the card counter, new movie by paul schrader.who is the titular card player. travels from town to town, low stakes game, staying under the radar. that's how he likes it. tiffany haddish offers him the chance to join her syndicate become one of her stable of gamblers, which he doesn't want to do until he meets a young man played by tye sheridan, who might give him a reason to want to win big. here's a clip. what happened? you get bored? played some slots. you should read some books. i'm going to buy you one. i've read books. what is it with her? name one. one what? book. poker for dummies. you may have read it. she laughs. ilike him. oh, you made it to the second dinner break. i must've fired two dozen tournaments before i lasted that long. so, how many are left? four tables, so should be done tomorrow. . how much cards do you play? 40 hands an hour, 8—12 hours a day, 6—7 days a week. - do you do anything else? like what? like anything. go to a park, a concert, a museum. a museum? yeah, i'll buy you a book on it. it's called museu

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the card counter, new movie by paul schrader. tournaments before i lasted that long. so, how many are left? four tables, so should be done tomorrow. . how much cards do you play? 40 hands an hour, 8—12 hours a day, 6—7 days a week. - do you do anything else? like what? like anything. go to a park, a concert, a museum. a museum? yeah, i'll buy you a book on it. it's called museums for dummies! ba—dum—bum! she laughs. no, but seriously, you should do something else. just for variety. i like playing cards. that is what he does. i love the way that shotjust closes in very, very slowly on its character. now, this is produced by martin scorsese, for whom, obviously, schrader wrote taxi driver. if you�*re a schrader fan, this is the riffs from american gigolo and light sleeper. he essentially makes a version of the same film over and over again — the lonely man — the man who is troubled by his past, the man resting with guilt, and there are flashbacks to horrors in the past. he likes to keep everything completely contact—free. we just s