Pitlochry Festival Theatre, in repertory until 14 October 2004

CATRIONA PAUL at the movies. HERO is a sumptuously shot Far Eastern epic with enough martial arts wizardry and wirework to attract comparisons with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.  Attracting impressive audiences both stateside and at its opening weekend here in Scotland, its beguiling beauty and big themes – love, honour, sacrifice, country – will haunt […]

The Waterside, Inverness, Friday 17 September 2004

CATRIONA PAUL at the Movies. EAT TOO MANY McDonalds and you’ll get fat. It’s commonsense. Eat McDonalds breakfast, lunch and dinner for a month and you’ll get really fat – right? Well, as Morgan Spurlock’s documentary suggests, you may end up with bigger problems than weight gain – try breathlessness, heartburn, a toxic liver and […]

CATRIONA PAUL at the Movies. A ROAD TRIP round South America that helped define a 20th century romantic and revolutionary icon is the subject of Walter Salles’ latest film. Gael García Bernal, (Bad Education, Amores Perros) takes the lead, in the role of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara.    In 1952, before Guevara became the beautiful rebel-hero […]

SUE JANE TAYLOR and FIN MACRAE report on an event that brought the words of Caithness author Neil Gunn to literal life.

Various venues, Islay, 10-12 September 2004

On tour September-October 2004

CATRIONA PAUL at the Movies. IF YOU FANCY a bit of romance this week, head to the cinema. Ken Loach’s new film, Ae Fond Kiss , is a classic love story about young lovers opposed by family and friends, set in Glasgow.    Roisin (Eva Birthistle) is a young Irish Catholic music teacher. Cassim is […]

CATRIONA PAUL at the Movies. RECOMMENDING YOU spend an hour and a half watching camels might sound an unlikely proposal. But The Story of the Weeping Camel, in which rarely a scene passes without a camel in shot, is a beautiful and moving docu-drama offering a window to another world – that of the nomadic […]