IFC News Podcast #71: Gambling on the Movies

Monday, March 31, 2008 | 9:59 AM

By Matt Singer and Alison Willmore

"21," which is based on the true story of a group of MIT students who used a card-counting system to win millions of dollars in the Vegas casinos, isn't the first film to tackle gambling as a topic... and it's doubtful anyone would call it the best, either. But gambling, whether it be on cards, dice, horses or other people, is tough to capture on screen. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at "21," the plague of the poker fad on screen, and a few gambling films that get it right.