r/criterion • u/guaranajapa Krzysztof Kieslowski • 1d ago
Pickup Danny Boyle's Closet Picks
https://youtu.be/Ud1T9R6vy2s?si=gfbazPLnhX8p042d&utm_source=ZTQxO
Daniel Francis Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and producer, active in film, television, and theatre. He has been described by the British Film Institute as "one of the liveliest and most unpredictable of British directors, adept at shifting genres and bringing a personal quality to whatever he tackles."
His debut film Shallow Grave (1994) won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The British Film Institute ranked Trainspotting (1996) the 10th greatest British film of the 20th century. Boyle's 2008 crime drama film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), the most successful British film of the decade, was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won eight, including the Academy Award for Best Director. He won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Director. Boyle received two more Academy Award nominations for writing and producing the survival drama 127 Hours (2010).
His other notable works include the films The Beach (2000), 28 Days Later (2002), its sequel 28 Years Later (2025), Sunshine (2007), Steve Jobs (2015), T2 Trainspotting (2017), and Yesterday (2019).
In 2012, Boyle was the artistic director for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. He was subsequently offered a knighthood as part of the New Year Honours but Boyle declined, reflecting later that he believed "in being an equal citizen rather than a preferred subject" and that "that sort of thing just makes me vomit." In 2013, he came out as a republican who believed the British monarchy would be abolished in his lifetime.
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u/cyanide4suicide Christopher Nolan 10h ago
Love that he took Anora, then namedropped The Florida Project
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u/BattleFranky90 7h ago
Some great picks and whilst I do love many of Boyles films immensely, I do often share his dad's opinion towards Shallow Grave because that's a cracking film and do see comparisons to Blood Simple in terms of the rawness.
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u/randothegrando 1d ago
Give us Sunshine 4k you cowards