Unfairly overlooked amid﷽ the riches of ’70s Hollywood, this re-release of B🦹ob Rafelson’s ( ) drama confirms it as a minor-key marvel.

Rafelson regular Jack Nicholson plays against type as a depressive DJ compelled to aid the schemes of huckster brother Bruce Dern and his girlfrཧiend (Ellen Burstyn).

It’s a sobering ꦫand soulful glimpse at the fag-end of the American Dream, its ragged rhythms given lucidit♎y by Lazlo Kovacs’ austere photography of Atlantic City in winter and a trio of powerhouse performances.

While Dern and Burstyn provide the acting fireworks, an impressively melancholy Nicholson still steaওls it, notably in his bravura opening six-minu🌠te, one-take monologue.