Bets, wisecracks, tics and tells: why are gambling films so hard to follow?
Mississippi Grind is just the latest casino drama to completely fail to explain the games at the centre of its story
September 2015
Project Syndicate economists
Bobby Fischer, a troubled genius in the pre-internet age
Kenneth Rogoff
One suspects that in today’s online world, Fischer’s paranoia and personal flaws would have tripped him up long before he became champion
November 2014
Smart moves: chess is back
It was the game of the cold war. Now, with Tobey Maguire playing Bobby Fischer and a documentary about blind Indian globetrotters desperate to become grandmasters, chess is finding a new audience, writes Ian Wylie
September 2014
Toronto film festival 2014: afflictions, addictions and angst
First look review
Pawn Sacrifice review – Bobby Fischer biopic is a bit stale, mate
