Ballad of a Small Player: Colin Farrell’s Netflix Gamble That Doesn’t Quite Pay Off
Netflix’s Ballad of a Small Player marks a reunion of Oscar-winning talents — director Edward Berger, actor Colin Farrell, and composer Volker Bertelmann — in a slow, hypnotic descent into addiction, guilt, and self-destruction. But while the film dazzles with its technical brilliance and cinematic polish, it struggles to cash in on its emotional stakes. … Read more