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Films about chess, a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess).
Critical Thinking is a 2020 American biographical drama film based on the true story of the 1998 Miami Jackson High School chess team, the first inner-city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
The American independent film, beginning in the 1910s but prior to the 1980s and first half of the 1990s, [19] [20] [11] was previously associated with race films, [21] Poverty Row b movies (e.g. Republic Pictures [22] [23]), exploitation films, avant-garde underground cinema (when it was known as the New American Cinema [24] [25]), social and political documentaries, experimental animated ...
Following the big Oscars weekend, a new slate of blockbusters and indie films are hoping to drum up excitement about what 2025 has to offer in the cinema landscape. Starting with the weekend’s ...
As Hollywood studios battle pandemic fallout and feed movies to streaming services, audiences can expect far fewer theatrical releases than usual in 2022. Business over the next 12 months should ...
Fresh takes the subway to Washington Square to play chess for cash with a man who is undefeated while his father Sam, a skilled chess player, watches. After winning, Fresh plays his father but loses. Fresh visits Chuckie, who proposes to enter their dog, Roscoe, in a dogfight to earn cash and urges Fresh to get him a job with Esteban.
The movies, which include such IFC classics as "Y Tu Mama Tambien" and "Boyhood," will be made available to cinemas without any rental fees. The retrospective program boasts roughly 200 films.
On the way home after having to join the chess team without knowing how to play, while taking a detour through Washington Square Park, Max sees several people playing chess. The following day she asks Norman, who she had seen alone with a chess board, if he could teach her how to play. He initially discourages her, but her determination wins out.