The Card Counter (2021)

This post Iraq war gambling morality play came with impossibly
high standards for me to hold it up against. The director, Paul
Schrader not on;y wrote Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, but his last
film, the devastating state of the world address, First Reformed
was my film of the year. It doesn't quite live up to those
expectations and feels a little unfinished, but it's still one of
the years most interesting films, full of quietly powerful
moments and anchored by a stunning lead performance from a
complex Oscar Isaac.