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About Joyce Kulhawik

Joyce Kulhawik, best known as the Emmy Award-winning arts and entertainment critic for CBS-Boston (WBZ-TV 1981-2008), is currently lending her expertise as an arts critic/advocate, motivational speaker, and cancer crusader. Kulhawik is President of the Boston Theater Critics Association, a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics, and Boston Online Film Critics Association. Joyce also writes for WBUR's The ARTery and RogerEbert.com.
Jan 21 2025

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: DOG MAN

By |2025-01-28T23:53:38-05:00January 21st, 2025|Animation, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Family, Kids, Movies|Comments Off on FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: DOG MAN

YOUR ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND A FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES "DOG MAN" Saturday, January 25th at 11:00 AM at AMC Boston Common 19 Click here for TRAILER    CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR FIRST COME FIRST SERVED SEAT PASSES: https://gofobo.com/ekJKb77952 Genre: Animated Action Comedy Cast: Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Poppy Liu, [...]

Dec 22 2024

THEATER: DIARY OF A TAP DANCER

By |2024-12-23T10:50:11-05:00December 22nd, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: DIARY OF A TAP DANCER

This show is a revelation and gift! TAP into the holidays with a world premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge: DIARY OF A TAP DANCER! Ayodele (like "deli") Casel whom we last saw in 2022 at the ART chasing magic, wrote and choreographed this show, directed by longtime collaborator Torya Beard. The production [...]

Dec 20 2024

THEATER: ROSEMARY’S BABY JESUS

By |2024-12-23T16:16:30-05:00December 20th, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: ROSEMARY’S BABY JESUS

Must see this IMMEDIATELY --without the kids-- and it closes this weekend: ROSEMARY'S BABY JESUS. It's the Gold Dust Orphans' annual Christmas musical spectacular! DESPITE the bawdy send up of Roman Polanski's horror classic "Rosemary's Baby" about a young married couple starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes as Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse whose neighbors turn [...]

Dec 16 2024

THEATER: CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL

By |2024-12-16T23:37:49-05:00December 16th, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL

A new holiday treat has arrived on the Boston scene -- an enduring story which never fails to move me. It cuts right through the Christmas chaos, and gets to the heart of the season: CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's inaugural production of this touching tale, is an instant classic! Company artistic [...]

Dec 10 2024

MOVIE: A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

By |2024-12-11T10:03:35-05:00December 10th, 2024|Drama, Movies, Musicals|Comments Off on MOVIE: A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

I know this about A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: Timothee Chalamet nails it. The new biopic charts poet, musician, Nobel Prize-winner Bob Dylan’s subterranean landing in the middle of the last century, like a depth charge still rippling through time and cultural space.  Just voted BEST ACTOR by the Boston Society of Film Critics, Chalamet delivers the [...]

Dec 08 2024

BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS 2024 AWARDS!

By |2024-12-10T14:40:30-05:00December 8th, 2024|Documentary, Drama, Family, Movies, Thriller, Trailers, Uncategorized, War|Comments Off on BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS 2024 AWARDS!

The Boston film critics have spoken! After our shortest gathering in years-- 5 1/2  hours--the votes are in!  ANORA, which won the big prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d'Or, has won four awards from the Boston Society of Film Critics including top prize for Best Picture  (the "Elm d'Or" for the Mass [...]

Nov 30 2024

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: NIGHTBITCH

By |2024-12-13T23:56:04-05:00November 30th, 2024|Drama, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Horror, Movies|Comments Off on FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: NIGHTBITCH

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES'  NIGHTBITCH Thursday, December 5th at 7 PM at AMC Boston Common. WATCH TRAILER HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=918prRymA-U RSVP FOR PASSES HERE: https://searchlightscreenings.com/WOMBostonNB Synopsis: A woman (Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn. Written & [...]

Nov 26 2024

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

By |2024-12-13T23:56:37-05:00November 26th, 2024|Drama, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Movies, Trailers|Comments Off on FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

You are cordially invited to attend a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of Searchlight Pictures' A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Tuesday, December 3rd at 7 PM at AMC Boston Common. Watch Trailer HERE RSVP for PASSES HERE: https://searchlightscreenings.com/WOMBostonACU Synopsis: New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives [...]

Nov 25 2024

MOVIE: WICKED

By |2024-11-25T23:14:53-05:00November 25th, 2024|Drama, Family, Fantasy, Kids, Movies, Musicals, Romance|Comments Off on MOVIE: WICKED

I was dreading seeing it. SO much hype. SO long (2hours 40)and that's just Part 1! And took SO long (more than a decade) to get made. I ADORE the musical and those songs. And our beloved local author Gregory Maguire who imagined more about these two witches (who still haunt my dreams) than I [...]

Nov 20 2024

THEATER: TARTUFFE/FRANKENSTEIN

By |2024-11-20T23:12:06-05:00November 20th, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: TARTUFFE/FRANKENSTEIN

TARTUFFE is a riot as Moliere intended and as HUB THEATRE COMPANY of BOSTON presents it. Onstage at the BCA PLAZA only through this weekend, this show explodes the confines of this tiny space with inventive performances, clever staging, and a plot as relevant in 2024 as it was the first time it was performed [...]

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