Behavioral addictions are curious and fascinating. We often know why people can’t stop using a substance — bodies and minds become dependent on certain chemicals — but watching someone engage in the same behavior, over and over again, continuing to accrue emotional, physical, and spiritual debt, can be maddening. In addition to sharing the DNA of a gritty, New York underground setting, the new Netflix series Black Rabbit and the Safdie Brothers’ film Uncut Gems are cut from the same stress-inducing cloth as they follow individuals with behavioral addictions (gambling and codependency) that begin to rapidly unravel the fabric of their lives.

In Black Rabbit , Jude Law and Jason Bateman play brothers with a shared traumatic past and a codependency that won’t quit. Bateman is Vince

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