ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies EVERY PEDRO ALMODOVAR film has become an event anticipated with relish. The Spanish writer-director makes films of pure pleasure where the colours seem more vivid, the emotions more intense and the stories are tales of great intricacy and beauty. He is one of the leading artists in his field, but […]

Visual artist CAROLINE DEAR reports on her participation in the Kunst Hand Fest at Barnitz in Northern Germany

Lime Tree Gallery, Fort William, until 9 September 2006

An Tobar, Tobermory, until 29 September 2006

Spectrum Centre, Inverness, 18 August 2006

Ironworks, Inverness, 19 August 2006

The Gallery, Pierowall, Westray, Orkney, 2006

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies THE DOCUMENTARY ‘Spellbound’ painted a fascinating portrait of American children competing in the National Spelling Bee championships. ‘Akeelah And The Bee’ uses the same competition for a sugary tale in which all the personal dramas and dilemmas are spelt out in more ways than one. Fact proves much more compelling […]

Belladrum, Saturday 12 August 2006

Belladrum, Friday 11 August 2006