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If you crossed the lovely indie musical “Once” (2007) with the charming Scottish comedy classic “Local Hero” (1983), and ...

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 ...

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But that’s not so easy when your movie is about a handful of people off the coast of Wales brought together by old songs. Yet one of many charms of “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is that it ...

Can the ‘Feel-Good’ Movie Exist in 2025? ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island' Proves ... was inspired by the much-adored 1983 “Local Hero,” which likewise centers around an outsider arriving ...