TIME film critic Richard Corliss selects the must-watch movies of the year, including the last installment of the Batman series and the visually spectacular Life of Pi.
VIDEO: Top 10 TV Series of 2012
TIME TV Critic James Poniewozik selects the best TV shows of the year.
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The Top 10 TV Episodes of 2012: The Best and the Rest
Because no human can watch everything, this list is necessarily more incomplete, and therefore more fun, than my annual Best Shows list.
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The Top 10 TV Shows of 2012: The Best and the Rest
Here’s my complete list, along with a partial list of honorable mentions. But first, it’s time for my annual list of caveats, rationalizations and excuses!
Arts & Entertainment
In 55 wide-ranging lists, TIME surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad of the past 12 months
Katie Holmes Trapped on Broadway
The latest Hollywood star to take the stage seems lost in her new play, ‘Dead Accounts’
Listen to TIME’s Top 10 Songs of 2012 Playlist
In the past year, music fans had the privilege to stick it to the man with Pussy Riot, learn to horsey dance with PSY, hear one of the best Dylan covers in a long time—even rediscover a 1969 garage-rock suite. Now we’ve got the …
Albums
Singer-songwriters shine, rap reigns supreme, and a compilation celebrating a movement gets its due
New York Film Critics: A Perfect Score for Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow’s thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden and Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ draw first blood in the year-end awards campaign
LIFE with Marlon Brando: Early Photos
LIFE.com offers rare photos of the Method icon “inhabiting” his character for his first starring film role — playing a bitter paraplegic war vet in the 1950 drama, ‘The Men.’
James Franco Likely to Make Sundance Audiences Squirm—Again
The multitasking celebrity’s film festival entries aren’t for the faint of heart
Kennedy Center Honors Letterman, Led Zeppelin, Dustin Hoffman
The late-night host, the legendary rock band, a Hollywood actor, a ballerina and a bluesman took the stage last night
The Walking Dead Watch: Who Died (and Who Came Back) in the Mid-Season Finale?
The Battle of Woodbury leaves one regular dead—but reunites a few others