Peter Mullan

Anyone who watches Welcome to the Punch will, at some point, feel the unerring prick of realization running up their spine. In full, the film is technically original, but in its parts, the seasoned moviegoer will recognize a number of elements from pretty much every crime drama released in the last 30 years. We have a dogged, Javert-like cop looking for revenge for a past slight, a conspiracy that reaches far and wide both within the force and within the world of big-city politics, and the sleek silvers and blues meant to point out the inherent, Michael Mann-esque moodiness on screen.

The Talking City and Wolf’s Clothing A little over two years ago, I was fortunate enough to attend a convention in Glasgow entitled Scottish Students on Screen, an event based around giving young film scholars a better familiarity with the workings of the British Film Industry and general movie making as well as a presentation …

Tribeca Film Festival is stirring up quite the lineup with two provocative films this year: The High Cost of Living and NEDS.  Both films will definitely captivate some attention, each highlighting the importance of life decisions in unlikely situations, whether it be for the good or bad. No matter if it’s your cup of tea, …

Neds Directed by Peter Mullan Written by Peter Mullan 2010 – UK, France, Italy Peter Mullan’s last film, the award-winning The Magdalene Sisters, was about vulnerable young women suffering oppression and brutality at the hands of some over-zealous nuns. Here he presents sarcasm, cynicism and the oft-wielded strap as the chief weapons of Scottish educators …