This blog is, as the name suggests, about chess in pop culture. Last week, we talked about the culture part, today we’ll deal with the…
CIPC #156: Pretty woman
Pretty woman, a 1990 film starring Richard Gere as Edward Lewis and Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward, must be the epitome of the romantic comedy.…
CIPC #151: The spirit of Christmas
‘t is the season to be jolly! To put a tree with more decoration than Idi Amin in a prominent place in the house. To…
CIPC #146: Wolfen
Wolfen is a supernatural thriller from 1981, mainly known for starring Albert Finney. The plot starts in a very standard fashion: people are being murdered…
CIPC #141: La Bayadère (bis)
‘Wait!’ I hear you exclaim, ‘La Bayadère? Didn’t you talk about that before?’ I did! In fact, it is the same Makarova adaptation of Petipa’s…
CIPC #140: Final move
One thing I haven’t done yet this year, is commenting on a chess-themed movie. More than a hundred blog posts ago, I commented on Lang…
CIPC #133: Das schwarze Schaf
Who is the greatest detective from British fiction? Is it Sherlock Holmes? Perhaps Hercule Poirot or Mrs. Marple? Is it brother Cadfael? Do the famous…
CIPC #131: Die Csárdásfürstin
Emmerich Kálmán is perhaps not the most well-known name in Western history, but in the small world of the operetta, it is often mentioned together…
CIPC #125: The invisible ghost
Before Ben Kingsley, before Michael Ironside, before Lee Van Cleef even, the guy you went to if you wanted a memorable villain for your Hollywood…
CIPC #124: The blob
We will stay in the wonderful, whimsical world of the creature feature for just a while longer, but in contrast to last week’s Creature from…