This year, in which a tense election, the accelerated fracturing of media, and Lena Dunham's Girls threatened to irreparably divide us, a few things brought us together: "Call Me Maybe," "Gangnam Style," and the groundbreaking performance art of Clint Eastwood. And if you didn't enjoy at least one Channing Tatum movie in 2012, that’s your fault.
- Movies
The Top 10 Films - An unexpectedly modern Lincoln, the mercilessly gripping Zero Dark Thirty, and the happy submission of Pitch Perfect.
- The best in ambitious drama (Mad Men, Homeland) and fantastical comedy (Louie, Community).
- Kendrick Lamar's eye-opening origin story, Cloud Nothings's teeth-gritting catharsis, and Killer Mike's nineties flashbacks.
- Theater
The Top 10 Productions - The raw, sinewy Woolf, the Nichols-Seymour Hoffman dream team, and a batch of rule-breaking unmusicals.
- Books
The Top 10 Reads - Kathryn Schulz's favorites, from Alice Munro's newest short stories to Christopher Hitchen's last meditations.
- Clint Eastwood pioneered a new genre of performance art, the Met examined the dawn of Egyptian art, and more.
- Classical
The Top 10 Performances - A centennial celebration for John Cage, a horror-film installation in the Park Avenue Armory, and a luxe Tempest.
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