Press
Jan 2015
‘Ian McDonald has made a film about chess that is more Ray than Ray’s film about chess’
13 Dec 2014
‘The boys have their ups and downs around the chessboard but McDonald does not engineer an artificial narrative arc of triumph out of adversity’
Oct 2014
‘A deep and gentle sense of humanity marks this documentary from what could have been a clinically detached or melodramatically convoluted film’
7 Nov 2014
‘Algorithms is never too sentimental, nor simplistic, and it moves confidently with its charges towards a stirring endgame.’
7 Nov 2014
‘… the film echoes the meditative pacing of the game.’ – Wendy Ide, The Times, UK
‘… the film echoes the meditative pacing of the game.’ – Wendy Ide, The Times, UK
4 Nov 2014
‘… seamlessly and beautifully follows a niche group … enlightening and occasionally heartbreaking documentary.’
29 Oct 2014
‘… a completely unique film, unlike any other documentary you might see this year, both for its content and its form.’
26 Oct 2014