Ryan Gilbey

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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Cruel intentions

  • 27 March 2008

Haneke's lesson on cinematic violence is nasty to the point of self-parody Funny Games (18) dir: Michael Haneke

Meet the girlfriend

  • 19 March 2008

A promising social satire descends into ingratiating small-town togetherness Lars and the Real Girl (12A) dir: Craig Gillespie

Freak show of the famous

  • 13 March 2008

A cast of celebrity impostors makes for astute commentary on Hello! culture Mister Lonely (15) dir: Harmony Korine

Second time lucky?

  • 06 March 2008

Two directors follow up their promising debuts - with varying results Garage (18) dir: Lenny Abrahamson The Cottage (18) dir: Paul Andrew Williams

Hollywood reborn

  • 28 February 2008
  • 3 comments

This year's Oscars signal a remarkable cultural renaissance for America in the twilight of the Bush era, writes the NS film critic, Ryan Gilbey

The buck stops here

  • 28 February 2008

Hollywood money is turning indie film into a bankable but clichéd affair

Don't call it a comeback

  • 21 February 2008

Two giants of world cinema return in understated fashion, with mixed results

The elephant in the foyer

  • 14 February 2008

Bollywood is often ignored by the mainstream media - and that's our loss

Power, corruption and lies

  • 07 February 2008
  • 1 comment

Lead actor and director both shine in a drama dripping with foreboding

Off-screen show-off

  • 31 January 2008

The paralysed main character of this biopic is upstaged by the director himself

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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