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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Money, money, money

  • 10 July 2008
  • 1 comment

Plot and dialogue are incidental to this cash-in on Abba's back catalogue Mamma Mia! (PG) dir: Phyllida Lloyd

Keeping it low-key

  • 03 July 2008

A talented writer-director bangs the drum for plain, unremarkable lives The Visitor (15) dir: Tom McCarthy

A less than fantastic voyage

  • 26 June 2008

Devoid of tension, Narnia is a much duller place the second time around The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (PG) dir: Andrew Adamson

A talent in need of nurture

  • 19 June 2008

Stylistic gusto fails to hide the flimsy nature of this Dylan Thomas biopic The Edge of Love (15) dir: John Maybury

Heart of darkness

  • 12 June 2008

A low hum of horror pervades this exposé of US abuses in Afghanistan Taxi to the Dark Side (15) dir: Alex Gibney

Parental misguidance

  • 05 June 2008
  • 1 comment

Ben Affleck's directorial debut surpasses anything he's done before Gone Baby Gone (15) dir: Ben Affleck

A woman's right to shoes

  • 29 May 2008
  • 2 comments

Miseryguts and Lobotomy Woman in a tale of gormless materialism Sex and the City (15) dir: Michael Patrick King

Flogging a dead franchise

  • 22 May 2008

The latest Indiana Jones shows little of Spielberg's usual pizzazz Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (12A) dir: Steven Spielberg

Tales from the dark side

  • 15 May 2008

Two directors explore less savoury aspects of human morality Terror's Advocate (12A) dir: Barbet Schroeder Heartbeat Detector (12A) dir: Nicolas Klotz

It's just me, myself and I

  • 08 May 2008

Morgan Spurlock's documentary is a masterclass in vain, glib navel-gazing Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (12A)dir: Morgan Spurlock

James Macintyre

Inside “Next Labour”

Inside “Next Labour”

John Pilger

The Murdoch empire

Welcome to the first murdochracy

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Gaby Hinsliff

Bulger killers were damaged, not evil

Bulger killers were damaged, not evil

Mehdi Hasan

The Ashcroft scandal

Paying the price for Ashcroft’s millions

US Politics

Obama's henchmen

Dysfunction at the White House

Film review

Shutter Island

Shutter Island (15)

Interview

Terry Eagleton

The Books Interview: Terry Eagleton

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