ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies HOW EASILY could a dictatorship take hold in a democratic country? History teaches us that it happens all too frequently. The lesson is strikingly underlined by The Wave, a slick, involving German thriller partially inspired by true events. Rainer Wegner (Jurgen Vogel) is the kind of schoolteacher who feels more […]

Various venues, 5-13 September 2008

OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, 14 September 2008

OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 9 September 2008

Strathpeffer Pavilion, 7 September 2008

Inchmore Gallery, Inverness, until 5October 2008

(Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 6 September 2008

Castle Gallery, Inverness, until 27 September 2008

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies CINEMA has provided us with a powerful collection of films about the Holocaust, from the Oscar-winning Schindler’s List to the epic Shoah. There is always room for another drama that provides a personal insight into man’s inhumanity to man. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas is based on the bestseller […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies LADY GEORGIANA SPENCER was the kind of 18th century celebrity that the modern world might recognise. A fashion icon, beauty and prominent society figure, she was also a distant ancestor of Diana Spencer. The Duchess is a handsome account of her life and a marriage to the cold, distant Duke […]