Metropolis Restored: A Sci-Fi Cinematic Masterpiece Is Whole Once Again [Video]

Metropolis is widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made, telling the tale of class warfare and uprising in a dystopic society that has been spurred by an cyborg fashioned in the likeness of an aristocrat’s dead wife. But the version the vast majority of us had seen was not the original cut that German director Fritz Lang had submitted to studios; rather it was a considerably shortened version that had been slowly restored—but never completed—over the years. Then in 2008, a discovery was made. More »

When Harry Met Sally: When Romantic Comedies Were Actually Fun and Smart [Video]

If you have never seen this movie, you must. Not because the brilliant Nora Ephron—the movie’s screenwriter—passed away yesterday, but because it’s a brilliant simple movie. A funny, clever, sometimes poignant, every time spot on look at relationships. A romantic comedy that is actually good cinema, not just the candied crap cakes made out of canned pink goo that populate movie theater nowadays. More »

Me @ the Zoo: An Intimate Portrait of Chris Crocker, Viral Video Blogger and Britney Apologist [Video]

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Beer Wars: Because You Should Know How Your Favorite Beverage Gets to Your Glass [Video]

A lot of us have these quaint ideas about how the beer industry works—it’s what commercials have taught us. The truth is that it’s a bloody, cut-throat battle. Beer Wars is a documentary that explores all of it… and makes you thirsty. More »