Every once in a while a movie comes along that can be used as a yardstick to measure just how different people want their movies to be. Computer Chess is that movie for 2013. This period-set story of a weekend competition for chess programmers is a pitch-perfect recreation of early '80s geek culture -- when…
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I saw three films at Sundance this year that I would characterize as incredibly specific, because they dedicate themselves so thoroughly to a premise and aesthetic that they exist as their own one-film subgenres. All three were so distinct that there's really nothing else like them. One was the "shot in Disneyland" breakdown Escape From Tomorrow…
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In our continuing series to preview some of the little indies (or what some people would call "real independent films") that will be playing at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival, I give you the trailer for mumblecore producer (Mutual Appreciation, Nights and Weekends) Dia Sokol's feature directorial debut Sorry, Thanks. As someone who lives in…
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