Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages is a 1916 historical drama silent film directed by D.W. Griffith. It tells four stories across history, from ancient Babylon to early 1900s America, ...

Everything about cinema’s first blockbuster, “The Birth of a Nation” (1915), seemed new: its three-hour running time, complex narrative, large cast of characters, and its powerful emotional effect on ...

For his next film, Griffith had a breathtakingly original concept. “Intolerance,” screening once Saturday in a stunning new digital 167-minute restoration at the Castro Theatre, was not a huge ...