Today in film history, October 19, 2012, indie distributor Producers Distribution Agency (part of Cinetic Media) released the critically-acclaimed feature documentary, “Brooklyn Castle,” in USA theaters. Directed by Katie Dallamaggiore, at the center of the film is I.S. 318, an inner-city… Continue Reading →...
- 10/19/2016
- by Malcolm Woodard
- ShadowAndAct
Name all the chess films you can off the top of your head, go: There’s Boaz Yakim’s “Fresh,” “Brooklyn Castle,” Andrew Bujalski’s “Computer Chess” and easily the best of them all, “Searching For Bobby Fischer.” But few and far between are classic, and almost all pieces of chess narrative always circle back to Bobby Fischer, the American prodigy who captured the imagination of the world when he faced off against some of the greatest chess minds the Soviet Union has ever produced. Read More: Review: Kids Are King In Winning Chess Doc 'Brooklyn Castle' There have been documentaries on this subject, even past movies, but no one’s really made the definitive film about Fischer, his troubled mind and his famous matches in the Soviet Union. But Filmmaker Ed Zwick (“Glory,” “The Last Samurai”) has given it a shot, with Tobey Maguire in the lead...
- 5/27/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
In today.s edition of "New Hollywood Besties," we.ll be discussing the recent business ventures of mega-producer Scott Rudin and Seth Rogen, whose production companies . Scott Rudin Productions and Point Grey, respectively . are set up for three films to be co-produced and distributed by Sony Pictures and Eli Bush. That.s quite the lucrative partnership. One of the projects they.ll be focusing on is a feature adaptation of the acclaimed 2012 chess-centered documentary Brooklyn Castle, for which 50/50 director Jonathan Levine will be reteaming with that film.s screenwriter, Will Reiser. Get ready to experience the feels on an eight-by-eight gameboard. Katie Dellamaggiore directed the documentary, which followed a chess team from the Brooklyn junior high school I.S. 318 that were seemingly unbeatable. While part of the film focuses on the kids. extreme skills in what is commonly thought of as one of the brainiest board games out there, attention...
- 3/1/2014
- cinemablend.com
Jonathan Levine will direct a film version of Brooklyn Castle.
The 50/50 director has signed on to adapt Katie Dellamaggiore's acclaimed 2012 documentary for Sony Pictures, reports Deadline.
Brooklyn Castle centres around the young students of New York school I.S. 318.
Despite being located in a desperately impoverished neighbourhood, the institution has consistently delivered national chess champions.
Levine will also be reteaming with 50/50's Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt for a Christmas comedy film.
He is working on Street Dreams - a television series about the life of Nas - and Bad Romance with Channing Tatum.
Scott Rudin Productions' Scott Rudin and Eli Bush, and Point Grey's Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver are producing the film, alongside two other projects.
These are Console Wars - which charts the rivalry between Nintendo and Sega in the 1990s - and a project from the Mail Order Comedy troupe.
Watch the...
The 50/50 director has signed on to adapt Katie Dellamaggiore's acclaimed 2012 documentary for Sony Pictures, reports Deadline.
Brooklyn Castle centres around the young students of New York school I.S. 318.
Despite being located in a desperately impoverished neighbourhood, the institution has consistently delivered national chess champions.
Levine will also be reteaming with 50/50's Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt for a Christmas comedy film.
He is working on Street Dreams - a television series about the life of Nas - and Bad Romance with Channing Tatum.
Scott Rudin Productions' Scott Rudin and Eli Bush, and Point Grey's Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver are producing the film, alongside two other projects.
These are Console Wars - which charts the rivalry between Nintendo and Sega in the 1990s - and a project from the Mail Order Comedy troupe.
Watch the...
- 2/28/2014
- Digital Spy
Filmmakers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have joined forces to produce an adaptation of the 2012 documentary "Brooklyn Castle" which Jonathan Levine is attached to direct.
The story centers on a team of dominant chess champions who hail from the inner-city Brooklyn school I.S. 318, as budget cuts threaten to take the team away from these students.
Will Reiser ("50/50") is writing the script based on Katie Dellamaggiore's doco. James Weaver, Scott Rudin and Eli Bush will also produce.
Source: Deadline...
The story centers on a team of dominant chess champions who hail from the inner-city Brooklyn school I.S. 318, as budget cuts threaten to take the team away from these students.
Will Reiser ("50/50") is writing the script based on Katie Dellamaggiore's doco. James Weaver, Scott Rudin and Eli Bush will also produce.
Source: Deadline...
- 2/28/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Brooklyn Castle is being turned into a narrative feature, courtesy of Seth Rogen and his 50/50 team. His Point Grey has set up an adaptation of the junior high chess documentary at Sony, with 50/50 helmer Jonathan Levine and 50/50 scribe Will Reiser on board. Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore, the original film centered on the […]
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- 2/27/2014
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Jonathan Levine is spending February lining up project after project. This summer, he's reteaming with his "50/50" stars Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to shoot a Christmas comedy, he's got a TV series based on the life of Nas called "Street Dreams" cooking, and he's also in the mix to direct Marvel's "Doctor Strange." (And don't forget he's also got "Bad Romance" with Channing Tatum in there as well). And yet another project has crossed Levine's desk which he'll be taking on. Deadline reports that Levine will turn Katie Dellamaggiore's winning 2012 documentary "Brooklyn Castle" (our review) into a feature film. And it's not hard to see the cinema in the story. The doc follows a handful of kids of I.S. 318 in Brooklyn, who are part of one of the best chess programs in the country, with the school delivering championship after championship. It's the major silver lining for the students,...
