Art and movie

The documentaries “Blockade” and “Amateur Photographer” offer a devastating look at World War II-era atrocities.

WE desperately need a new generation of councillors who are able to give a lead

THE award-winning Scottish artist Derrick Guild, whose hyper-realistic but quirky paintings sell for five-figure sums from his New York gallery, is heading for the Ascension Islands with ?3,000 worth of paint and canvases.

A BABY girl cost the National Galleries of Scotland ?350,000 yesterday, as the NGS made a major investment in the work of sculptor Ron Mueck.

“Beyond the Gates,” a harrowing recounting of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, packs a hard punch.

A date that begins with the salacious movie “Exterminating Angels” is likely to end up either in bed or in court.

“The Host” is a loopy, feverishly imaginative genre hybrid about the demons that haunt us from without and within.

“Border Post” is a profane and playful military drama about boredom, duty and the consequences of reckless lust.

INSPECTOR Rebus, one of the world's most popular fictional detectives, has been unceremoniously booted out of the police, according to his creator, writer Ian Rankin.

ORGANISERS of a Chinese cultural event have accused the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh of "unprofessionalism" after canceling a show for technical reasons with only two hours' notice.