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See It or Skip It: Bugonia, Frankenstein, Ballad of a Small Player, Hedda & IT: Welcome to Derry

Friday has rolled around again and the review squad is locked in. Patrick Beatty links up with Rebecca Frost and Kent Dunn to sift through this week’s stacked slate: from the absurd sci-fi dark comedy ...
Gold Derby

Critics mixed on Netflix’s ‘Ballad of a Small Player,’ though Colin Farrell receives raves for one of his ‘strongest performances to date’

Ballad of a Small Player is the latest film from Edward Berger, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of All Quiet on the Western Front and the director of last year's Oscar-winning Conclave. While critics ...
The News-Herald

‘Ballad of a Small Player’ review: Gambling tale never gets hot

Edward Berger was due for a mediocre hand. The filmmaker has been on a hot streak with his last two directorial efforts, 2022’s German-language adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front” and last ...