- 2/27/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Scott Rudin Productions’ Scott Rudin and Eli Bush and Point Grey’s Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver have together set up a trio of feature collaborations. Two of the films are based on documentaries and will be made for Sony, where Rudin has his deal. All three will be produced by Rudin and Eli Bush along the the Point Grey trio. Sony Pictures has just set 50/50 writer Will Reiser and that film’s director Jonathan Levine to craft a feature from Brooklyn Castle, based on the Katie Dellamaggiore-directed docu about the trials and tribulations of the junior unbeatable champion chess team at I.S. 318. That’s an inner-city junior high school where more than 65% of students come from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level and where budget cuts threaten to derail its chessboard dominance. The docu won the Audience Award at SXSW, and it...
- 2/27/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Warm Bodies director Jonathan Levine is looking to team back up with his 50/50 screenwriter Will Reiser for a new film called Brooklyn Castle. The movie will be produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
It's based on a documentary directed by Katie Dellamaggiore about "the trials and tribulations of the junior unbeatable champion chess team at I.S. 318. That’s an inner-city junior high school where more than 65% of students come from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level and where budget cuts threaten to derail its chessboard dominance."
Levine is a talented young director, and this seems like a great project for him to develop. I enjoy these types of inspiring films. The doc won the Audience Award at SXSW last year, so it must be a great story.
Here's the description of the doc:
This movie tells the stories of five members of the chess team at...
It's based on a documentary directed by Katie Dellamaggiore about "the trials and tribulations of the junior unbeatable champion chess team at I.S. 318. That’s an inner-city junior high school where more than 65% of students come from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level and where budget cuts threaten to derail its chessboard dominance."
Levine is a talented young director, and this seems like a great project for him to develop. I enjoy these types of inspiring films. The doc won the Audience Award at SXSW last year, so it must be a great story.
Here's the description of the doc:
This movie tells the stories of five members of the chess team at...
- 2/27/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Team 50/50 clearly cannot get enough of working together. Earlier this month, we learned that director Jonathan Levine and stars Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were planning a reunion for an untitled Christmas comedy. Levine and Rogen are also involved in another project, an adaptation of chess documentary Brooklyn Castle.The 50/50 connection doesn’t end there. Sony has that film’s writer, Will Reiser, set to write a film based on Katie Dellamaggiore’s documentary. Brooklyn Castle followed the trials and triumphs of the students from I.S. 318, an inner city junior high school in New York where more than 65 percent of the students comes from homes living below the U.S. government poverty level. Budget cuts constantly threaten the school’s chess programme and the kids must battle their own personal issues while perfecting their game.It’s all part of a trio of film collaborations between Rogen and Evan Goldberg...
- 2/27/2014
- EmpireOnline
Sony Pictures is developing a narrative take on director Katie Dellamaggiore's recent documentary Brooklyn Castle . Jonathan Levine ( Warm Bodies ) is planning to direct, re-teaming with 50/50 scribe Will Reiser and producers Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver. The original film, released in 2012, is officially described as follows: Brooklyn Castle tells the stories of five members of the chess team at a below-the-poverty-line inner city junior high school that has won more national championships than any other in the country. The film follows the challenges these kids face in their personal lives as well as on the chessboard, and is as much about the sting of their losses as it is about the anticipation of their victories. Scott Rudin and Eli Bush are also...
- 2/27/2014
- Comingsoon.net
New Release
The Short Game
PG, 1 Hr., 39 Mins.
If you’re a fan of exuberant, throat-gripping docs like Spellbound and Brooklyn Castle, let me introduce you to a new must-watch pleasure. In The Short Game, which won the SXSW Audience Award, director Josh Greenbaum follows the lives of the world’s best 7- and 8-year-old golfers as they compete in the annual World Championship of Junior Golf. Worried that you’re not a fan of golf, or of precociously talented kids, for that matter? Don’t be. The eight athletes, including Anna Kournikova’s delightful showman of a little brother,...
The Short Game
PG, 1 Hr., 39 Mins.
If you’re a fan of exuberant, throat-gripping docs like Spellbound and Brooklyn Castle, let me introduce you to a new must-watch pleasure. In The Short Game, which won the SXSW Audience Award, director Josh Greenbaum follows the lives of the world’s best 7- and 8-year-old golfers as they compete in the annual World Championship of Junior Golf. Worried that you’re not a fan of golf, or of precociously talented kids, for that matter? Don’t be. The eight athletes, including Anna Kournikova’s delightful showman of a little brother,...
- 12/4/2013
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside Movies
Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Boardwalk Empire," "Eastbound and Down," "Homeland," "Masters of Sex" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "Valentine Road": Television Premiere Monday, October 7th at 9pm on HBO Coming to HBO off of a premiere at Sundance earlier this year, Marta Cunningham's documentary looks at the murder of eighth grader Larry King by his classmate Brandon McInerney, unpacking a story of Lgbt discrimination, bullying and two kids coming from abusive backgrounds and meeting in tragedy. "Pov": "Brooklyn Castle" Monday, October 7th at 10pm on PBS Katie Dellamaggiore's quiet charmer of a doc about an inner city school's champ chess team comes to PBS this week. The film follows students from I.S. 138's program as they face national championships and budget cuts,...
