Danny Boyle

Director Danny Boyle’s feature film debut, Shallow Grave was a monumental success for British filmmaking in the mid 90s. British films previously had a tendency to fall into one of two categories, those based on famous literary novels such as A Room With a View (1985) written by E.M. Forster, or those that focussed on criticising the state of society and the struggle of the working classes, such as Ken Loach’s Ladybird Ladybird (1994). Many analysts have noted that ‘Shallow Grave’ shares a...Read Full Story

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127 Hours isn't an easy film to explain and it's surely not an easy watch as well but the true story of Aaron Ralston who cut his own arm that was stuck under a boulder with all its unsettling imagery is hard film to take your eyes off. Danny Boyle's follow-up to Slumdog Millionaire is unequivocally one of the most disconcerting films you'd ever watch but don't let that stop you from experiencing a great cinematic achievement. 127 hours Plot Aaron Ralston (James Franco), a mountain climber...Read Full Story

Digital Spy  and  Yuku  have provided us with our first look at Danny Boyle’s upcoming heist thriller ‘Trance.’ The images feature a bloodied James McAvoy alongside Boyle and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle. The film revolves around an art heist gone wrong, with the dark, sexy, hard-edged tone of Boyle’s earlier films ‘Shallow Grave’ and ‘Trainspotting.’ James McAvoy is joined in the film by Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel. ‘Trance’ centres on an auction house assistant who executes a...Read Full Story

127 Hours isn't an easy film to explain and it's surely not an easy watch as well but the true story of Aaron Ralston who cut his own arm that was stuck under a boulder with all its unsettling imagery is hard film to take your eyes off. Danny Boyle's follow-up to Slumdog Millionaire is unequivocally one of the most disconcerting films you'd ever watch but don't let that stop you from experiencing a great cinematic achievement. 127 hours Plot Aaron Ralston (James Franco), a mountain climber...Read Full Story

Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire filmmaker Danny Boyle has teamed up with James McAvoy for new thriller Trance. A remake of Joe Ahearne’s 2003 film, Trance centres on an auction house assistant who executes a heist with a group of professional thieves. The plans go awry when the assistant suffers a blow to the head and forgets where he stored the stolen painting. Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel co-star in Trance, which Boyle is filming before he turns his attention to next year’s 2012...Read Full Story

Trainspotting ( released September 13th, 2011 ) Review: A very different kind of a film, much like the characters that inhabit it. I found the film hard to get into at first, but Ewan McGregor’s performance and Danny Boyle’s direction soon changed that. The story centers around our main character, Renton ( Ewan McGregor ). Who’s deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, and is trying to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. The ensemble...Read Full Story

Now Available to Own Photo Slideshow Life imitates art, art imitates life and art imitates art in the cinema of Danny Boyle. For much like the main character in the filmmaker’s groundbreaking, international crossover smash Trainspotting , Boyle ventured to “choose life” as well – putting this theme to literal and/or figurative use throughout his diverse filmography – where the fight to stay alive has manifested itself in everything from 28 Days Later to Slumdog Millionaire...Read Full Story

Rated: R Stars: James Franco, Clemence Poesy, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn Director: Danny Boyle Genre: Drama/Biographical Adventure The trouble with loners is that when they get into trouble, they are usually alone. That's what led to Aron Ralston's bizarre, real life struggle for survival out in the wilds of Utah's Bluejohn Canyon. Dude falls into a deep crevasse...this big-ass boulder tumbles down and pins his arm...can't get it loose...out of food and water after five days stuck like that...Read Full Story

Source: FilmShaft - ‘Trance’ The Next Film For Danny Boyle Danny Boyle currently has his hands full as artistic director of London’s 2012 Olympic Games’ opening ceremony. While I’m sure it will be very impressive, we film geeks are far more interested in what the Mancunian director has lined up as his next big screen project. Enter the thriller Trance , which Boyle looks likely to make in collaboration with ‘ Slumdog Millionaire ’ and ‘ 127 Hours ’ producer Christian Coulson . The limited...Read Full Story