Amy Nicholson

Amy Nicholson is the co-host of the podcast “Unspooled” and critic for LAist’s “FilmWeek.” Formerly, she was the chief film critic for MTV News and LA Weekly. Her other credits include the New York Times, Variety, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and the Guardian, as well as the podcast miniseries “Zoom,” “The Canon,” “Quentin Tarantino Presents,” “Halloween Unmasked,” and “Skillset.” She has served on the jury for Sundance and SXSW, and screened submissions for Sundance, AFI, and the Los Angeles Film Festival. Amy holds a double B.A. in Film Studies and Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma as well as a Masters in Professional Writing from USC. Her first book, “Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor,” was published by Cahiers du Cinema, and her second, “Extra Girls,” was published by Simon & Schuster in 2022.