers and a classic.