Competing films tell Chess Records story
When Andy Lack was a teenager living in New York, he would sneak into Harlem with his older brother to catch concerts by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley or Muddy Waters at the Apollo Theater.
View ArticleCadillac Records
Approaching the blues with the enthusiasm of an overcaffeinated brass band, helmer Darnell Martin nonetheless makes some kind of music with the percolating '50s biopic "Cadillac Records" -- mostly...
View ArticleChess
It's high time that Signature Theater a.d. Eric Schaeffer took on the challenge of "Chess."
View ArticleChess
Since it was released as a concept album in 1984, "Chess" by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus has been through more reincarnations than Shirley MacLaine.
View ArticleFox Consumer Products names Kazi, Chess
Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products has announced the appointment of Nabil Kazi to VP, global promotions and the promotion of Morgan Chess to VP, digital strategy and commerce.
View Article‘Single Shot,’‘Computer Chess’ to screen in Berlinale Forum
David M. Rosenthal's "A Single Shot," starring Sam Rockwell and William H. Macy, is among four U.S. films that will unspool in the Berlin Film Festival's Forum section, which unveiled its complete...
View ArticleComputer Chess
An endearingly nutty, proudly analog tribute to the ultra-nerdy innovators of yesteryear, this quasi-mockumentary is easy to admire in spirit even when its haphazard construction practically defines...
View ArticleKino Lorber acquires ‘Chess’
Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. rights to Andrew Bujalski's comedy "Computer Chess," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Life of a King’
A well-intentioned but thuddingly obvious addition to the "Stand and Deliver" subgenre of high-school inspirational dramas.
View ArticleToronto Film Review: ‘Pawn Sacrifice’
The moves are none too surprising but the psychological back-and-forth still compels attention in "Pawn Sacrifice."
View ArticleD.C. Theater Review: ‘Chess’
It’s been 30 years since the musical “Chess,” noted for its engaging score and inscrutable book, survived on Broadway for a scant two months. Could a high-profile revival finally be in the offing?...
View ArticleLondon Theater Review: ‘Chess’ at the English National Opera
No matter how frosty the West’s relations with Russia, is there really any reason to roll “Chess” out of cold storage? For all the bangers of its retro score, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’...
View ArticleThe Most Unique Chess Sets For Every Type of Pop Culture Junkie
Unless you’re Beth Harmon on “Queen’s Gambit” — high on a mix of Librium and unrelenting ambition — then you probably can’t play an entire game of chess on the ceiling, from the depths of your own...
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