Nicole Stawiarski

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.

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.

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…

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.

Korean dramas have nailed the formula for romance.

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,…

Swedish drama, The Glass Dome, follows criminologist, Lejla, as she returns to her childhood home following the death of her adopted mother.

Weak Hero Class 2 is a work of art.

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!

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.

I watch TV as a way to see and experience things that are outside my reach.

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.

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”.…

Many people mistake “Bollywood” for a genre defined by bright, colorful, musicals, full of Indian culture and romance, but the truth is it’s an entire industry that’s just as broad and varied as Hollywood.

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.

I found Yael van der Wouden’s novel, The Safekeep, advantageously positioned on display table in my local bookstore, while I was shopping the same way I sometimes do for a new bottle of wine—scanning for an image that captures my…

Many people mistake “Bollywood” for a genre defined by bright, colorful, musicals, full of Indian culture and romance, but the truth is it’s an entire industry that’s just as broad and varied as Hollywood.

I watch TV as a way to see and experience things that are outside my reach.