New Statesman -

Bright Star (PG)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

A deft treatment of John Keats's love life

An Education (12A)/Taking Woodstock (15)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

It�s hard to avoid clich� in such a well-visited era

Fantastic Mr Fox (PG)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:48:58 GMT

The puppets are gorgeous but the script's a bit familiar, writes Ryan Gilbey

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (12A)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:38:24 GMT

A strangely underpowered effort from Terry Gilliam

Up (U)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:46:12 GMT

Pixar achieves lift-off with its latest 3-D outing

The Invention of Lying (12A)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:13:02 GMT

I can�t lie � this is an absolute stinker of a movie

Born in '68 (15)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:50:59 GMT

French hippie ideals sour in less than convincing style

Away We Go (15)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:48:21 GMT

Sam Mendes and a hip literary couple deliver a shockingly smug movie

Seduction line

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:56:52 GMT

�What a tremendous eye he has,� said David Bowie of the film-maker Nagisa Oshima after working with him on Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence. Ryan Gilbey celebrates the Japanese director�s eroticism and wicked sense of humour

Fish Tank (15)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:56:52 GMT

A quirky drama finds unexpected poetry in the Essex badlands