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

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 ...

Tom Basden and Tim Key break hearts in The Ballad of Wallis Island, a movie with a jaded musician, an eccentric fan and ...

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

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 ...

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

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks comedians Tom Basden and Tim Key, about why they returned to their nearly 20-year-old short film to create a full-length feature, The Ballad of Wallis Island.

It’s never a bad time for a film like “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” but at the moment it feels like a much-needed balm.

It’s never a bad time for a film like “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” but at the moment it feels like a much-needed balm.

My mistake — encouraged by the offbeat bona fides of the British performers Tom Basden and Tim Key — was expecting “The ...