My review of the latest confection from Edward Berger (Conclave) is at Slant Magazine: Ballad of a Small Player is a fevered, neon-drenched film about a man on the run from his crimes and himself, and it wants to simultaneously revel in the glamor of high-end gambling and critique the unending gluttony that fuels it. This …
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Published on October 28, 2025 13:49