Loft Gallery, St Margaret’s Hope, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, until 1 May 2007loft

13th Note, Glasgow, 20 March 2007

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies SCOTS ACTOR Gerard Butler seems to have been poised on the brink of great things for several years now. The title role in ‘The Phantom Of The Opera’ should have made him a star, but his bland performance was one of that film’s many disappointments. He finally achieves his potential […]

Culloden Academy, 12-17 March 2007

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies Edie Sedgwick was the superstar of Andy Warhol’s New York Factory in the 1960s. A poor little rich girl, she soared to fame on the wings of Warhol’s obsession with her, and crashed and burned when his obsession moved else where. She may have been the first victim of society’s […]

Ironworks, Inverness, 9 March 2007

Elgin Library Gallery, until 23 March 2007

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies THEY SAY that charity begins at home. A flippant remark is the basis of a powerful, haunting story in ‘After The Wedding’, the latest film from Danish director Susanne Bier. Bier made ‘Open Hearts and Brothers’, both released in Britain, and this continues her fascination with the way ordinary, orderly […]

Ironworks, Inverness, 5 March 2007

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies SCOTTISH ACTOR Martin Compston is in danger of becoming a major international star. Discovered by Ken Loach for ‘Sweet Sixteen’, he served a useful apprenticeship on ‘Monarch of The Glen’. He is constantly improving as an actor and a screen presence, giving a BAFTA-nominated performance in ‘True North’. Now, he […]