Cromarty, 26-28 March 2004

Skye Gathering Hall, Portree, 27 March 2004

CATRIONA PAUL at the Movies. HOW FUNNY is a film about cancer, in French, with subtitles? The answer – surprisingly funny, and definitely worth a look. The Barbarian Invasions is an intelligent drama/comedy from Franco-Canadian director Denys Arcand, (best-known for Jesus of Montreal, 1988), which focuses on the last months of Rémy, bon viveur, womaniser […]

Catriona Paul at the movies. HOW MUCH does a life weigh? Apparently, at the exact moment of death, a person loses 21 grams. Alejandro González Inárritu’s latest film suggests death weighs much more heavily on those left behind. Naomi Watts and Benicio del Toro received Oscar nominations for their roles in this drama, and Sean […]

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 18 March 2004 and then touring

Catriona Paul at the movies. DIRECTOR Ron Howard’s first attempt at the Western was the lavish, light-hearted turkey, Far and Away (1992). 12 years on, we have The Missing – a gritty, frontier drama about a girl’s abduction, starring Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones. But has Howard, maker of hits including Parenthood, Apollo 13 […]

CATRIONA PAUL at the movies. A SCOTTISH comedy/drama set in an imaginary Highland town which tells the tale of a group of 20-something buddies offered a way out of dull lives by the discovery of gold. If only it was any good. One Last Chance stars some of the country’s brightest young stars; too bright […]

Orkney Gallery, Kirkwall, March 2004

Paisley Arts Centre, on tour until April 2004

Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Tuesday 9 March 2004