Features
Wednesday, May 4 2011
Summer Movie Preview: July 2011
If automatons are battling genetically altered soldiers, talking animals, extraterrestrials, and cowpokes for box office supremacy, it must be July.
Reviews
Wednesday, March 7 2012
'Project Nim': Just Enough Monkeying Around
The issues may not be immediately relevant to the moment, but the human element of Project Nim, combined with its expert direction, make it a must-see documentary.
Friday, July 8 2011
'Project Nim' Presents No Ordinary Chimp
Project Nim doesn't try to reconcile its different understandings of Nim -- as an experiment, a child, a projection of various selves, and a complex, independent being. Instead, it shows how they shape and are shaped by the people who believe them.
Blogs
Thursday, April 28 2011
Full Frame Film Festival 2011: 'Project Nim'
This film is about the notorious experiment in the ‘70s to raise a chimpanzee in a human environment and teach it sign language.
News
Tuesday, January 25 2011
At Sundance, a science documentary revives language questions
LOS ANGELES — Among the offerings at this year's Sundance Film Festival is a documentary about a trailblazing chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky who played a…