- 10/7/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Gamechanger Films, a new for-profit film fund exclusively targeting narrative feature-length films directed by women, was announced today. The New York-based company was founded by Julie Parker Benello (Afternoon Delight, Pariah, Brooklyn Castle), Dan Cogan (Hell and Back Again, How to Survive a Plague, The Queen of Versailles), Geralyn Dreyfous (Born Into Brothels, The Invisible War, The Square) and Wendy Ettinger (Semper Fi: Always Faithful, The War Room, Eye of God), and will be led by producer Mynette Louie (Cold Comes the Night, California Solo, Children of Invention). Producer Mary Jane Skalski (Very Good Girls, Win Win, The Visitor) is […]...
- 9/27/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Gamechanger Films, a new for-profit film fund exclusively targeting narrative feature-length films directed by women, was announced today. The New York-based company was founded by Julie Parker Benello (Afternoon Delight, Pariah, Brooklyn Castle), Dan Cogan (Hell and Back Again, How to Survive a Plague, The Queen of Versailles), Geralyn Dreyfous (Born Into Brothels, The Invisible War, The Square) and Wendy Ettinger (Semper Fi: Always Faithful, The War Room, Eye of God), and will be led by producer Mynette Louie (Cold Comes the Night, California Solo, Children of Invention). Producer Mary Jane Skalski (Very Good Girls, Win Win, The Visitor) is […]...
- 9/27/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
PBS has officially set Monday, October 7 at 10pm, for the broadcast TV premiere of the 2012 acclaimed SXSW documentary Brooklyn Castle. I was there for its SXSW premiere; I saw it; I loved it. You can find my review of the film here. But before that scripted remake happens, see the original documentary on PBS, assuming you haven't already. It enjoyed a limited theatrical release, and Netflix carries in. So you have options. Brooklyn Castle (directed by Katie Dallamaggiore) is a documentary about I.S. 318, an inner-city public school that's home to the most-winning junior high school chess team in the country. But a series of deep public school budget cuts now...
- 9/13/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Marc Schiller, who heads up Bond Strategy and Influence, a publicity and marketing firm that worked on "Exit Through The Gift Shop," "Senna," "The Way," and "Brooklyn Castle," has just announced the creation of BOND360. According to the Bond press release, the new label will "provide strategic consultation, marketing, public relations, financing, and technical support to help filmmakers connect their films and related products directly to their fans." According to the release, BOND360's tenets are:1. Filmmakers retain copyrights to their films and products2. Filmmakers control access to their communities and data3. The most profitable distribution “windows” are prioritized up front4. Filmmakers are involved and consulted on all creative and business decisionsWriting on the blog for the Independent Film Project, Marc Schiller explained why distribution outside of the establishment is more than just a back-up plan. The reality is that a filmmaker who decides not to sell...
- 4/19/2013
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
Not only are the winners shown but you get to see where the other contenders placed in the category as well. Films are awarded one vote based on the score from the reviewer. Check out the top reviewed movies in each category below. Wide Release 1. Argo 2. Looper 3. Marvel's The Avengers 4. Skyfall 5. Moonrise Kingdom 6. The Cabin in the Woods 7. The Sessions 8. The Secret World of Arriertty 9. The Dark Knight Rises 10. Lincoln Limited Release 1. This Is Not A Film 2. The Invisible War 3. How to Survive a Plague 4. Jiro Dreams of Sushi 5. Monsieur Lazhar 6. Oslo, August 31st 7. The Imposter 8. The Island President 9. Brooklyn Castle 10. The Kid with a Bike Top United Kingdom 1. Skyfall 2. Coriolanus 3. The Pirates! Band of Misfits 4. Sightseers 5. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Top Australia 1.
- 1/26/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
Here is a collection of a dozen of the best documentaries I saw in 2012. It's not a "best of the year" list. Just some good memories of these films.
I will not burden you again with another complaint about lists. More than ever, I despise them because they shift focus away from a film and toward a list. When I recently caught up with "Django Unchained," for example, I gave it four stars. The comments section was overrun with readers asking if that meant it was now on my Top Ten list. One reader insisted on knowing which title it replaced. Although the piece was some 2,000 words long, another reader insisted he still wanted to see "my official review."
All I can do with any film is tell you that I've seen it, and what I thought about it. If it sounds interesting to you, it might be worth seeking out.
I will not burden you again with another complaint about lists. More than ever, I despise them because they shift focus away from a film and toward a list. When I recently caught up with "Django Unchained," for example, I gave it four stars. The comments section was overrun with readers asking if that meant it was now on my Top Ten list. One reader insisted on knowing which title it replaced. Although the piece was some 2,000 words long, another reader insisted he still wanted to see "my official review."
All I can do with any film is tell you that I've seen it, and what I thought about it. If it sounds interesting to you, it might be worth seeking out.
- 1/15/2013
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Revealed today, at the Television Critics Association, PBS announced that it will offer its 2nd annual Online Film Festival, featuring short form films, beginning Monday, March 4, and will offer a multi-platform Independent Film Showcase this fall. Both will feature films from Pov and Itvs' Independent Lens, as well as other public media partners. No lineup revealed yet for the Online Film Festival, although I'm sure one is forthcoming. But the Independent Film Showcase lineup will include a few familiar titles like Brooklyn Castle and The Waiting Room. Full details below via press release from PBS... PBS Continues Commitment to Independent...
- 1/15/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Time flies when you are trying to raise young movie junkies. Here I thought 2012 had just begun. Instead, it’s over. We covered a lot of cinematic ground in the When Can I Watch That with My Kids column, a weekly feature that “talks” with parents about current and classic movies our kids likely are interested in seeing. Highlights from the 2012 slate include conversation on Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, superhero epics such as The Amazing Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises, documentaries both challenging (Bully) and inspirational (Brooklyn Castle), and – of course – The Hunger Games. Before we close the book on the previous year, I wanted to single out five movies that have meant the most to my kids, and recommend that you...
