Former folk-rock star Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden), who’s since shifted into a hollower, more commercial space, turns up in a rickety boat to Wallis Island expecting an intimate, rural festival-type gig.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Focus Features) We’re halfway through 2025, which has been a year with an interesting film slate, even if there ...

In the annals of redemption stories about dead souls, former folk musician turned pop star Herb McGwyer isn’t the most damned, but he’s not that easy to like, either. And by dead souls, what I mean is ...

The firm of Forsyth, Carney, Powell and Pressburger likely provided some valuable pro bono counsel to the makers of “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” a nicely spooned dose of whimsy that goes down quite ...

The springtime indie movie is a unique creation. These smaller-scale movies, usually aimed at older audiences, launch in March and April as light counterprogramming to the big blockbusters and kid's ...

The Ballad of Wallis Island is the stealth hit-in-the-making British film that’s finally been released in UK cinemas after gathering word-of-mouth praise since its Sundance Film Festival premiere in ...

A wee British charmer made with warmth and heart, "The Ballad of Wallis Island" is as comfortable and cozy as a soft blanket, the kind of low-key comedy Brits excel at and Americans don't even bother ...

In an era where it’s hard to find successful, laugh-out-loud comedies in theaters, the best bet you’ll have to come across one is in the indie, small-budget realm. This month, that comedy is James ...

“Making the couple” is the basic trope of the rom-com genre. But which couple? There are at least 3 couples, maybe 4, all of them in need of making, remaking or, perversely, unmaking, in director ...

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Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden in 'The Ballad of Wallis Island' Alistair Heap/Focus Features James Griffiths’s buzzy UK-shot and set comedy The Ballad Of Wallis Island received its first UK festival ...

NEW YORK (AP) — By the time a film arrives on movie screens, its makers often strive to find ways to articulate how relevant it is, how it speaks to now. But that’s not so easy when your movie is ...