Photos by Mike Moore | The Journal Gazette
Chris Jacobs, left and Toby Watson, 12, face off during a free community chess event Sunday at Promenade Park downtown.
About 150 chess sets were set up around Promenade Park for friendly games as well as a final tournament. Previous Next
Monday, June 14, 2021 1:00 am
Chess pros visit Promenade
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
Spectators gathered Sunday in a shaded area of Promenade Park as nationally ranked chess player Nika Arnold, 18, shook hands with 12 opponents and made her first move in a dozen simultaneous games.
Meanwhile, expert player Rochelle Ballantyne, 25, welcomed and bested numerous opponents – sometimes while playing simultaneous games – inside the park s pavilion.
‘Rose Plays Julie’ and ‘Perfumes’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio “Rose Plays Julie”
explores the flipside to the happy reunion between a mother and the child she put up for adoption.
There are tears of a different kind when Rose, a university student raised happily in an adopted family, forces a meeting with her less-than-interested birth mother.
Also beginning March 19, Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee, the Capitol and Chagrin Cinemas) and the Cinematheque are screening fun French comedy “Perfumes.”
Director Grégory Magne’s new film about a haughty, diva-esque fragrance designer and her down-on-his-luck new driver stars Emmanuelle Devos and Grégory Montel Rose (“Call My Agent!”).
‘Mafia Inc.’ and ‘The Tunnel’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque John Benson, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio Just when you thought the exhausted mafia film genre had nothing new to offer, here comes the brand new “Mafia Inc.”
Set in Montreal and based on a true story, the Sicilian-mafia drama which stars veteran Italian actor-writer-director Sergio Castellitto has a 100 percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Beginning March 12, Cleveland Institute of Art’s Cinematheque is offering the film through its virtual screening rooms.
Also beginning on March 12, the Cinematheque is screening a different type of disaster movie. Norway’s “The Tunnel” is a high-concept film following Christmas travelers, trapped in a tunnel due to a tank truck explosion, attempting to escape a fiery hell. Naturally, a raging blizzard hinders the arrival of first responders.
Celebrate Women s History Month with the best movies directed by women from the past 20 years: The films that entertained, transported us, and broke new ground.
“Passing”
The versatility that Rebecca Hall has shown in front of the camera extends to her directorial debut, a mannered but enchanting study in appearances literal and symbolic. Adapted from Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel, “Passing” follows childhood friends whose unexpected reunion proves to be a mixed blessing. One (Tessa Thompson) resides in Harlem, where she is happily married to a doctor (André Holland); the other (Ruth Negga, showcasing a wide-eyed glamour befitting the silent-film era) is wed to a wealthy racist (Alexander Skarsgård) and presents as white. With time, their divergent identities coalesce and clash.
Hall captures “Passing” in creamy black and white, heightening the story’s emotions while miniaturizing its grandest implications. The film can feel a bit measured, but that only barely detracts from its loveliness.