March 24, 2025 - The Ballad of Wallis Island, the ISU World Figure Skating Championships, and Mahesh Daas

The new comedy film, “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” stars Tim Key as a lottery winner who tries to reunite his favorite musical duo Mortimer-McGwyer, played by Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden, also a romantic couple that broke up many years ago. Distributed by Focus Features,  the film hits theaters on March 28th. Ahead of its release Tim Key and Tom Basden, who co-wrote and co-star in the film, join The Culture Show.From there we get a jump on the ISU World Figure Skating Championships, which kick off this Wednesday at TD Garden. National champion pair skaters Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov join The Culture Show for a preview. To learn more about the championships, go here.Finally Mahesh Daas, President of Boston Architectural College, joins The Culture Show to talk about upcoming events at the BAC featuring architect Tatiana Bilbao. Mahesh Daas is a Culture Show contributor who joins us monthly. He is  co-author of the  graphic novella about artificial intelligence, titled “I, Nobot.”  Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO: Research Center of the Sea of Cortez exhibit is on view at the BAC’s McCormick Gallery through May 9th. To learn more, go here.