If you walk into a screening of Computer Chess without any prior knowledge, you’ll likely think two things. First, this is a real documentary about tech nerds from the 1980s. Second, it looks rough.

“Computer Chess” may be the strangest — and most wondrous — film of the year so far, and its director, Andrew Bujalski, doesn’t think it has much to do with chess. The film takes place at an ...

Guillermo Campitelli received funding from the Argentine National Research Council (CONICET). In a poetic turn, former World Champion Garry Kasparov said he has the super talent of Harry Potter, and ...