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- 1/4/2013
- by Sean O'Connell
- Movies.com
The Oscars are almost upon us, and the past few weeks have treated us to the shortlists competing in a number of categories, including Best Animated Feature, Best Visual Effects, Best Documentary, and Best Original Score.
With the nominations announcement creeping ever closer at the start of next month, the Academy have now announced a seventy-five-long list of songs that are eligible in the Best Original Song category.
The list features some absolutely stellar songs that have debuted on the big screen this year, including Adele’s impressive Bond theme, Skyfall.
Tom Hooper’s highly anticipated Les Misérables is also in the running with Suddenly, composed specifically for the film, and it should be great to see how it’s received both by audiences and the Academy in the coming weeks.
We’ve got plenty of choices from animated films in the mix – the animated ones are often the strongest...
With the nominations announcement creeping ever closer at the start of next month, the Academy have now announced a seventy-five-long list of songs that are eligible in the Best Original Song category.
The list features some absolutely stellar songs that have debuted on the big screen this year, including Adele’s impressive Bond theme, Skyfall.
Tom Hooper’s highly anticipated Les Misérables is also in the running with Suddenly, composed specifically for the film, and it should be great to see how it’s received both by audiences and the Academy in the coming weeks.
We’ve got plenty of choices from animated films in the mix – the animated ones are often the strongest...
- 12/13/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Seventy-five songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 85th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film and song title: “For You” from “Act of Valor” “Metaphorical Blanket” from “Any Day Now” “Let It Rain” from “Being Flynn” “Learn Me Right” from “Brave” “Touch the Sky” from “Brave” “Airport” from “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best” “Come on Girl” from “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best” “Someday” from “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best” “Protect the King” from “Brooklyn Castle” “California Solo” from “California Solo” “Casa De Mi Padre” from “Casa De Mi Padre” “Del Cielo” from “Casa De Mi Padre” “Yo No Se” from “Casa De Mi Padre” “No Other Plans” from “Celeste and Jesse Forever...
- 12/12/2012
- by aablog@hollywoodnews.com (Josh Abraham)
- Hollywoodnews.com
In what might be a bit of an over-correction from last year’s two-song race, The Academy has released the largest list of Oscar-eligible original songs in years, topping out at 75 tunes from the movies of the year. Naturally, the big names are there — Adele with “Skyfall” and Arcade Fire with their work on The Hunger Games — but there are also some far out choices like work featured in Death By China and Saint Dracula. With that many songs in the mix, it was bound to be an eclectic group, but even though it’ll be whittled down for the final nominee list announced January 10th, it’s nice for the time being to see “Ladies of Tampa” from Magic Mike right next to “Love Always Comes as a Surprise” from Madagascar 3. Here’s the complete list with a few examples for your listening pleasure: “For You” from Act of Valor “Metaphorical Blanket” from Any Day Now “Let It Rain...
- 12/12/2012
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Seventy-five songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 85th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.
The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film and song title:
”For You” from “Act of Valor”
“Metaphorical Blanket” from “Any Day Now”
“Let It Rain” from “Being Flynn”
“Learn Me Right” from “Brave”
“Touch the Sky” from “Brave”
“Airport” from “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best”
“Come on Girl” from “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best”
“Someday” from “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best”
“Protect the King” from “Brooklyn Castle”
“California Solo” from “California Solo”
“Casa De Mi Padre” from “Casa De Mi Padre”
“Del Cielo” from “Casa De Mi Padre”
“Yo No Se” from “Casa De Mi Padre”
“No Other Plans” from “Celeste and Jesse Forever...
The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film and song title:
”For You” from “Act of Valor”
“Metaphorical Blanket” from “Any Day Now”
“Let It Rain” from “Being Flynn”
“Learn Me Right” from “Brave”
“Touch the Sky” from “Brave”
“Airport” from “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best”
“Come on Girl” from “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best”
“Someday” from “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best”
“Protect the King” from “Brooklyn Castle”
“California Solo” from “California Solo”
“Casa De Mi Padre” from “Casa De Mi Padre”
“Del Cielo” from “Casa De Mi Padre”
“Yo No Se” from “Casa De Mi Padre”
“No Other Plans” from “Celeste and Jesse Forever...
- 12/11/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There are 75 original songs that qualify for the Oscar this year, but really everyone has been waiting to hear about one.
Adele’s title theme to Skyfall surged to #1 on iTunes just days after debuting in October, but some feared the number by her and Paul Epworth would be ruled ineligible for the Oscar because it incorporates elements of the classic 007 theme, which of course is not original.
But the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided it was not a significant enough problem to boot it from the potential nominees, and included it without...
Adele’s title theme to Skyfall surged to #1 on iTunes just days after debuting in October, but some feared the number by her and Paul Epworth would be ruled ineligible for the Oscar because it incorporates elements of the classic 007 theme, which of course is not original.
But the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided it was not a significant enough problem to boot it from the potential nominees, and included it without...
- 12/11/2012
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
I mentioned on today's podcast that my three nominees for Best Original Song for the 2013 Critics' Choice Awards were "100 Black Coffins" from Django Unchained, "Skyfall" from Skyfall and "Ladies of Tampa" from Magic Mike. Of my nominees only "Skyfall" made the official list of nominees, but hopefully the Academy will right a couple of wrongs as both "100 Black Coffins" and Matthew McConaughey's "Ladies of Tampa" are among the 75 songs listed as in contention for a nomination at the 2013 Oscars. The Academy just released the following list of which all voting members of the Music Branch will receive a Reminder List of works submitted in the category and a DVD copy of the song clips. Members will be asked to watch the clips and then vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements in the category. The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes...
