Review: Dealing torture and guilt in ‘The Card Counter’
3 years, 3 months ago

Review: Dealing torture and guilt in ‘The Card Counter’

Associated Press  

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. The protagonist of his “The Card Counter” — William Tell — is the latest in a long line of Schrader’s tortured, self-hating, deeply habitual, solitary men going back to Travis Bickle in “Taxi Driver.” This repeating figure of Schrader’s — one “I like the routine. In “The Card Counter,” nothing gruesome seems near the film’s lifeless interiors. But, then again, many of the parts of “The Card Counter” don’t quite fit. “The Card Counter,” a Focus Features release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for some disturbing violence, graphic nudity, language and brief sexuality.

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In ‘The Card Counter,’ Tiffany Haddish brings the light
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In ‘The Card Counter,’ Tiffany Haddish brings the light

The Independent  

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In ‘The Card Counter,’ Tiffany Haddish brings the light
3 years, 3 months ago

In ‘The Card Counter,’ Tiffany Haddish brings the light

Associated Press  

VENICE, Italy — Tiffany Haddish may have Martin Scorsese to thank for her role in Paul Schrader’s “The Card Counter,” at least indirectly. “It’s in their DNA.” And it’s a theory he’s often gone back to, from casting Richard Pryor in his debut “Blue Collar” to bringing Cedric the Entertainer to his last film “First Reformed.” So when Haddish’s name …

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