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Nico Pedrero-Setzer, Abroad Arts Editor

Nico Pedrero-Setzer is a junior majoring Journalism and Cinema Studies. He’s from California by way of Chiapas, noting he spent the majority of his childhood criss-crossing between the United States and Mexico before attending a boarding school in Rhode Island. Nico is also a consumer of media: film, music, books — you name it! You can check out what he’s reading at @nicopedrero on Instagram, stalk his Spotify @nicolaspsetzer, track his compulsive movie-watching habits via Letterboxd @nicolaspsetzer, or track his ramblings on Twitter at @NicoPSetzer.

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Art + Type Magazine stresses care in collectivism

Melding collective and community, the art magazine founded by two Steinhardt art majors emphasizes diversity, collaboration and family.

Nico Pedrero-Setzer, Arts Editor • March 11, 2022

Collectives are often born on paper. When like-minded artists come together and put their shared ideas on the page, they sign their names to a mission that will drive their ambitions...

Review: ‘Donda’ is a godsend

After several rounds of editing and an expected series of delays, Kanye West’s “Donda” is finally out.

Nico Pedrero-Setzer, Abroad Arts Editor • August 31, 2021

Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda Donda. Through mantric divination, Kanye West introduces us to “Donda,” a work of hard drums and heavy tears. Listening...

NYU Alum Previews Poignant New Album

Alex Brown Church, better known as Sea Wolf, takes us in and out of the dark forest in his latest artistic endeavor.

Nico Pedrero-Setzer, Music Editor • March 8, 2020

Lost in a Dantesque forest forged from the fires of breakup, anxiety about the state of the nation and absolute confusion about his life’s trajectory, Alex Brown Church confesses...

‘Greener Grass’: A Lackluster Attempt at Social Satire

The suburban soccer mom comedy falls short of social commentary but entertains with its bizarre premise.

Nico Pedrero-Setzer, Staff Writer • November 8, 2019

Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe’s “Greener Grass” plays out like an over-extended SNL skit by David Lynch. Satirizing the preservation of the status quo in a listless suburban...

‘Kinetta’: A Cornucopia of Wasted Potential

Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos’s 2005 drama makes its American debut 14 years later, but American audiences weren’t missing much.

Nico Pedrero-Setzer, Staff Writer • October 31, 2019

Unseen by American eyes up until now, Yorgos Lanthimos’s 2005 solo debut has finally arrived in the U.S. courtesy of the Museum of the Moving Image. Following a photo-store clerk,...

‘The Cave’: A Dreary Ode to Hope

Feras Fayyad’s documentary on a makeshift hospital in the midst of the Syrian Civil War serves as a testament to human resolve and the efforts of one Dr. Amani Ballor and her team.

Nico Pedrero-Setzer, Contributing Writer • October 15, 2019

“Keep on smiling for the children, it’s the least we can do,” says Dr. Amani Ballor, as the walls of the Cave ring with the echoes of destruction from the warplanes bombing...