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The Ballad of Wallis Island - what an exhilarating, un-Hollywood, hopeful, affecting, painful, awkward, excruciatingly funny, oddball film for the times we live in. Hats off too for the nuanced, quintessentially British performances by Tim Key, Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan in a story that explores the ebb and flow of the life of the artist and creativity, together with love, grief, loneliness, celebrity, friendship and rebirth and the glorious randomness of life.
A Film for Anyone Who Is Obsessed About their Favourite Band
This is a great film for nerds and sloths and a magnificent ode to anyone who has musical heroes, loves the film Almost Famous and has ever followed their favourite band.
