An affable lottery winner decides to bring his favorite singer to a remote island off the coast of Wales for a private ...

British comedian Tim Key plays a millionaire fanboy who commands his favorite band to put on a private show, even though its ...

For producer, actor, writer and composer Tom Basden, the British comedy film “The Ballad of Wallis Island” leans into the complexities of relationships rather than high-risk action scenes or ...

It created a Stevie Nicks-Lindsey Buckingham -like dynamic seen in Daisy Jones & The Six. In their prime, McGwyer Mortimer ...

In this superb little sleeper, a lonely lottery winner reunites his favorite singing duo for a personal concert on a distant ...

Tim Key, Tom Basden, and Carey Mulligan play an unlikely trio in this British comedy filmed along the coast of Wales.

The Ballad of Wallis Island” — 2.5 stars If you crossed the lovely indie musical “Once” (2007) with the charming Scottish ...

The Ballad of Wallis Island” is the kind movie that makes it all look so easy — filmmaking, performance, mood, chemistry.

Tom Basden, who co-wrote the film, stars as Herb McGwyer – a musician ready to embark on a new era of his career as a solo ...

Yet one of many charms of “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is that it has no intentions of timeliness. It has nothing to do with ...

The Ballad of Wallis Island, the latest entry in the unofficial subgenre of "gentle cinema," is based on a short film from ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks comedians Tom Basden and Tim Key, about why they returned to their nearly 20-year-old short film to ...