Isle of Lewis, 12-15 July 2006

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, 12-15 July 2006

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies CATE BLANCHETT is frequently hailed as one of the most impressive performers of her generation. She won an Oscar last year for her extraordinary performance as Katharine Hepburn in ‘The Aviator’. Now, she has returned to her native Australia for a demanding role in the gritty, contemporary drama ‘Little Fish’. […]

Leverburgh Village Hall, Harris, 18 July 2006

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies IT IS ALMOST thirty years since ‘Superman’ made us all believe that a man could fly. It was a defining moment in the history of the comicbook blockbuster. The shoddy sequels may have tarnished that moment but now ‘Superman Returns’ attempts to restore some lustre to the series. Directed by […]

MacPhail Centre, Ullapool, 8 July 2006

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies FRENCH DIRECTOR Laurent Cantet has built an international reputation on small, keenly observed tales of work place pressures and personal crises like ‘Time Out’ (2001). In ‘Heading South’, he attempts a broader canvas and a more ambitious drama that deals with colonialism, racism and oppression. It works largely because he […]

ARTHUR BROCKLEBANK enjoyed a stylish production of an Oscar Wilde classic.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre, in repertory, 2006

Lerwick, Shetland, 23-25 June 2006