A famous chess club in a slum of Uganda's capital that became the focus of the Hollywood movie Queen of Katwe is still ...

Did Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit leave you suddenly wanting more chess content? Here’s our list of the 10 best chess movies, including Queen of Katwe, Searching for Bobby Fischer, and more.

A Feel-Good Chess Movie Keeps Sentimentality In Check: 'Queen Of Katwe' A Disney film about a Ugandan girl who becomes a chess champion hits familiar beats but evinces a nuanced understanding of ...

No one expected The Queen's Gambit to be a massive hit, but the series about chess prodigy Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) during the 1950s and '60s became one of the biggest series ever in Netflix ...

'Queen of Katwe' — the true story of a Ugandan chess prodigy — earns every one of its inspirational, feel-good moments. Read Peter Travers' review.

A review of "Queen to Play," a charming movie about a chambermaid's unlikely obsession, starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Francis Renaud and Jennifer Beals.

Based on a true story, “Queen of Katwe” doesn’t try to rook its audience with an overly rosy outlook. The girl, Phiona, is poor, and often hungry. Not everyone supports her dreams.

How ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Editor Heightened the Tension of Competitive Chess. Michelle Tesoro was new to the game herself, but she treated the matches at the center of the Netflix series 'The ...

Movie review: "Queen of Play," a French film by Caroline Bottaro, is a unique tale of love for the game of chess. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 52°F. Sunday, May 25th 2025 ...

A young chess champion from the Uganda slums — whose against-the-odds story was featured in the book and movie “Queen of Katwe” — came to Kirkland to study at Northwest University.

How good are French movies at conveying sexiness? So good that the French “Queen to Play” has a scene in which two fully clothed people do nothing more erotic than play chess, but it’s so ...

When “The Queen’s Gambit” became a smash hit on Netflix, a chess institute in Pittsburgh with a similar name got plenty of online attention — both good and bad. “We’ve been getting ...