- 12/11/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The NAACP Image Awards have announced the nominees for their 44th annual awards show during a live press conference from the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, CA. Anthony Anderson (Guys with Kids), Niecy Nash (The Soul Man), Yvette Nicole Brown (Community), Garcelle Beauvais (Flight), Tyler James Williams (Go On), and Zendaya (Shake It Up!) announced the categories and nominees.
The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. Winners will be announced during the two-hour star-studded event, which will air live on Friday, February 1 (8 Et live/Pt tape-delayed) on NBC.
Following is the list of categories and nominees for the 44Th NAACP Image Awards:
Television
Outstanding Comedy Series
"Glee" (Fox)
"Modern Family" (ABC)
"The Game" (Bet)
"The Mindy Project" (Fox)
"The Soul Man" (TV...
The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. Winners will be announced during the two-hour star-studded event, which will air live on Friday, February 1 (8 Et live/Pt tape-delayed) on NBC.
Following is the list of categories and nominees for the 44Th NAACP Image Awards:
Television
Outstanding Comedy Series
"Glee" (Fox)
"Modern Family" (ABC)
"The Game" (Bet)
"The Mindy Project" (Fox)
"The Soul Man" (TV...
- 12/11/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Oscars are a little over two months away, and with so many fantastic films released throughout this year, the anticipation surrounding the announcement of the nominations next month is running on high.
So far, we’ve had the shortlists for the Best Animated Feature, the Best Visual Effects, and the Best Documentary categories.
Now the Academy has announced the list of 104 films that are eligible in the Best Original Score category, and it’s going to be very interesting to see what makes the final cut come nominations time next month.
I think Hans Zimmer’s score for The Dark Knight Rises is, hopefully, a lock, because it is amazing. I also loved James Horner’s score for The Amazing Spider-Man, but can’t decide whether or not I think it will earn a nomination.
Alexandre Desplat has three films in the running this year, with Argo, Rise of the Guardians,...
So far, we’ve had the shortlists for the Best Animated Feature, the Best Visual Effects, and the Best Documentary categories.
Now the Academy has announced the list of 104 films that are eligible in the Best Original Score category, and it’s going to be very interesting to see what makes the final cut come nominations time next month.
I think Hans Zimmer’s score for The Dark Knight Rises is, hopefully, a lock, because it is amazing. I also loved James Horner’s score for The Amazing Spider-Man, but can’t decide whether or not I think it will earn a nomination.
Alexandre Desplat has three films in the running this year, with Argo, Rise of the Guardians,...
- 12/11/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Indian composer A.R. Rahman is in the Oscar race once again for the original score at the 85thAcademy Awards. His composition for the film “”People Like Us” has found place in the long list of 104 composers vying for the nominations.
Rahman composed for the Alex Kurtzman directed “People Like Us” starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Jon Favreau and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Rahman won two Academy Awards for Best Original Music Score and Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009 for “Slumdog Millionaire”.
104 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category.
The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 10, 2013.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on February 24, 2013. The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:
“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” Henry Jackman, composer “After the Wizard,...
Rahman composed for the Alex Kurtzman directed “People Like Us” starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Jon Favreau and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Rahman won two Academy Awards for Best Original Music Score and Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009 for “Slumdog Millionaire”.
104 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category.
The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 10, 2013.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on February 24, 2013. The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:
“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” Henry Jackman, composer “After the Wizard,...
- 12/11/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
One hundred four scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 85th Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. As noted by various online Oscar pundits, most noticeably missing is Moonrise Kingdom. A Reminder List of works submitted in the Original Score category will be made available with a nominations ballot to all members of the Music Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements. The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award. Click Here for the complete rules.
In February, Ludovic Bource won the Oscar for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) for The Artist at the 84th Academy Awards.
The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below...
In February, Ludovic Bource won the Oscar for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) for The Artist at the 84th Academy Awards.
The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below...
- 12/11/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As far as I'm concerned, the two most memorable scores of the year belong to Cloud Atlas and Beasts of the Southern Wild. That said, I made an egregious and unforgivable mistake when filling out my Critics' Choice nominations and forgot to include not one of them, but Both of them! Shame. I feel it. Now I have to hope my fellow Bfca members came through where I failed. However, we will discuss Critics' Choice nominations more on the upcoming episodes of the RopeofSilicon podcast, for now we're talking Oscar as the Academy has released a complete list of all 104 original scores competing for Best Original Score at the 2013 Oscars. I have not yet posted my predictions for Best Original Score and while I am making a fuss above concerning Cloud Atlas and Beasts of the Southern Wild, I think both of those stand a very strong chance at a nomination this year.
- 12/10/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
One hundred four scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 85th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below in alphabetical order by film title: “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” Henry Jackman, composer “After the Wizard,” Stephen Main, composer “Alex Cross,” John Debney and Sebastian Morton, composers “The Amazing Spider-Man,” James Horner, composer “Anna Karenina,” Dario Marianelli, composer “Argo,” Alexandre Desplat, composer “Battleship,” Steve Jablonsky, composer “The Bay,” Marcelo Zarvos, composer “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin, composers “Being Flynn,” Damon Gough, composer “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” Thomas Newman, composer “Big Miracle,” Cliff Eidelman, composer “Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story,” David Cieri, composer “Brave,” Patrick Doyle, composer “Brooklyn Castle,” B. Satz, composer “Chasing Ice,” J. Ralph, composer “Chasing Mavericks,...
