Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, until 17 March 2007

Inverness, 12 January 2007

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 […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies RENEE ZELLWEGER’S performance as Bridget Jones saw her virtually adopted as an honorary Brit. Now she puts that accent and her talent to very good use in ‘Miss Potter’, a wholesome, heartwarming tale of Beatrix Potter and her struggles to match professional achievements with personal happiness. Initially, this seems like […]

Traverse, Edinburgh, and touring 2006

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies CLINT EASTWOOD has become one of the most prolific and accomplished filmmakers in contemporary American cinema. He already has two Oscars to his name and could well be in contention again in 2007 for ‘Flags Of Our Fathers’ (15), an ambitious, penetrating study of war, heroism, myths and politics. Eastwood’s […]

Orbost Gallery, Isle of Skye, until 16 December 2006

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies CINEMA PROVIDES us with a window on the world. It allows us to gain a sense of cultures we may never visit or experience. That has certainly been the case with Iranian cinema in recent years. Now, ‘It’s Winter’ (12A) from Rafi Pitts uses a very human story to paint […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies 2006 Must have set a record for the number of animated features that reached our screens. Quantity hasn’t always been matched by quality but the highly original musical ‘Happy Feet’ should set toes tapping throughout the Festive season. An ugly duckling story with a soundtrack of pop music classics, this […]

The Stables, Cromarty, 1-3 December 2006