Nicole Stawiarski

The Hindi film industry has been going through non-stop transitions ever since COVID. The pandemic halted production and theater attendance, and in the lull, the top tier talent all got married (to each other) and started having families. Alia Bhatt proved in a big way that children are no longer the early ticket to retirement […]

I scoured the internet yesterday to figure out where I could stream Antena 3’s 2011 Spanish-language mystery-romance, Gran Hotel, but the slew of links from Google and ChatGPT all led to the same “this title is not available in your region” dead end. It’s safe to say, my frustration and disappointment cannot be understated. This […]

The ‘Caitlin Clark effect’ has made a monumental impact on women’s basketball, and the Indiana Fever point guard has been credited with generating an estimated 26.5% of the WNBA’s economic activity for the 2024 season. With ticket prices on the rise, and an ever-growing fandom, the appeal of catching her talent (or the media-generated rivalry […]

No one does a period piece mini-series like BBC, and there are two you absolutely can’t skip before the end of Pride Month. Whether you just love a good love story, get down with Dickensian plots, or were as obsessed with The Handmaiden as I was, these two series will have you glued to the […]

You may have missed it, but in the very first episode of Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 Annie Murphy’s character, Imogen, starts pelting pharmacologist Martin with questions about Masha’s model for the retreat. She name drops everyone from Bettelheim’s The Uses Of Enchantment to Jungian archetypes—which she claims are tied to an “ancestral memory of […]

Tension has been steadily building at Zauberwald, and this week the credits rolled right before they could hit their zenith. Masha and Martin were tripping on mushroom tea, David was hooked up to the “new technology” that allows Masha to help patients relive old memories, and a vibrant fireworks show and loudspeaker announcement summoned the […]

Netflix’s The Residence may have given us our new favorite character of 2025 in Cordelia Cupp, but with no clear word from the streaming giant on the future of the series, or her career, we have to turn elsewhere to get our dose of kick-ass female detectives. Luckily, there are plenty of great options to […]

Steven Spielberg’s epic American thriller has been one of our move beloved films for half a century. As we celebrate the big 5-0 with cinema’s most famous beast, and bassline to boot, here are some of the funniest and sharpest dialogues that perfectly encapsulated 1970s east coast summer vibes within a horror-filled tale of carnage […]

It’s a long-awaited day today as Jeremy Allen White makes his return to our screens as Chicago’s favorite chef in need of some serious therapy, but hey, we couldn’t love him more unless he could feed us five star meals through the screen. Amazon has a new series dropping, and we can’t forget about the […]

There’s nothing harder than saying goodbye to a set of beloved characters after you’ve followed along on their epic journey. Luckily for us, anime knows how to stretch out our time in a fantasy world for as long as possible. Storylines called “arcs” contain their own beginnings, middles, and ends, allowing series to continue on […]

No one does a period piece mini-series like BBC, and there are two you absolutely can’t skip before the end of Pride Month. Whether you just love a good love story, get down with Dickensian plots, or were as obsessed with The Handmaiden as I was, these two series will have you glued to the […]

The ‘Caitlin Clark effect’ has made a monumental impact on women’s basketball, and the Indiana Fever point guard has been credited with generating an estimated 26.5% of the WNBA’s economic activity for the 2024 season. With ticket prices on the rise, and an ever-growing fandom, the appeal of catching her talent (or the media-generated rivalry […]

Steven Spielberg’s epic American thriller has been one of our move beloved films for half a century. As we celebrate the big 5-0 with cinema’s most famous beast, and bassline to boot, here are some of the funniest and sharpest dialogues that perfectly encapsulated 1970s east coast summer vibes within a horror-filled tale of carnage […]

The second season of Nine Perfect Strangers has been a brilliant continuation of Hulu’s adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s eponymous novel. We have a new set of strangers with deeply interconnected trauma being dredged up with the aid of Masha’s secret, psychedelic mushroom brew, as she attempts to lead them towards healing while straddling emotional baggage […]

My girlfriend has a track record of making me watch the most emotionally devastating films of all time: Titanic, Patch Adams, The Green Mile, documentaries about everything from 9/11 to children with cancer; and I have a track record of humoring her. So when she asked me to go to the theater for the 20th […]

Period drama girlies love a good Keira Knightly movie marathon, but when it’s time to really lose ourselves in another era, we turn to television for it’s ability to cover more ground across a series of episodes, or simply allow us to stay longer in a historic or aesthetic fictional world. If you’re the type […]

It’s another beautiful week in the world of film and television, and just because summer is officially upon us, that doesn’t mean things are slowing down. We have strong premieres today from a biopic documentary to a fantasy romance, and lots of classics ringing in milestone birthdays. Check out everything below! Barbara Walters: Tell Me […]

A True Crime addict is never satisfied, no matter how many podcasts or documentaries they get their hands on. Luckily for us, Netflix has four new titles out with compelling footage and interviews, many of which have never been seen before. Check out each of them below! Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders This three-part docuseries […]