Kristy Puchko

Joined: Feb 19, 2014

Kristy is a New York-based entertainment journalist whose work has appeared on Vanity Fair, Time Out New York, Vulture, Pajiba, Spinoff Online, and Cinema Blend. She's also a co-host of the movie review video podcast Popcorn and Prosecco. When she's not falling down rabbit holes of research, she's playing board games, jamming out karaoke style, or advocating the glories of some cartoon show you aren't watching but should be.

15 Facts About Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’

10 Towns That Seem Straight Out of a Storybook

Georges Seurat. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884/86. The Art Institute of Chicago. Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection.

15 Facts About A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884

Faye Dunaway as notorious gangster Bonnie Parker and Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow in 'Bonnie & Clyde' (1967)

10 Notorious Female Gangsters

14 Facts About Edvard Munch's 'The Scream'

You’ve seen it on everything from socks to 'The Simpsons' to cocktail napkins, but how much do you really know about Edvard Munch's 'The Scream'?

11 Fascinating Facts About Denzel Washington

Since making his acting debut in 1977, Denzel Washington has appeared in more than 50 movies, where he has awed audiences and garnered critical acclaim by delivering one powerful performance after the next. But there’s much more to the man than his movies

Rotten Tomatoes' editor-in-chief Matt Atchity and senior editor Grae Drake in 2016.

8 Fresh Facts About Rotten Tomatoes

Find out more about how Rotten Tomatoes has become the premier destination for movie and TV reviews online.

Star Trek was a key influence in Emily St. John Mandel's 2014 novel, Station Eleven.

11 Facts About Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel’s ambitious and acclaimed 2014 novel, 'Station Eleven,' whisks readers around the globe and across decades, exploring the before and after of a fictional pandemic that eradicates the world as we know it.

Jackie Collins at her home in Beverly Hills, California in 1995.

Lady Boss: 10 Facts About Jackie Collins

Before there was 'Sex and the City' or 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' Jackie Collins was delivering unapologetically raunchy tales of glamour and seduction with a treasure trove of erotic novels.

9 Juicy Facts About the McDonald's Big Mac

You can probably recite the ingredients (and the original jingle) by memory, but how much do you actually know about the iconic Big Mac from McDonald's?

15 Facts About Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes’s 'Flowers for Algernon' is a poignant science-fiction novella that has won critical acclaim and popularity around the globe.

Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021).

13 Facts About The Haunting True Story Behind The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' is the third entry in this frightening film series to dive into the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren.

11 Facts About Napster

Napster forever changed the way we listen to music. Here are 11 facts about this industry-changing computer software.

(L to R): The Go-Go's—Gina Schock, Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine, and Jane Wiedlin—pose during a 1985 photo shoot in Hollywood.

10 Facts About The Go-Go's That Can't Be Beat

You know "We Got The Beat," "Vacation," and "Our Lips Are Sealed," but do you know the story of The Go-Go's—the history-making all-girl band behind the hits?

An FBI photograph of the crime scene after the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery, as seen in This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist (2021).

12 Facts About the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Robbery—the World's Biggest Art Heist

On March 18, 1990, two men—dressed as police officers—talked their way into the side door of Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Less than 90 minutes later, they had pulled off the largest art heist in history—which remains unsolved to this day.

25 Surprising Facts About Deadwood

David Milch's 'Deadwood' earned critical praise, launched careers, and won a devoted fan following over its three seasons—even if admirers of the dark Western crime drama have long lamented its too-short television run.