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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Mum's the word

  • 30 August 2007

David Mackenzie's tale of a teenage obsessive shows a touch of genius Hallam Foe (18) dir: David Mackenzie 2 Days in Paris (15) dir: Julie Delpy

Hands in glove

  • 23 August 2007

A sensitive take on D H Lawrence recalls the heyday of French cinema

Bourne to thrill

  • 16 August 2007

Matt Damon shines in an intelligent, pacy action film with a conscience The Bourne Ultimatum (12A) dir: Paul Greengrass

A new direction

  • 09 August 2007

Do the recent deaths of four icons of 20th-century art-house cinema spell the end of the auteur? Of course not, writes the NS film critic.

Just another gigolo

  • 09 August 2007

Woody Harrelson gives a waspish performance in this story of a male escort The Walker (15) dir: Paul Schrader

The never-ending story

  • 02 August 2007

Studio Ghibli has just ruined my life - by making its first tedious film Tales from Earthsea (PG) dir: Goro Miyazaki Evan Almighty (PG) dir: Tom Shadyac

Taking on the big screen? Doh!

  • 26 July 2007
  • 1 comment

The classic cartoon is transformed into a disappointingly mediocre film The Simpsons Movie (PG)dir: David Silverman

Where ghosts deal out death

  • 19 July 2007
  • 2 comments

The candid, almost complicit, camera on Haiti's gangsters tells a gripping story Ghosts of Cité Soleil (15) dir: Asger Leth

Masterminded by Muggles

  • 12 July 2007

Harry Potter has amassed 12 hours of screen time, but real magic eludes him Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (12A) dir: David Yates

Story of a charmless man

  • 05 July 2007

David Mamet's tale of middle-class crisis is self-consciously provocative Edmond (18) dir: Stuart Gordon

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

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

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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