Ballad of a Small Player, 2025. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Tilda Swinton, Deanie Yip Tak-Han, Alex Jennings, Jason Tobin, Adrienne Lau, and Anthony Wong. SYNOPSIS: When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ballad of a Small Player
Ballad of a Small Player, 2025. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Tilda Swinton, and Alex Jennings. SYNOPSIS: When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation. Edward Berger […]
New trailer for Ballad of a Small Player starring Colin Farrell
Netflix has released a new trailer, poster and images for Edward Berger’s (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave) psychological thriller Ballad of a Small Player ahead of its release later this month. Adapted from Lawrence Osborne’s novel of the same name, the film follows Lord Doyle (Colin Farrell), a man trying to outrun his fast-rising […]
Movie Review – Ballad of a Small Player (2025)
Ballad of a Small Player, 2025. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Tilda Swinton, Deanie Ip and Alex Jennings. SYNOPSIS: When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation. […]
Colin Farrell is a gambler on the run in Ballad of a Small Player trailer
Netflix has debuted the first trailer for Ballad of a Small Player, director Edward Berger’s (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave) upcoming adaptation of Lawrence Osborne’s novel of the same name. The psychological thriller stars Colin Farrell as Lord Doyle, a high-stakes gambler who spends the little money he has left drinking on the […]
Edward Berger to direct Brad Pitt in The Riders
Conclave director Edward Berger has lined up Brad Pitt to star in his adaptation of Booker Prize shortlisted novel The Riders. Published in 1994, the Tim Winton novel tells the story of an Australian man named Fred Scully, who along with his wife Jennifer and their seven-year-old daughter Billie, are set to emigrate from Down […]
Movie Review – Conclave (2024)
Conclave, 2024. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz, Sergio Castellitto, Brían F. O’Byrne, Merab Ninidze, Jacek Koman, Rony Kramer, Joseph Mydell, Thomas Loibl, Loris Loddi, Willie Jonah, Romuald Kłos, Roberto Citran, Madhav Sharma, Garrick Hagon, Vincenzo Failla, and Bruno Novelli. SYNOPSIS: When Cardinal Lawrence […]
Movie Review – Conclave (2024)
Conclave, 2024. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O’Byrne, Carlos Diehz, Merab Ninidze, Thomas Loibl, Sergio Castellitto, and Isabella Rossellini. SYNOPSIS: The Pope has died. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) must lead the Conclave to select a new leader of the Catholic world. But as high-ranking cardinal […]
Trailer for Vatican thriller Conclave starring Ralph Fiennes
Focus Features has shared a new trailer for director Edward Berger’s (All Quiet on the Western Front) acclaimed thriller Conclave. Based on Robert Harris’ novel of the same name, the film follows Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) as he finds himself entangled a conspiracy that could shake the foundations of the Catholic Church, after he is […]
Ralph Fiennes is having Papal problems in the Conclave trailer
Focus Features has blessed us with the trailer for Conclave, the new film All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger, which stars Ralph Fiennes as the Cardinal tasked with finding a new head of the Vatican when the Pope unexpectedly dies. Adapted by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), from the book by […]
