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The year in arts and movies |
 In a year of fragmentation, no easy fix
This was the year we all came to terms with the quagmire. And yearned for someone to fix it. George Clooney (above left) in "Michael Clayton" and Tommy Lee Jones in "No Country for Old Men" both played characters trying to clean up ugly situations. Meanwhile, audiences ate up wholesome fare like "American Idol," featuring Sanjaya Malakar.
2007 in the news
 Hub goes Hollywood, theaters face changes
We had budget cuts and high-profile exits, a city shut down by a cartoon marketing campaign, and movie stars seemingly everywhere. And was that really David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen together onstage?
Movies Wesley Morris's top 15 films of 2007
What made this fim critic's list? "Zodiac," "Eastern Promises," and "Grindhouse," to name a few. Find out why Morris chose these 15 films.  Ty Burr's top 10 films of 2007
"No Country for Old Men." "Ratatouille." "Michael Clayton." "I'm Not There." Learn how this film critic ranked his top picks of the year.
The Globe's favorite movie moments from 2007
 Winning moments and great losses
The pleasure we take in movies is rarely in the movie as a whole but in moments within a movie. Several Globe writers and editors recall their favorite movie moments from the year.
Television Surprises from cable's far corners
Before the writers' strike, 2007 was shaping up as a year of excellent scripted TV, if mostly cruising on fuel from previous years. At any given moment, you could put together a week containing four or five really good, well-written hours of drama and comedy.
Media
 Old and new clash in a struggle for dominance
How do we capture the future? That's what the traditional media seemed to be asking in 2007: how best to capitalize on the Internet's spirit, capture its ad revenue, attract an audience that has come to expect things fast, loud, and free. |
Music
Classical
Hunger for opera, Venezuelan heat
Boston's classical music scene this year was buzzing with near-constant activity, home-grown and imported, just about everywhere you looked. Pictured, Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra wore the colors of Venezuela's flag during encores at Symphony Hall.
- Jeremy Eichler's picks
- Archives Read more from Jeremy Eichler
- Events Search upcoming classical music concerts
Pop
Flagging disc sales, tour business send industry spinning
It's official: Nobody, from the mighty executive to the humble songwriter to the savviest analyst, has a clue what's going on in the music industry. But not everyone had a bad year. Miley Cyrus (left) took Hannah Montana on the road for one of the strongest tours of 2007.
Theater/Arts
Dance
The right moves in a cold artistic climate
The year in dance had a distinct Odette/Odile cast to it - the dual good/bad role at the heart of the most popular of classical ballets, "Swan Lake." But there was also a cold, dark side to the year, with midsize local troupes not so much drowning as frantically treading, well, air. Pictured, the Mark Morris Dance Company performed "Looky" at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Visual Art
An ugly dispute, and lonely beauty from Hopper
It's been a fractious, newsy, exciting year for art, packed with mysteries to scrutinize and uncover and topped with one messy, pitiful dispute.
Theater
A scene in the middle of transition
It's always a slightly odd exercise to talk about "the year in theater" from January to December, because theater seasons don't follow that calendar. But it seems particularly odd in 2007, which from start to finish has felt like a time of transition in Boston theater.
- Louise Kennedy's picks
- Archives Read more from Louise Kennedy
- Events Search upcoming performing arts events
Architecture
Showy buildings go up, while MIT sues designer of its own
Architecture continued to be a hot topic in 2007. By hot I mean it's on the front burner culturally. We notice it, we talk about it, we love it or, very often, we hate it. We may even travel to see it. (If so, we become "architourists.") We demand that it be better.
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More features
Over and out
Ring out the old
As the new year approaches, we asked our decidedly unscientific panel what they were "so over."
- Discuss What are you 'so over'?
Best of 2007
Critics' top CD picks
From pop to world music, find out which CDs Globe critics chose as their favorites.
- Discuss Favorite CDs of 2007?
The year in celebrity news
Photos
Most shocking stories
We polled Boston.com readers on the 20 most shocking stories for 2007. Can you guess which story is number one?
Photos
Top stories of 2007
We've rounded up the most talked about scandals, meltdowns, and everything else that made the news this year.
- Discuss Top story of '07?
Community
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Chats
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- Chat transcript Talk TV: Critics Matthew Gilbert and Joanna Weiss took your questions
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