top three of the year
Metropolis 75th anniversary release
The most complete version of Metropolis to date, this incrediblerestoration of the classic will ensure Fritz Lang's futuristic visionendures for new generations of film lovers.
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Extended Edition DVD
The best DVD since Criterion's three-disc Brazil, the extrasgalore filled four-disc/five-disc Fellowship is the pinnacle of thedigital format's potential.
2002 San Diego Comic Con
This year's was the first one I've ever gone to: Got to hang outwith Stephen Chow, see Ray Bradbury speak buy a new batch of cultmovie bootlegs. Fun times.
--Hubert Vigilla, tempo editor
Witnessing '80s soul sister Patti La Belleperform at 3 a.m. on Easter
The highlight was when she sung "God's Prayer" and a guy fell tohis knees onstage proclaiming how Patti had changed his life with hermusic. Giving obvious success to her album The Winner in You. Theshow was the grand opening party of Club Shelter in NYC.
Cop providing column fodder
Casually drinking beer at my friend's house when a cop walked inand told us we were underage and had to drive home.
Online shenanigans
Browsing into an AOL chatroom proclaiming I was really drunk andeveryone else in the room was just a bunch of worthless bastards.Turned out it was an AA site and my friend's AOL account wasterminated.
--Robby Balogh, staff writer
Top three places to listen to loud rock 'n'roll while destroying your liver in 2002:
Best shows: The Casbah
Good drink prices and great shows. The covers can get up there attimes, but it's almost always worth it.
Best Drink Prices: Kensington Club
There are always cheap drinks and on the weekends there's usuallygood rock 'n' roll. Even if the bands suck, you can go to theseparate bar area and avoid them.
Best cover charge: Scolari's Office
Free. Nothing more need be said.
---Stacy Brandt, staff writer
"Lottery Winners on Acid" The Crimea
Ah, to be weird and in love. The Crimea is a new band from Wales,and its debut single features a chorus ("We walk through the streetslike lottery winners on acid") that is as romantic as it is crackpot.
Far From Heaven directed by ToddHaynes
Never mind all the critical flap about it being a Douglas Sirkredux. Julianne Moore turns in an Oscar-caliber performance, andHaynes' direction allows for subtlety among the melodrama
Laura Cantrell When The Roses BloomAgain
Cantrell, much like Elvis Costello or the Roots, connects with heraudience through her love of music. The opening song, "Too Late ForTonight," tells us that she is listening to records and thinking of afar away lover -- don't we all do that?
--Stephen Chupaska, assistant tempo editor
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