I'm a bit of a sucker for movies about chess, and I enjoyed Pawn Sacrifice about the Fischer/Spassky match, especially for its portrayal of Spassky. It's no Searching for Bobby Fischer, but it's worthwhile for those who have no idea how this match brought chess into the national consciousness.

Once you go black you never go back.

That is the most Wes Anderson poster ever.

I enjoyed Birdman and The Shape Of Water. All of the rest "best pictures" of the last decade didn't even look interesting enough for me to want to see them.

Spotlight and Argo are both very good.

School's Out (Sebastien Marnier, 2018)

Great French thriller, sorta Haneke-ish but looser and very entertaining. Laurent Lafitte is terrific in the lead. The music was really good as well. On Amazon Prime.

Those two and a few others I don't remember at all apart from the name; no idea what either are about. Will look them up though.

It was essentially the opposite. Miramax / Weinstein went hard in the paint for Shakespeare in Love.

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Searching for Bobby Fischer is not about chess.

You might make the same claim for any number of films.

Interesting take on how it beat out Private Ryan, but doesn't explain how it beat out Galaxy Quest.

And many more recommendations. I ve seen most but that's a decent list to share

This seems like a good time/place to repost this Honest Trailer of every Wes Anderson movie.

Me too. Both great flicks imo.

Come on, chop. The Cincinnati Kid is not about poker either, amirite??!!

Exactly.

Been meaning to watch searching for Bobby Fischer & Cincinnati Kid

Loved the Wes Anderson honest trailer, forgot about them

Recently saw flipped, a delightful coming of age drama that I can't possibly understand how I never heard of it earlier, it's very good

Also watched Carlito's Way again, didn't really hold up for me, which is strange because I used to love that movie. finally looked up the cast, still can't believe that Kleinfeld was played by Sean Penn.

Also finally saw once upon a time in Hollywood, was amazing and loved it

Here is the actual trailer to Wes Anderson's new movie:

Literally had everything the honest trailer video said!

If there is one movie hill I'm willing to die on, it is that Searching for Bobby Fischer is not about chess.

Mostly because when I advise people to watch it and they refuse because they "don't like chess".


But everyone should watch it, if for Conrad Hall's cinematography alone. It was nominated but lost that Oscar to Schindler's List (which Steven Zaillian, the director of SfBF did the screenplay for). Zaillian is a producer on Taylor Sheridan's followup to Wind River -> Those Who Wish Me Dead, which is releasing in October.

Hall had already won for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and later took two more with American Beauty and Road to Perdition. Road to Perdition is a severely underrated movie that I recommend often.





This is what SfBF is about:

Agree, a hidden gem.

Wow... the color balance and lighting design is brilliant in that trailer.

Just watched annihilation, wow.. incredible film. It has some plot holes and issues with pacing but fantastic movie

I love that ending to Searching for Bobby Fischer.

I also recommend October Sky for another nice film about fathers and sons.

The Rewatchables Podcast has just released a Breakfast Club episode.

For those of a certain age, like mine, this was a hugely impactful film in a lot of ways. Will listen later today

Man... I put off watching annihilation for so long because I saw it had bad reviews... Why? It's incredible.

Did you guys like it?

I love bill Simmons, how are the rewatchables in general?