The Card Counter (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Paul Schrader and starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Babara, Bobby C. King, Ekaterina Baker, Bryan ...

Prince of Darkness Paul Schrader (writer of “Taxi Driver,” writer-director of “First Reformed”) is back with another tale from the abyss. “The Card Counter” features an award-worthy turn by “Star Wars ...

You would have to shuffle a lot of movie ideas to come up with one that pairs a card sharp with the horrors of Abu Ghraib. But writer-director Paul Schrader has for some time known his cards, playing ...

It’s that time of year again—the time when all of the hard-hitting, super-prestigious movies premiere at film festivals in the hopes of getting on the ticket for awards season. The Card Counter—a new ...

Oscar Isaac as William Tell in "The Card Counter." (Courtesy Focus Features) “Is there a limit to how much it takes to reach expiation?” asks the protagonist of Paul Schrader’s “The Card Counter.” It ...

These flashback scenes set in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison are brought to nightmarish life with visuals created with a special camera, an ultra-wide architecture lens and computer software that are ...

VENICE, ItalyVENICE, Italy — Paul Schrader knows he has a limited number of films left, so whatever he does from here on out is going to be for himself. At 75 years old, the writer of “Taxi Driver” ...

In “The Card Counter,” writer-director Paul Schrader plunges the audience deep into the world of poker playing. It’s a world the movies have visited plenty of times before, in films like “California ...

In The Card Counter, William Tell (played by Oscar Isaac) keeps his emotions under strict control. He’s a poker player, and the slightest facial expression could give away his hand. William’s life is ...

In this clip from The Card Counter, a discussion unfolds regarding the motivations for playing poker. The Card Counter is a revenge thriller that tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned ...

The log line for The Card Counter should sound familiar to anyone who has ever seen a Paul Schrader film before: A professional card player who (you guessed it) wins games by counting cards cannot ...

Striking sequences in the new revenge thriller “The Card Counter” borrow from virtual-reality technology. These flashback scenes set in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison are brought to nightmarish life with ...