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 ...

At the American Computer Chess Convention, enthusiasts gather to pit their programs against other computer chess programs and human players in a tournament for a grand prize of $7500.

If you walk into a screening of Computer Chess without any prior knowledge, you’ll likely think two things. First, this is a real documentary about tech nerds from the 1980s. Second, it looks rough.

An odd, off-kilter film, Computer Chess, has managed to pull off something that no other science fiction story ever has. With its tale of an early 1980s computer chess tournament, it reveals the ...

Patrick Reister plays Peter Bishton in "Computer Chess." (Kin Lorber, Inc.) You can't get much nerdier in the title department than "Computer Chess." But any notion that the latest film from ...

The most interesting thing about 2013's cinematic landscape is the coming-of-age of Mumblecore. America's post-Cassavetes kids are stumbling out of spotty adolescence as Mark Duplass's star continued ...

After barely managing to sit through the first 10 minutes, in which creators of rival computer chess programs at a weekend convention mumbled their way through a panel discussion so lethally dull it ...

New York, NY – February 8, 2013 – Kino Lorber is pleased to announce that it has acquired all U.S. rights to Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess, which premiered last month at the Sundance Film Festival.