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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Arts & Culture
Public Enemies (15)
- 02 July 2009
Dazzling visuals can’t disguise a lack of character in this 1930s crime flick
Film
Movies, minus the popcorn
- 25 June 2009
A series of close-ups of women at the cinema is intriguing, but hardly great art
Film
Jobs for the boys
- 18 June 2009
- 1 comment
Ryan Gilbey salutes a new wave of British film-makers, but wonders: where are all the women?
Film
Looking for Eric (15)
- 11 June 2009
Loach’s most upbeat film yet delivers moments of magic without convincing
Film
Wild boy falls far from glory
- 28 May 2009
- 1 comment
McG’s extension of the Terminator franchise is woefully misconceived
Film
Anatomy of a murderous milieu
- 21 May 2009
The veteran French director’s X-ray lens is as sharply focused as it ever was
Film
Through the looking glass
- 14 May 2009
Charlie Kaufman's mind-bending directorial debut is both big and clever
Film
Darling, you were wonderful
- 07 May 2009
The world of an ageing courtesan is made too seductive for its own good
Film
The girl who isn’t there
- 30 April 2009
A pan-European production that makes a virtue of ambiguity
