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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Film
The joke is on us
- 31 July 2008
Provocative social commentary is the order of the day with this US comedian
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (15)
dir: Liam Lynch
Film
Dark was the knight, cold was the clown
- 24 July 2008
- 2 comments
Despite the presence of the Joker, this superhero franchise is grimmer than ever
The Dark Knight (12A)
dir: Christopher Nolan
Television
Small screen, bigger picture
- 17 July 2008
- 7 comments
When the NS film critic Ryan Gilbey started watching the HBO series The Wire, cinema suddenly began to look compromised and conventional
Film
The golden age of animation
- 17 July 2008
Pixar makes yet another great leap forward with its latest release
WALL·E (U)
dir: Andrew Stanton
Standard Operating Procedure (15)
dir: Errol Morris
Film
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
Film
Keeping it low-key
- 03 July 2008
A talented writer-director bangs the drum for plain, unremarkable lives
The Visitor (15)
dir: Tom McCarthy
Film
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
Film
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
Film
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
Film
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
