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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Wuthering Heights (15)

  • 14 November 2011

A murky adaptation is flawed but full of passion.

Weekend (18)

  • 09 November 2011
  • 2 comments

This quiet story of gay love and loneliness will break hearts.

Gilbey on Film: Accidental beauty

  • 08 November 2011

We shouldn't think films are ever born fully-formed.

Gilbey on film: Sleeping sickness

  • 02 November 2011

If a critic can't stay awake, it's not the film's fault.

The Ides of March (15)

  • 27 October 2011
  • 1 comment

Cinematic clichés abound in this campaign thriller.

Gilbey on Film: Prophet without honour

  • 26 October 2011

Paul Kelly has made a wonderful film about Lawrence's tortured genius.

We Need to Talk About Kevin (15)

  • 20 October 2011
  • 1 comment

A great cast is offset by overkill in this horror story, writes Ryan Gilbey.

Gilbey on Film: A hymn to celluloid

  • 18 October 2011

Tacita Dean's Tate Modern installation is all about texture.

Sleeping Beauty (18)

  • 14 October 2011

A writer’s film is true to her chilling, taut prose style.

Gilbey on Film: Situation critical

  • 11 October 2011
  • 3 comments

A genuine critic doesn't use tricks or tomfoolery.

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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