Skip to main content

Search: Starring Tom Basden

  • The Ballad Of Wallis Island (2025)
    Review preview for The Ballad Of Wallis Island

    I laughed, and was not alone in doing so, out loud, and repeatedly.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Eccentric lottery winner, Charles, dreams of getting his favorite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer, back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
  • The One And Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island (2006)
    Review preview for The One And Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island

    Twenty four minutes is a long time to stretch a single joke.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A millionaire buys his very own one man concert. Winner of the UK Short Film Award at EIFF 2007.

News and features

Paul Rowley on moving to New York, the Pulse massacre, and Gays Against Guns

Going ape Antonin Niclass on character creation, empathy and animated short Into The Forest

Freeform Will Niava on grief, new immigrant experiences and Jazz Infernal

In silence Emir Kumova on child marriage in Türkiye, moral challenges and making The Witness

Taking a ride into liminal spaces Katharine Round on making documentary Ghost Town

Flying blind Michael Woloson and Scott Tinkham on improvisation, experimental writing and Littermates

In deep water Dominic Curran on internet overexposure and A Little Learning Is A Dangerous Thing

More news and features

Festival coverage

Festivals
Cannes festival coverage, 2026

We're bringing you all the latest news and reviews from the Cheltenham International Film Festival, the Leeds International Film Festival, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and Tallinn Black Nights.



We're looking forward to the French Film Festival and DOC NYC.



We've recently brought you coverage of the Belfast Film Festival, Halloween Frightfest, the Scottish Queer International Film Festival, Newfest, the London Film Festival, the New York Film Festival and Grimmfest.



Read our full for more.


Visit our festivals section.