- 12/10/2012
- by aablog@hollywoodnews.com (Josh Abraham)
- Hollywoodnews.com
Day seven of the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival already?!? There are still four days and hundreds of great films to go!
Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il
The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.
http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012
Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Wednesday, November 14th
Booker’S Place
Booker’S Place plays at 7:15pm at the Tivoli Theatre
Booker Wright was an African-American restaurant owner who also served double-duty as a waiter in a whites-only restaurant in Mississippi in the 1960s. He became an unlikely activist for the civil-rights movement when he appeared on a 1965 network TV...
Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il
The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.
http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012
Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Wednesday, November 14th
Booker’S Place
Booker’S Place plays at 7:15pm at the Tivoli Theatre
Booker Wright was an African-American restaurant owner who also served double-duty as a waiter in a whites-only restaurant in Mississippi in the 1960s. He became an unlikely activist for the civil-rights movement when he appeared on a 1965 network TV...
- 11/14/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Brooklyn Castle," the acclaimed documentary revolving around how chess acts as an unlikely inspiration for an inner-city school, found a way to expand on the already positive word of mouth garnered following its October 19th release. Last night the film's director, Katie Dellamaggiore, and one of its stars, Pobo Efekoro, sat down on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" to discuss the film. The appearance of a relatively small documentary on ratings and popularity giant Stewart should go a long way to expanding interest in the film. "Brooklyn Castle," currently in theaters, holds a B+ average on Criticwire. The full interview with Dellamaggiore and Efekoro is below.
- 11/9/2012
- by Eric Mattina
- Indiewire
Chicago – One of the greatest casualties of America’s economic crisis is the extracurricular activities at high schools and middle schools. Whereas the primary subjects fill students’ heads with knowledge, after-school programs provide them with a place to apply it. It’s in the hours following the standard daily curriculum where much of the learning and growing takes place.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
That’s certainly true of the chess team at Brooklyn’s Intermediate School 318. Many of these students live below the poverty line, but their challenging circumstances haven’t prevented their intellects from soaring. Under the tutelage of teacher Elizabeth Spiegel and assistant principal John Galvin, these supremely gifted kids have garnered more championships than any other middle school in the country. At the ages of 11, 12 and 13, these students are routinely demolishing their competition, which includes players in high school.
Read Matt Fagerholm’s full review of “Brooklyn Castle” in our reviews section.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
That’s certainly true of the chess team at Brooklyn’s Intermediate School 318. Many of these students live below the poverty line, but their challenging circumstances haven’t prevented their intellects from soaring. Under the tutelage of teacher Elizabeth Spiegel and assistant principal John Galvin, these supremely gifted kids have garnered more championships than any other middle school in the country. At the ages of 11, 12 and 13, these students are routinely demolishing their competition, which includes players in high school.
Read Matt Fagerholm’s full review of “Brooklyn Castle” in our reviews section.
- 11/2/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Title: Brooklyn Castle Director: Katie Dellamaggiore An Audience Award winner at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, documentary “Brooklyn Castle” is, in the mold of fellow nonfiction flicks of emotional uplift like “Spellbound,” “Jig” and “Make Believe: The Battle to Become the World’s Best Teen Magician,” a movie about kids reaching for dreams, and discovering the causal relationship between hard work and self-betterment. In this case it’s not spelling, dancing or sleight of hand that’s under the sub-cultural microscope, but instead chess, by way of an influential and successful after-school program at a New York City public school. A Brooklyn pilot school (meaning its students have to means-test into it) where more than two-thirds of the [ Read More ]
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- 10/30/2012
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Editor’s note: With SXSW Audience Award winner Brooklyn Castle hitting limited release, here is a re-run of our festival review, originally published on March 15, 2012. Why do we like to watch documentaries? Most of us enjoy seeing an uplifting story, but so many of the documentaries I’ve seen at film festivals are about depressing subject matters. Yet, they usually share a common feeling of hope at the end – that things can change, tides can turn, and people can make a difference. Every good documentary sheds light on a subject that people may have zero familiarity with, but when they walk out of that theater, they’ll be aware and hopefully…hopeful. Brooklyn Castle is one of those movies. While it partially devolves into a harsh look at the current state of public education in New York City and around the country near the end, it’s a heartwarming look at the exact reason why we need...
- 10/20/2012
- by Kevin Kelly
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
This weekly column is intended to provide reviews of nearly every new indie release (and, in certain cases, studio films). Specific release dates and distributor information follow each review. Reviews This Week "Brooklyn Castle" "All Together" "Nobody Walks" "Paranormal Activity 4" "The Sessions" "Tai Chi Zero" *** "Brooklyn Castle" Brooklyn Castle doesn’t quite posit chess (like sports before it) as the way out for inner city youth, but Katie Dellamaggiore’s engaging documentary about the championship chess program at the eponymous borough’s I.S. 138, does suggest that pushing pawns can teach valuable skills and focus critical attention for impoverished teens. Fair enough, even if the film hews pretty closely to the ghetto school sports doc template. Unlike, such recent entries in that genre, though, such as the...
