Nicole Stawiarski

It’s obvious that when you get Tina Fey, Will Forte, Steve Carell, and Colman Domingo to share a screen you are going to have a hit on your hands, and somehow we were lucky enough to get an entire mini-series for this remake of 1981 film The Four Seasons, originally written and directed by legendary…

Weak Hero Class 2 is a work of art. I know that seems like a lot for what appears on the surface to be a series about teenage boys beating the crap out of each other, but it impressed me beyond my wildest expectations, and has earned my full endorsement. I was uncertain where the…

Kotaro Lives Alone isn’t the first animated series with a child protagonist to address emotionally adult themes, but it definitely seems to go farther and hit harder than any of it’s predecessors. Following the story of 4-year-old Kotaro Sato as he moves into an apartment complex where he lives, to the surprise of his neighbors…

Focus Features just dropped the new trailer for their upcoming film starring Aubrey Plaza and Margaret Qualley, Honey Don’t, and boy are we obsessed with the new avatars they are stepping into. The film will be the second installment in Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s “lesbian B-movie trilogy” following 2024’s Drive Away Dolls (also starring…

Long before Spotify could personalize our playlists or TikTok could make bedroom-producers blow up overnight, in the nascent days of the iPod, music supervisors like the legendary Alexandra Patsavas had the coolest jobs on the planet. They were the cultural tastemakers who turned us onto the best indie hits of the decade and made our…

I’ve dabbled in anime, seen enough to identify landmarks in the genre, but not enough to become fluent in Japanese or start a cosplaying career. That being said, I think Erased is one example of a standalone masterpiece that transcends the category in a way any TV buff would lose their minds over. Rich in…

Brooklyn-based duo Ray Bull is the brain-child of Tucker Elkins and Aaron Graham, former art school classmates who found success performing original songs and mash-ups on TikTok, but the second you hear them start to sing, their nostalgic sound transports you to a time when TV soundtracks were the official tastemakers, setting the cultural tempo…

As a die-hard John Wick fan and life-long lover of kick-ass women in lead action roles, there is nothing I’m more excited for than this summer’s Ballerina starring Ana de Armas. If you’re in the same boat and need a way to off-set the anticipation, here are five female led action films and TV series…

Korean dramas have nailed the formula for romance. They can pack a punch of infatuation, humor, intrigue, and suspense in a sixteen-episode arc that’s meaty enough to develop a full cast of supporting characters, but short enough to maintain an exciting pace. Whether you’re an expert, or interested in trying out this genre for the…

Adolescence created an insane amount of buzz earlier this year with its story of a 13-year-old boy who brutally murders a female classmate, to the astonishment and confusion of the adults and systems which completely missed all the warning signs, but the world of Weak Hero Class 2 might be even bleaker. Focusing on male-on-male…

Swedish drama, The Glass Dome, follows criminologist, Lejla, as she returns to her childhood home following the death of her adopted mother. Shortly after her arrival, she is pulled into an investigation surrounding the disappearance of a childhood friend’s daughter, Alicia. The case shares much in common with Lejla’s own childhood kidnapping, during which she…

Weak Hero Class 2 is a work of art. I know that seems like a lot for what appears on the surface to be a series about teenage boys beating the crap out of each other, but it impressed me beyond my wildest expectations, and has earned my full endorsement. I was uncertain where the…

As Netflix continues to diversify their library, adding more and more international titles, there’s a new niche of Korean thrillers that is absolutely killing it. Don’t sleep on these can’t-miss titles! The Frog This absolutely unhinged story follows the consequences of two parallel murders in a small forest town. Both crimes take place in the…

Netflix struck TV series gold when Fight Club and Gone Girl director David Finch became the de facto showrunner for Mindhunter, the psychological crime thriller adapted from John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker’s 1995 book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, but after two successful seasons, and a four year long wait to…

I watch TV as a way to see and experience things that are outside my reach. When COVID shut down restaurants across the globe, I binged Chef’s Table as a replacement for the dining experience and fell in love with the obsessive personalities that brought their Michelin star restaurants to life. The Nancy Silverton’s of…

We already knew Shah Rukh Khan was the master of disguise. He’s donned dozens of costumes, hair cuts, highlights, false beards, CGI, and even transformed his appearance to play his own father and his biggest fan. But tonight marks his debut on the Met Gala Red carpet, signaling a larger introduction to American audiences not…

American audiences are so trained to binge their favorite television series in a mad, bender-like dash of non-stop action and entertainment that leaves them bored and unsatisfied when all is said and done and there is “nothing left to watch”. This Cinco de Mayo, maybe it’s time to dip our toes into an artform perfected…