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Ten Essential Gambling Films

August 4, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe puts his chips on ten essential gambling films… The money goes down. You’ve placed your bets. Now it’s time for the nitty gritty. Win or lose. If you win, do you quit while you’re ahead or go again? Cinema has long held a fascination with gambling across its many forms, but the predominant […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bad Lieutenant, Croupier, Hard Eight, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Mississippi Grind, The Gambler, The Hustler, Uncut Gems, Wake In Fright, White Men Can't Jump

Ten Essential Film4 Films

August 13, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe with ten essential films from Film4… Film4, under the Channel 4 banner, has championed great cinema for nearly 40 years. Whether producing independently or co-producing (often with indie studios or European production houses), there’s a stamp of quality that comes associated with the mark of Film4 (or Channel 4 films). For the most […]

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