Ryan Gilbey
Ryan Gilbey is the author of It Don't Worry Me (Faber), about 1970s US cinema, and a study of Groundhog Day in the 'Modern Classics' series (BFI Publishing). He was named reviewer of the year in the 2007 Press Gazette awards and he is the New Statesman's film critic..
Articles by Ryan Gilbey
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Film
Dazed and confused
- 11 September 2008
This stoner comedy is muddled - and not because of the high-grade weed
Pineapple Express (15) dir: David Gordon Green
Film
Outmoded behaviour
- 04 September 2008
Two period dramas rich in detail, but not so good at characterisation
The Duchess (12A)
dir: Saul Dibb
Angel (15)
dir: François Ozon
Film
Peaks and troughs
- 28 August 2008
Superb cinematic technique lightens this gruelling tale of hostile mountain life
Times and Winds (15)
dir: Reha Erdem
Film
Short, sweet and pricey
- 21 August 2008
A pleasantly trivial doodle of boyhood friendship in gritty north London
Somers Town (12A)
dir: Shane Meadows
Film
Hancock's two and a half hours
- 14 August 2008
A talented Russian creates suspense, but doesn't know what to do with it
The Banishment (12A) dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Film
Shallow, botched, insidious
- 07 August 2008
Brazil's new hit has a reactionary message, leavened only by its incompetence
Elite Squad (18) dir: José Padilha
Film
The joke is on us
- 31 July 2008
Provocative social commentary is the order of the day with this US comedian
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (15)
dir: Liam Lynch
Film
Dark was the knight, cold was the clown
- 24 July 2008
- 2 comments
Despite the presence of the Joker, this superhero franchise is grimmer than ever
The Dark Knight (12A)
dir: Christopher Nolan
Television
Small screen, bigger picture
- 17 July 2008
- 7 comments
When the NS film critic Ryan Gilbey started watching the HBO series The Wire, cinema suddenly began to look compromised and conventional
Film
The golden age of animation
- 17 July 2008
Pixar makes yet another great leap forward with its latest release
WALL·E (U)
dir: Andrew Stanton
Standard Operating Procedure (15)
dir: Errol Morris
