½*/****starring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Tilda Swintonscreenplay by Rowan Joffe, based on The Ballad of a Small Player by Lawrence Osbornedirected by Edward Berger by Walter Chaw Edward Berger follows up Conclave, his empty, showy relevance-grab of an Executive Suite remake, with Ballad of a Small Player, a similarly grandiose gambling flick that aims to reboot Peter Bogdanovich’s masterpiece Saint Jack but succeeds mainly in resurrecting the Ghosts of Orientalism Past. Gambler...
