Best of Boston
Best Critic
Cate McQuaid, <em>Boston Globe</em>
Covering both the galleries and the small exhibition spaces, McQuaid's reviews are insightful, enthusiastic, and deeply serious. Boston artists know she's out there, and they [...] read more»
1994 Best Critic, Television
Monica Collins of the <em>Herald</em>
She knows television the way a good broker knows the stock market. She can tell you how to invest your TV time and get a [...] read more»
1989 Best Critic, Press, Print
Mark Jurkowitz, <em>Boston Phoenix</em>
Finally, a worthy successor to David O'Brian. Sharp, hardworking, and fair. read more»
1989 Best Critic
Rebecca Nemser
Finally, a visual-arts writer who can talk about meaning without waxing pedantic. Wherever it appears, in the Globe or in Art New England, the skillful [...] read more»
1989 Best Critic, Entertainment, Radio and TV
Joyce Kulhawik, Channel 4
Okay, so until June the field was just Joyce and Dixie Whatshername. It doesn't matter. When Joyce is at her best, she's still the best. read more»
1989 Best Critic, Print
“Errors of the Way,” the <em>Boston Phoenix</em> feature that fact-checks the too-frequently erroneous reporting of <em>Boston Herald</em> quidnune Norma Nathan.
It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. read more»
1988 Best Critic, TV
A tie. Ed Siegel, <em>Boston Globe</em>, Terry Ann Knopf, <em>Patriot Ledger</em>
Intelligent, creative, and—above all—useful, Siegel's stuff would be great even if you didn't compare it with the trip churned out by his predecessor, the windy [...] read more»
1988 Best Critic, Entertainment
Joyce Kulhawik, Channel 4
Best last year and still the one to watch. Sorely missed when the Boss opened his national tour in Worcester while she was out sick. [...] read more»
1988 Best Critic, Theater
Arthur Friedman, <em>Boston Herald</em>
Friedman is cranky, petty, unlovable, and almost always right. read more»
1987 Best Critic, Entertainment, TV
Joyce Kulhawk, Channel 4
Just another pretty face, you say? Not so. We love her mind too. All right, maybe she's not too deep but she's Edmund Wilson compared [...] read more»
1987 Best Critic, Television
Terry Ann Knopf, <em>Patriot Ledger</em>
Yes, she also writes for Boston Magazine. No, she didn't lobby to be Best. But she is. So there. read more»