Danny Boyle

Boyle & Patel defend controversial John Lennon scene

Director Danny Boyle and actor Himesh Patel have both defended a controversial scene in their film Yesterday following an online backlash. (*Warning: contains spoilers for Yesterday*)

Danny Boyle talks Yesterday

Yesterday is in cinemas now, so Den Of Geek sat down with Danny Boyle to find out what makes him laugh...

The latest jukebox movie to put its women on mute

Danny Boyle's schmaltz-fest is all about musicians, and all of them are men. It's another hero's journey in which women are there to dote, scold and sell out.

Revolving around a failed musician (Himesh Patel) who awakens from a coma and realises he's the only person who knows who the Beatles are, the Danny Boyle directed, Richard Curtis scripted Yesterday squanders a promising premise by using it in service of a reactionary romcom about a bumbling guy learning to appreciate the beautiful best friend (Lily James) who's spent her entire adult life quietly pining for him. The Beatles back-catalogue gets an extensive airing, and Patel's good at performing the songs. But a few Boyle-inflected flourishes aside that hint and something deeper, this is pretty banal stuff. Ed Sheeran has an extended cameo as himself; his best joke involves "improving" the lyrics to a certain classic - a gag that was done better by Nicholas Cage in Peggy Sue Got Married, which says it all, really.

Review: Yesterday

The absence of The Beatles is the premise of this mixed movie.

Yesterday review

Danny Boyle's Yesterday is a romantic comedy with a rubber soul.

Danny Boyle: Ed Sheeran wasn't my first choice

Danny Boyle didn't want to cast Ed Sheeran in Yesterday at first, as he admits he initially wanted Coldplay's Chris Martin for the role.

Danny Boyle on Yesterday

Oscar-winning director discusses his latest film, in which the world forgets about the Beatles.

Why The Beatles were God to Danny Boyle

Trainspotting director Boyle tells The Big Issue that The Beatles' influence almost transcended religion for him when he was growing up not far from their native Liverpool in Bury, Greater Manchester.

EIFF: Yesterday review

This is a delightful film, and though it is not perfect, and could have been improved with a little more bombast here and there and a little less Curtis cuteness, it is undoubtedly an entertaining and outstandingly crafted piece.