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.

One of the best-reviewed films out of the Sundance Film Festival this year, The Ballad of Wallis Island, is now available to watch in movie theaters. So what are you waiting for? Directed by James ...

The Ballad of Wallis Island has collected three Bafta 2026 nominations and was filmed in Wales in 18 days ...

Carey Mulligan, Tim Key and Tom Basden star in the story of a lottery winner who aims to reunite his favorite musical duo with comic results. 'The Ballad of Wallis Island’ receives 7 out of 10 stars.

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 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 ...

If you’re a frustrated Fleetwood Mac fan who dreams of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham getting back together, “The Ballad of Wallis Island” could be for you. At least, it might give such a person ...

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 ...

“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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