I’m a sucker for card-sharp movies, and I’m not alone. The allure of films like “The Cincinnati Kid” or “California Split” or “Rounders” is that the poker games have the quality of athletic showdowns: ...

Update 4:19 pm: This story has been modified to include reaction from the creator of the card-counting iPhone app. Since the July 2008 launch of the App Store, Apple has maintained a sort of moral ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the late Michael Been of The Call was working on the soundtrack to the 1992 film “Light Sleeper,” his then-teenage son, ...

The poster for Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter has been released, drawing us further into the world of high-stakes gambling. Written and directed by Schrader and starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish ...

In “The Card Counter”, Oscar Isaac (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”) plays William Tell, an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past decisions. Tell was one of the men ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...