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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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

A sequel too far

  • 28 June 2007

The animated ogre is back, but this time he's only in it for the money Shrek the Third (U) dir: Chris Miller

A life less ordinary

  • 21 June 2007
  • 1 comment

The turbulent tale of Édith Piaf is rendered vividly by a clever director La Vie en rose (12A)
dir: Olivier Dahan Paris, je t'aime (15)
dirs: various

Enemy of the people

  • 14 June 2007

Despite a few stylistic slip-ups, this is a chilling tale of US imperialism The War on Democracy (18) dirs: John Pilger, Chris Martin

Dead in the water

  • 28 May 2007

A sterile adaptation of Raymond Carver is outdone by a gay high-school drama Jindabyne (15)
dir: Ray Lawrence Wild Tigers I Have Known (18)
dir: Cam Archer

Watching the detectives

  • 21 May 2007

This thriller defies conventions to show the true personal cost of a murder case Zodiac (15) dir: David Fincher

Whitewashed and watered down

  • 14 May 2007
  • 2 comments

Mandela is relegated to the sidelines of his own life in this cowardly biopic Goodbye Bafana (15) dir: Bille August

Take a crawl on the dark side

  • 07 May 2007

Spider-Man's breezy charm has been replaced by standard superhero moping Spider-Man 3 (12A) dir: Sam Raimi

A hair's breadth from greatness

  • 30 April 2007

Evocative slice of skinhead life gets bogged down in worn symbolism This Is England (18) dir: Shane Meadows

Addictive personalities

  • 23 April 2007

The charismatic Ryan Gosling looks good even on a diet of hard drugs Half Nelson (15) dir: Ryan Fleck

Afghanistan

Doomed to failure

Two sides of the Coin

Hung parliament

Who would rule?

Doing deals in Downing Street

Interview

Seymour Hersh

The NS Interview: Seymour Hersh

Television

Paradox

Paradox

What if...

The Beatles never formed

What if .... the Beatles had never formed

Will Self

Eats at Subway

Attack of the one-foot sandwich

Iraq war

We want a trial

Iraq, Palin and building bridges

Books of the year

Our selection

Books of the Year: Part I

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