- 10/18/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Dellamaggiore Makes Major Moves: Despite Budget Cuts, Young Chess Players Are Building An Empire
Inner city public schools are generally not known for their successful extracurricular programs, but I.S. 318, a small middle school in central Brooklyn, is a shining exception. The school is home to a massive chess team that has dominated on a national level for the past few years. Katie Dellamaggiore’s directorial debut documents the team as they struggle through a series of serious budget cuts, all the while still cultivating the best and the worst of the varied group of urban eggheads. With a brilliantly charismatic team of lead subjects that navigate this hopeful story of the possibilities of supportive public education, it’s easy to see why Brooklyn Castle won an audience award at SXSW this year. Built on structural finesse, and a winning story of triumphs both big and small, this is top...
Inner city public schools are generally not known for their successful extracurricular programs, but I.S. 318, a small middle school in central Brooklyn, is a shining exception. The school is home to a massive chess team that has dominated on a national level for the past few years. Katie Dellamaggiore’s directorial debut documents the team as they struggle through a series of serious budget cuts, all the while still cultivating the best and the worst of the varied group of urban eggheads. With a brilliantly charismatic team of lead subjects that navigate this hopeful story of the possibilities of supportive public education, it’s easy to see why Brooklyn Castle won an audience award at SXSW this year. Built on structural finesse, and a winning story of triumphs both big and small, this is top...
- 10/17/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
While Steve James took a look at the goal of basketball success amidst inner-city high school struggles in Hoop Dreams, director Katie Dellamaggiore dives into chess dreams in a similar environment with her documentary Brooklyn Castle. The film won the audience award at SXSW film festival (where we praised it) and it was quickly snatched up by Scott Rudin to develop a narrative [...]...
- 9/19/2012
- by Jack Cunliffe
- The Film Stage
Producers Distribution Agency ("Senna," "The Way" and "Exit Through The Gift Shop") will release "Brooklyn Castle," the SXSW documentary from Katie Dellamaggiore which won the doc audience award, on October 19, followed by an awards season expansion. Pda's John Sloss believes the film is "hugely playable and will resonate not only with those who are interested in the future of our country’s educational system, and the millions of chess players in the Us, but also the traditional documentary audience, and everyone who loves a great story, well told." Richard Abramowitz believes that "you don’t need to spend a lot of money on a massive advertising campaign to pique the interest of theatergoers," stating that the key ingredients are "finding a film that plays, and targeting the right audiences with the right kind of grassroots, word of mouth campaign.” The film also played at HotDocs...
- 7/19/2012
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
My Sunday at Dallas International Film Festival started almost identically to Saturday: Get up, have a reasonably healthy breakfast downstairs in the hotel, write and edit until time for the first movie. And like I did on Saturday, I headed to the Angelika for my first film, although I had to dress for surprisingly cool and rainy weather.
I wasn't entirely sure what I was seeing, though. The Dallas Iff schedule had a "Tba" listed at noon, and I couldn't find any info on what the movie was. So I thought I might check it out, and if it wasn't to my liking, I could go to the Brooklyn Castle screening, 15 minutes later. It turned out the Tba film had been canceled, a volunteer kindly let me know at the theater. (Note to Diff: That would be excellent info to post to your otherwise informative Twitter account, in the future.
I wasn't entirely sure what I was seeing, though. The Dallas Iff schedule had a "Tba" listed at noon, and I couldn't find any info on what the movie was. So I thought I might check it out, and if it wasn't to my liking, I could go to the Brooklyn Castle screening, 15 minutes later. It turned out the Tba film had been canceled, a volunteer kindly let me know at the theater. (Note to Diff: That would be excellent info to post to your otherwise informative Twitter account, in the future.
- 4/20/2012
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
Brooklyn Castle, Katie Dellamaggiore’s thoughtful first documentary, is an incredible story about an after-school program in New York City called “the Yankees of Chess.” With 20 titles since the ’90s, the moniker suits the scholastic chess team at I.S. 318, a “Title I” junior high school in a district well below the poverty line. Full-time chess instructor Elizabeth Vicary and assistant principal John Galvin chaperone students on cross-country trips while teaching them to “find their best move,” on the board and in life. It’s an inspirational example of empowerment, accompanied by the reality of recessionary budget cuts that target after-school programs.
The faculty and the filmmakers share a “children first” mentality in their approach. The eager young thinkers of I.S. 318 are the focus, and their accomplishments, development, and hopeful futures speak for themselves. We meet and cheer for kids like 13-year-old Rochelle, who is studying diligently to be...
The faculty and the filmmakers share a “children first” mentality in their approach. The eager young thinkers of I.S. 318 are the focus, and their accomplishments, development, and hopeful futures speak for themselves. We meet and cheer for kids like 13-year-old Rochelle, who is studying diligently to be...
- 3/27/2012
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Is 318, a Brooklyn public school residing in an area with a 70% poverty rate, with a top ranked chess team is the subject of the uplifting doc Brooklyn Castle. Director Katie Dellamaggiore spent several years with the chess team when budgets for non-essential school activities (ie: arts and extracurricular activities) were slashed by $1.3 million, which means a reduction in funds to travel to chess events.
The students of Is 318 share essentially the same story as those briefly chronicled in Waiting for Superman and The Lottery – they hope to get into a good school, and that rides on either a lottery or a standardized test. I suppose a good school will provide the resources to continue their chess career, although there is a not-for-profit that hooks up several Is 318 students with chess-masters, Chess in Schools. Scenes of students discovering which school they got into, complete with intercut interviews of students and parents...
The students of Is 318 share essentially the same story as those briefly chronicled in Waiting for Superman and The Lottery – they hope to get into a good school, and that rides on either a lottery or a standardized test. I suppose a good school will provide the resources to continue their chess career, although there is a not-for-profit that hooks up several Is 318 students with chess-masters, Chess in Schools. Scenes of students discovering which school they got into, complete with intercut interviews of students and parents...
