ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies AWARD-WINNING arthouse director Atom Egoyan takes an uncertain step towards the mainstream with the adult thriller ‘Where The Truth Lies’. A sordid showbusiness saga of dark deeds and guilty secrets, it has some of the style and polish of a Hollywood classic like ‘Sunset Boulevard’, but some very bizarre casting […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies. SCOTTISH CINEMA has gained something of a reputation for gritty tales and dour realism. The world has come to see us through the eyes of films like ‘Trainspotting’ and ‘Young Adam’. ‘Dear Frankie’ is a modest attempt to redress the balance with an old-fashioned heartwarmer charting the unbreakable bond between […]

Kilmorack Gallery, by Beauly, and Castle Gallery, Inverness, until 24 December 2005

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies Dame Judi Dench is one of the few performers who really deserve the title national treasure. She has won every possible award from an Oscar to a BAFTA, and her performance in ‘Mrs Brown’ finally allowed her to make the leap from theatrical giant to genuine film star. Dench is […]

Trafalgar Studios 2, London, 22 November 2005

Riverside Gallery, Inverness, until 3 December 2005

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies JULIAN FELLOWES’ career must serve as an encouragement to all of life’s late bloomers. The 56 year old is probably best known as Kilwillie in ‘Monarch Of The Glen’, but over the last five years he has blossomed into the Oscar-winning screenwriter of ‘Gosford Park’. He has also adapted the […]

Inverness, 2-6 November 2005

An Lanntair, Stornoway, until 2 December 2005

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies JOHN LE CARRÈ WRITES the kind of thrillers that match ingenious plots with moral outrage. In ‘The Constant Gardener’, he unleashed his wrath on multi-national drug companies and their shady dealings in parts of the world where nobody protects the poor and vulnerable. His novel blends a haunting love story […]