Danny Boyle

TRAINSPOTTING Criterion Review: Danny Boyle's '90s Masterpiece, Restored In 4K
TRAINSPOTTING Criterion Review: Danny Boyle’s ’90s Masterpiece, Restored In 4K

Criterion’s new 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray is the best Trainspotting has ever looked and sounded on home video format and is the definitive way of viewing.

10 Great Horror Movies from Around the World Part 3
10 Great Horror Films from Around the World Part 4

In years past, I recommended great horror movies from around the world. Find part one…

The National Cinema Of Experience: How Can Film Capture The Momentary Feeling Of A Nation
The National Cinema Of Experience: How Can Film Capture The Momentary Feeling Of A Nation

Can film capture national events, the feelings of a nation, or national change? Is there space for it in the age of blockbusters?

YESTERDAY: A Feel Good Love Letter To The Fab Four
YESTERDAY: A Feel Good Love Letter To The Fab Four

While Yesterday isn’t perfect, it’s the lighthearted, fun, summer movie that we need right now.

Edinburgh International Film Festival Report 2: YESTERDAY, LOVE TYPE D, ASTRONAUT, SHE'S MISSING, THE SOUVENIR & More
Edinburgh International Film Festival Report 2: YESTERDAY, LOVE TYPE D, ASTRONAUT, SHE’S MISSING, THE SOUVENIR & More

In our second report from Edinburgh International Film Festival we cover Yesterday, Love Type D, Astrounaut and more!

YESTERDAY Trailer
YESTERDAY Trailer

In Yesterday, a a struggling musician realizes he’s the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles.

Actor Profile: Cillian Murphy
Actor Profile: Cillian Murphy

The quietly consistent career of Cillian Murphy, is one that has seen him become a sure-fire presence in British and American cinema.

T2 TRAINSPOTTING: Choose Nostalgia
T2 TRAINSPOTTING: Choose Nostalgia

T2 Trainspotting, though enjoyable in its own right, ultimately relies too heavily on nostalgia for the original to be a complete success.

T2: TRAINSPOTTING Trailer
T2: TRAINSPOTTING Trailer

In 2009 Danny Boyle joked that he wanted to make a sequel but only when the original actors had visibly aged enough to do it. After 20 years, T2: Trainspotting is coming to cinemas early 2017.

STEVE JOBS And The Current State Of The Biopic
STEVE JOBS And The Current State Of The Biopic

“Based on a true story.” “Based on true events.” “Inspired by actual events.

Danny Boyle
The Beginner’s Guide: Danny Boyle, Director

Since breaking out with Trainspotting 20 years ago, director Danny Boyle has proven himself to be one of the UK’s most diverse filmmakers. Growing up in Greater Manchester, UK, in a working class Irish Catholic family, Boyle spent eight years as a choir boy and intended to join the Priesthood, deciding against it at the age of 14. He went on to study English and Drama at Bangor University and began his career in theater in the 1980’s.

Steve Jobs
STEVE JOBS Trailer

Let’s get this out of the way: Steve Jobs was a great salesman. That is the only positive out of a sea of negatives.

Life of Pi 3D
3D: A New Dimension Of Apathy?

“My approach to 3D is in a way quite conservative … I want it to be comfortable. I want you to forget after a few minutes that you are really watching 3D and just have it operate at a subliminal, subconscious level. That’s the key to great 3D and it makes the audience feel like real participants in what’s going on.

5 People Who Won Oscars For The Wrong Film

It’s no surprise that the Oscars often get it wrong. The list of film legends who have never won an Academy Award is pretty damning on the Academy: from Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchc*ck to Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt.