Rechts links? Hier und dort? Hüben und drüben? Die Rhöner Sprachgrenze zu den Walddörfern war offenkundig erreicht. „Aer der Hardcoredialekt fängt doch erst in Waldberg an“, stellte Egon ...

Herb is short on cash to produce his next album, so he accepts Charles’s offer and arrives on the Wallis Island shores, stepping knee-deep into the cool waters, only to fall into the sea ...

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 ...

The fictional setting previously appeared in the director and writers’ 2007 BAFTA-nominated short The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island, which they use as a jumping off point for ...

When folk musician Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) arrives on the remote, sea-swept Wallis Island, he believes he’s coming to play an intimate gig for a few fans. In reality, the concert is for one man: ...