Free Members-Only Screening: Trance

For LACMA Film Club, Film Independent, and New York Times Film Club members only.

Few filmmakers can claim a career that moves so smoothly from stage to television to film screen, and effortlessly spans genres: from the druggie criminal underworld, to (reinvented for HD) zombie film, to real-life trauma-turned-triumph. In his first feature since the 2010 fact-based drama 127 Hours, Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle returns to the noir world with Trance, which stars James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel. The plot of Trance contrasts low life and high style with the feel of a 1960’s thriller starring Michael Caine. A young auction house assistant (McAvoy) finds himself involved with a group of criminals, led by Franck (Cassel), forced to adapt unusual tactics when a cache of cash is lost. Money, art, memory and hypnosis all play a part in the screenplay by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge (frequent Boyle co-conspirator whose relationship with the director goes back to Boyle’s feature debut, 1994’s Shallow Grave). Director Danny Boyle will be on hand for a Q&A after the screening to look back at a trajectory that includes the only time James Bond ever took second billing to a sitting Queen of England.

Bing Theater | Followed by a Q&A with director Danny Boyle. 

Frequently Asked Questions 

Film Independent, LACMA Film Club and The New York Times Film Club members can reserve their tickets starting at 5 pm on Tuesday, March 19 | Tickets are free | Limit two tickets per membership | Proof of member status is required to reserve tickets

STANDBY ONLY: Tickets for this event are no longer available for reservation in advance. A standby line will form at 6:30 pm at the Hammer Building Ticket Office on the night of this event. Guests in the standby line will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis, though unfortunately there is no guarantee of tickets being made available to guests in this line. 

PLEASE NOTE: Entry to this screening is first come, first served. Reservations for free events do not guarantee entry to the event, even with a hard ticket in hand. RSVP’s are required for free events. Program subject to change or cancellation without prior notice. Tickets can be picked up at the Hammer Building Ticket Office at LACMA during museum hours, anytime after RSVP or on the day of the screening up to 15 minutes before the start of the event. Ticketed guests must be in the theater 15 minutes prior to published start time of the event, otherwise your seat(s) may be released and distributed to the standby line.