HITN Profile: Ballet West
1 Feb 2007 in Argyll & the Islands, Dance & Drama, Features
1 Feb 2007 in Argyll & the Islands, Dance & Drama, Features
29 Jan 2007 in Dance & Drama, Reviews
ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies IT DOESN’T MATTER whether Peter O’Toole makes another ten films or if he never steps before the cameras again, ‘Venus’ will always be regarded as the great swansong of his cinema career. It is forty-five years since his mesmerising performance as Lawrence of Arabia. Time, ill health and a fondness […]
24 Jan 2007 in Dance & Drama, Highland, Reviews
ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies MEXICAN WRITER/DIRECTOR Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has become a master of the meaningful multi-story ensemble drama He now follows ‘Amores Perros’ and ‘21 Grams’ with ‘Babel’, a wide-ranging depiction of a world divided by misunderstanding, prejudice and fear. Moving from Morocco to Mexico, America and Japan, it follows one random action […]
15 Jan 2007 in Heritage, Highland, Reviews, Visual Arts & Crafts
ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies KEVIN MCDONALD is one of Scotland’s most successful filmmakers. His documentaries have won him an Oscar and a BAFTA. Now he makes an impressive first move into drama with ‘The Last King Of Scotland’, an exciting, beautifully paced adaptation of the Giles Foden novel in which a naive Scottish doctor […]