Closet Picks

2 Jun 2025

Danny Boyle’s Closet Picks

The filmmaker cites All That Jazz as a major influence on modern editing, reveals the connection between Memories of Underdevelopment and Trainspotting, and shares his theory on why a director’s first film is always their best.

Choices
8
Single films
8
Box sets
0
Chose Director Year
1 All That Jazz Bob Fosse 1979
2 Anora Sean Baker 2024
3 Prince of Broadway Sean Baker 2008
4 The Grifters Stephen Frears 1990
5 Fish Tank Andrea Arnold 2009
6 Blood Simple Joel Coen 1984
7 I Am Cuba Mikhail Kalatozov 1964
8 Memories of Underdevelopment Tomás Gutiérrez Alea 1968

Watch the video · On criterion.com