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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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An icon for an icon

  • 01 November 2007

McDowell's homage to his mentor says just as much about its impish narrator
Never Apologise: a Personal Visit With Lindsay Anderson (15) dir: Mike Kaplan

The medicine man

  • 25 October 2007
  • 4 comments

Michael Moore delivers a stinging, if clumsy, attack on US health care
Sicko (12A) dir: Michael Moore

Guaranteed to give you shivers

  • 18 October 2007
  • 2 comments

Cronenberg, the master of disgust, delivers a flawed but subversive thriller
Eastern Promises (18) dir: David Cronenberg

Move over, Jamie Oliver

  • 11 October 2007

Pixar's latest offering is mouth-watering - if you can stomach a meal served by rats
Ratatouille (U)dirs: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
Princess (18) dir: Anders Morgenthaler

Unknown pleasures

  • 04 October 2007

There's a surprising amount of humour in this take on the Joy Division story
Control (15) dir: Anton Corbijn

Things that make you go hmmm

  • 27 September 2007

Don't try to make sense of Matthew Barney's films - just enjoy the weirdness
Drawing Restraint 9 (no cert) dir: Matthew Barney

A reservoir dog's dinner

  • 20 September 2007

This 1970s B-movie homage is Tarantino on autopilot - two hours of utter trash
Death Proof (18) dir: Quentin Tarantino

The plot thickens

  • 13 September 2007

Marwan Hamed skilfully renders these interweaving stories of Cairo life
The Yacoubian Building (15) dir: Marwan Hamed

Style over substance

  • 06 September 2007
  • 1 comment

Ian McEwan's novel fails to make the transition to film, despite a star cast
Atonement (15) dir: Joe Wright

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

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