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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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (12A)

  • 16 July 2009

Hogwarts may not be a sink school, but there’s still room for improvement

Brüno (18)

  • 09 July 2009

More than just a raunchy comedy, this is a satire of Swiftian intent

Public Enemies (15)

  • 02 July 2009
  • 1 comment

Dazzling visuals can’t disguise a lack of character in this 1930s crime flick

Movies, minus the popcorn

  • 25 June 2009

A series of close-ups of women at the cinema is intriguing, but hardly great art

Jobs for the boys

  • 18 June 2009
  • 1 comment

Ryan Gilbey salutes a new wave of British film-makers, but wonders: where are all the women?

Looking for Eric (15)

  • 11 June 2009

Loach’s most upbeat film yet delivers moments of magic without convincing

Sugar (15)

  • 04 June 2009

A rookie baseball player is chewed up by the American sports industry

Wild boy falls far from glory

  • 28 May 2009
  • 1 comment

McG’s extension of the Terminator franchise is woefully misconceived

Anatomy of a murderous milieu

  • 21 May 2009

The veteran French director’s X-ray lens is as sharply focused as it ever was

Through the looking glass

  • 14 May 2009

Charlie Kaufman's mind-bending directorial debut is both big and clever

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

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

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

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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Will Baroness Ashton be an effective EU foreign minister?

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