- 3/24/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Several days after their perplexing decision to hand out jury awards only halfway through the festival, SXSW has now ended their 2012 film run with the audience side of things. This grouping already bestowed feature film plaudits upon Annie Eastman‘s documentary, Bay of All Saints, and Megan Griffiths‘ Eden back on Tuesday, but we now have the victors in Documentary Spotlight, Narrative Spotlight, Emerging Visions, Midnighters, 24 Beats Per Second, SXGlobal, and Festival Favorites.
The only one of this bunch that we managed to catch was Matthew Lillard‘s Fat Kid Rules the World — a film that, despite its positive buzz, was not in our favor — while the rest of the titles (discounting Citadel) are ones I don’t have much, if any familiarity with; I’ll certainly end up checking out some throughout the year, depending on the ensuing reviews. That might sound like disinterest to some, but in a...
The only one of this bunch that we managed to catch was Matthew Lillard‘s Fat Kid Rules the World — a film that, despite its positive buzz, was not in our favor — while the rest of the titles (discounting Citadel) are ones I don’t have much, if any familiarity with; I’ll certainly end up checking out some throughout the year, depending on the ensuing reviews. That might sound like disinterest to some, but in a...
- 3/18/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Some of the most important awards that are given out at a festival are its Audience Awards. Although they may not necessarily hold as much weight with film snobs worldwide, they at least let filmmakers know that the real film critics of the world, every day fans, are coming out and enjoying their films. Now I’m not sure why SXSW chooses to hold two separate awards shows, but nonetheless yesterday’s festival saw the announcement of the remaining Audience Award winning films (which just so happen to include my favorite ‘Citadel’). They are as follows:
Documentary Spotlight
Winner: Brooklyn Castle
Director: Katie Dellamaggiore
Narrative Spotlight
Winner: Fat Kid Rules the World
Director: Matthew Lillard (Yay!)
Emerging Visions
Winner: Low & Clear
Directors: Kahlil Hudson & Tyler Hughen
Midnighters
Winner: Citadel
Director: Ciarán Foy
24 Beats Per Second
Winner: Under African Skies
Director: Joe Berlinger
Sxglobal
Winner: Her Master’s Voice
Director: Nina Conti...
Documentary Spotlight
Winner: Brooklyn Castle
Director: Katie Dellamaggiore
Narrative Spotlight
Winner: Fat Kid Rules the World
Director: Matthew Lillard (Yay!)
Emerging Visions
Winner: Low & Clear
Directors: Kahlil Hudson & Tyler Hughen
Midnighters
Winner: Citadel
Director: Ciarán Foy
24 Beats Per Second
Winner: Under African Skies
Director: Joe Berlinger
Sxglobal
Winner: Her Master’s Voice
Director: Nina Conti...
- 3/17/2012
- by Ty Cooper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The SXSW festival has already handed out some of its most prestigious awards — Bronx graffiti artist tale Gimme the Loot took home 2012′s coveted Grand Jury Prize — but today, the Austin, TX committee announced the recipients of a few more audience prizes. Check them out below:
Additional 2012 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Documentary Spotlight
Winner: Brooklyn Castle
Director: Katie Dellamaggiore
Narrative Spotlight
Winner: Fat Kid Rules the World
Director: Matthew Lillard
Emerging Visions
Winner: Low & Clear
Directors: Kahlil Hudson & Tyler Hughen
Midnighters
Winner: Citadel
Director: Ciarán Foy
24 Beats Per Second
Winner: Under African Skies
Director: Joe Berlinger
Sxglobal
Winner:...
Additional 2012 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Documentary Spotlight
Winner: Brooklyn Castle
Director: Katie Dellamaggiore
Narrative Spotlight
Winner: Fat Kid Rules the World
Director: Matthew Lillard
Emerging Visions
Winner: Low & Clear
Directors: Kahlil Hudson & Tyler Hughen
Midnighters
Winner: Citadel
Director: Ciarán Foy
24 Beats Per Second
Winner: Under African Skies
Director: Joe Berlinger
Sxglobal
Winner:...
- 3/17/2012
- by Grady Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
The 2012 SXSW Film Festival has announced seven additional audience prizes. SXSW announced its first round of awards at a ceremony held March 13. A final prize, the Headliner Audience Award, will follow on March 19. Documentary Spotlight Winner: Brooklyn Castle Director: Katie Dellamaggiore Narrative Spotlight Winner: Fat Kid Rules the World Director: Matthew Lillard Emerging Visions Winner: Low & Clear Directors: Kahlil Hudson & Tyler Hughen Midnighters Winner: Citadel Director: Ciarán Foy 24 Beats Per Second Winner: Under African Skies Director: Joe Berlinger Sxglobal Winner: Her Master’s Voice Director: Nina Conti Festival Favorites Winner: Chasing Ice Director: Jeff Orlowski...
- 3/17/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Austin, Texas - On Monday at a SXSW screening here, director Katie Dellamaggiore announced that Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin purchased the remake rights to “Brooklyn Castle,” her documentary about a group of New York schoolkids that compete regularly in national chess tournaments. This of course is but the latest doc set to be remade by Hollywood, but it’s hard to imagine a fiction film doing justice to the complexity and utter humanness of Dellamaggiore’s version. The film uses school chess programs to evidence both the neglect legislators show towards education when time comes to cutting checks, and yet the...
- 3/15/2012
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Hitfix
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