GEORGINA COBURN talks movies with the new film programmer at Eden Court Theatre

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies MOST BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS make the mistake of trying to cover too much territory. ‘Capote’ focuses on just six years in the life of author Truman Capote. The period covers the writing of ‘In Cold Blood’, the masterpiece that cemented his reputation but also sowed the seeds of his subsequent decline […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies GEORGE CLOONEY is fast becoming the standard bearer for political filmmaking in America. A liberal fascinated by the power of the media, he has earned Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for ‘Good Night, And Good Luck’. It is an elegantly handled tale of journalistic integrity and […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies. THE STORY OF the Skye terrier Greyfriars Bobby is the stuff of Edinburgh legend. Every school child in the land must know of the wonder dog’s astonishing loyalty to his master John Gray and his special place in the history of Greyfriars Kirk. ‘Greyfriars Bobby’ offers a handsome new version […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies SHIRLEY HENDERSON is one of Scotland’s most admired and prolific performers, with a CV that stretches from ‘Hamish Macbeth’ to ‘Harry Potter’. She never gives a bad performance, and is always willing to lose herself within the most extreme characters. ‘Frozen’ is the first time she has played a leading […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies LAURENCE STERNE’S freewheeling 18th century novel ‘The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman’ is rightly considered to be unfilmable. It is a tale marked more by diversions and distractions than any sense of linear progression. In trying to recount the story of his life, Shandy can never quite advance […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies ARTHUR GOLDEN’S ‘Memoirs Of A Geisha’ became one of those rare international bestsellers that everyone was talking about. Everyone also thought it might make a terrific film. The big screen version is finally with us and is certainly a visual feast with the kind of vibrant, breathtaking imagery that deserves […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies JUST BECAUSE something is a great big hit in the theatre, it doesn’t follow that it will be a surefire  success in the cinema. ‘The Producers’ was the toast of Broadway in 2001, winning a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards. The film version is a loud, lumbering dinosaur that leaves you […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies SEVENTY YEARS AGO audiences had seen nothing quite like ‘King Kong’. The astounding tale of a giant ape and his tragic love may have seemed primitive, but its impact was revolutionary. Times change and audiences have become much more sophisticated. It would be impossible to imagine the story having quite […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies IF YOU HAVEN’T planned that Christmas family outing yet, then you must make a point of seeing ‘The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe’. This magical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel has a sense of wonder and innocence that make it an ideal children’s film. […]