Danny Boyle to Accept Award at AFF

Austin Film Festival's 2008 Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award goes to Danny Boyle

"...Marc Savlov already rhapsodized about Danny Boyle here and how he'll be showing his much-buzzed-about..."

Sept. 23, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

127 Hours

An unrelenting tour de force thanks to Simon Beaufoy's clever script, Danny Boyle's inspired direction, and James Franco's amazing performance, 127 Hours is primarily an unforgettable examination of the human spirit under extreme duress.

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Treat..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trance

Danny Boyle's film swerves unevenly between moods and motivations, from heist film to psychosexual thriller, and dreamy logic to amped-up action.

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, Danny..."

April 12, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

T2 Trainspotting

The sequel to the 1996 classic

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller,..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trainspotting

Unrepentant Scottish junkies are observed with a mordant eye.

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller,..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Millions

A sweet, emotionally complex film about faith, charity, and growing up is not what most people would have expected from Trainspotting's Danny Boyle, but this new movie is unmistakably his.

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, Daisy Donovan and..."

March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Acid House

"...novelist Irvine Welsh's collection of the same name with Danny Boyle's groundbreaking Welsh-adapted tale of junkies down and out..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...runs October 16-23. Joining previously announced Marquee Screenings of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut Synecdoche, New..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Writer's Best Friend

Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award honoree Danny Boyle

"...Film director Danny Boyle captured international attention with his first two feature..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Twin Town

"...Thomas and Jenny Evans. Produced by Andrew MacDonald and Danny Boyle -- the pair who brought us Trainspotting and..."

June 20, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Filth

Based on a book by Trainspotting's Irvine Welsh, this film keeps close company with a nihilistic character, but unwisely pulls its punches.

"...first off and say yes, Filth more than resembles Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting. Both films are based on novels by..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Orphans

"...down in Edinburgh or Glasgow on a dare. Like Danny Boyle's nod-off to Scottish mainliners, Orphans is a twisted..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Beach

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Life Less Ordinary

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Steve Jobs

Everyone works at the top of their game to deliver this timely biopic

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Slumdog Millionaire

Danny Boyle's crowd-pleasing Slumdog Millionaire may be drenched in the saffron and violet palettes of its Mumbai setting, but it plays like a classic Hollywood rags-to-riches love story.

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan. Starring: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor,..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shallow Grave

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Colin Mcredie, Ken Stott, Keith Allen, Ewan..."

March 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

So What Is Trainspotting Anyway?

Choose life. Choose a sequel. Choose director Danny Boyle.

"...classic Trainspotting: Never once is the title explained. Director Danny Boyle gets to fill in that blank 20 years..."

March 24, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

28 Weeks Later

This continuing story of a populace that fears infection from a "rage virus," forges ahead with panic-paced sequences of graphic, random violence.

"...enough, but with 28 Weeks Later, a sequel to Danny Boyle's 2002 DV guerilla zombie film 28 Days Later,..."

May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Announces Preliminary Lineup

Slumdog Millionaire, Synedoche, New York confirmed

"...Two words: Danny Boyle...."

Sept. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Sunshine

The sci-fi reunion of Danny Boyle and Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later) is never less than beautiful but has a profoundly implausible plot turn that cheapens the sentiment.

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Cliff Curtis, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh, Rose..."

July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

28 Days Later

A zombie picture, with lots of topical updating.

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Yesterday

Imagine a world without the Beatles ... then imagine a better film

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Joel Fry, Kate..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Scanlines

"...as the junkie Renton is 1996's Trainspotting. Trainspotting D: Danny Boyle (1996)..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Screens Feature

Screens Top 10s

The Chronicle's film critics talk about their favorite movies of the year

"...10. Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle again proves his mastery of the art of..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Feature

Irvine Welsh

'Trainspotting,' 10 years later, and a new book

"...Ten years ago this summer, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter John Hodge's adaptation arrived in theatres,..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Human Traffic

"...Starring: John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington, Shaun Parkes, Nicola Reynolds, Danny Dyer and Dean Davies. “The weekend has landed” declares..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beats

Scottish rave-culture story gets the details right but loses sight of the big picture

"...out Begbie's origins in Trainspotting - a blunder that Danny Boyle later regretted...."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Other Lamb

Cult drama revisits, rather than revises, an old narrative

"...that has been told before in seminal retellings like Danny Boyle's adaptation of Mr. Wroe's Virgins, and it is..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Brave

Although the animation looks terrific and the story features an immensely sympathetic heroine, Brave lacks the sheer imaginative oomph of prior Pixar pics.

"...saw her molesting Ewan McGregor's fish-belly white wastrel in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting back when heroin, Elastica, and Irvine Welsh..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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