When people talk about movie magic, they rarely mean card tricks. They're talking about digital wizardry and special effects. But a new documentary called Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors ...

Sleight-of-hand magic with playing cards; Off-Broadway show Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants; throwing cards at watermelons While Ricky Jay has long been considered one of the world’s great ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. I’ve seen Ricky Jay work his magic with cards in David Mamet movies, on ...

Ricky Jay has had a deck of cards in his hand nearly every day for going on 50 years. The world-renowned actor and slight-of-hand expert runs the gambling tables in the HBO series Deadwood. Jay, who ...