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Chess
Film Review: ‘The Dark Horse’ Rises with Performance of Cliff Curtis
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 18, 2016 - 6:22pmCHICAGO – The narrow genre of chess movies (“Searching for Bobby Fischer,” “Pawn Sacrifice”) gets a New Zealand entry, the appropriately titled “The Dark Horse.” The film is a showcase for the performance of Cliff Curtis as the title character, abiding with mental instability and his own redemption.