Four local high school students competed in the Poetry Out Loud 2025 El Dorado Finals at Imagination Theater on Feb. 6. Each ...

But luckily, Basden (who also co-wrote the screenplay) does not have much time to suck up the energy. The two creative forces behind “The Ballad of Wallis Island” settle into a unique rhythm that ...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change. The March on Washington in 1963, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, featured live performances by ...

Nicole Scherzinger performed “As If We Never Said Goodbye,” an emotive song from the Broadway musical Sunset Boulevard, during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. An orchestra ...

Because “The Ballad of Wallis Island” wants to give some time alone to Herb and Nell, Michael feels a little absent from the story at times. But as writers, Basden and Key avoid toothless ...

The irresistibly charming, bittersweet “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is jam-packed with whimsy, comedy, and emotion—earning one of Sundance’s biggest standing ovations thus far. Senior ...

While James Griffiths’ “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is built on a smidge of deception — Nell and Herb long ago parted ways, both personally and professionally, and it’s quite clear Herb ...

Dir: James Griffiths. UK. 2025. 100 mins. Eccentric British humour and pathos lift their voices in gentle harmony in James Griffiths’ heartwarming comic crowd-pleaser that indicates no man is an ...

Nevertheless, the growth of their awkward friendship massages the sweet pulse of this delightful film. The director James Griffith’s “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is a sublime, adorable comedy whose ...