Croupier (1997)

Review: Croupier (1997)

Director: Mike Hodges

Cast: Clive Owen, Kate Hardie, Alex Kingston, Gina McKee, Nicholas Ball,

Clive Owen
Clive Owen
Kate Hardie
Kate Hardie
Alex Kingston
Alex Kingston
Gina McKee
Gina McKee
Nicholas Ball
Nicholas Ball

Plot: Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.

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Recent Arrow releases, part two

Recent Arrow releases, part two

More recent releases from Arrow: Nightmare at Noon (1988), a horror-thriller from prolific Greek filmmaker Nico Mastorakis; The Righteous (2021), a bleak, Bergman-influenced study of guilt and grief with supernatural intimations from Newfoundland […]

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