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 “Being cool isn’t a renewable resource,” says one contributor to this documentary about the rise and fall of Vice magazine. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Vice transformed from a punk magazine into a digital empire telling the world what was cool (more specifically, telling millennials, who were then at their peak). By 2017, it was valued at nearly $6 billion; in 2023, Vice filed for bankruptcy. One man who saw it all from the inside is TV chef Eddie Huang, the director and frontman of this film. He had a long-running show on the Viceland channel and says he’s still owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties. Huang is also an advertisement for the best of Vice: fast-paced, funny, and authentic. The film opens with a host of must-see stories about pre-gentrification Brooklyn and interviews with early employees. It's not meant to be malicious, but Vice Is Broke will be essential viewing for anyone who worked there, with its detailed account of who held what position, job...