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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Brave new worlds
- 18 December 2008
Abba singalongs aside, plenty of films broke exciting, fresh ground this year
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A life less ordinary
- 11 December 2008
Peter O'Toole soldiers on, with a sublime and understated tale Dean Spanley (U) dir: Toa Fraser Lemon Tree (PG) dir: Eran Riklis
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Ice and fire
- 04 December 2008
In 2008 Tilda Swinton completed her transformation from art-house darling to Hollywood power player. She is rounding off the year with two more stunning performances
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Motherhood, madness and melodrama
- 27 November 2008
- 2 comments
Heavy-handed direction turns one woman's ordeal into a sensationalist affair Changeling (15) dir: Clint Eastwood
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Thanks for the memories
- 20 November 2008
An unsettling and inspired exploration of how the trauma of war affects the mind Waltz With Bashir (18) dir: Ari Folman
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Killing to be cool
- 13 November 2008
Black-leather glam over-romanticises the real story of this 1970s guerrilla gang The Baader Meinhof Complex (18) dir: Uli Edel
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Misunderestimating George
- 06 November 2008
- 1 comment
Is the horror of the Bush years beyond satire? Stone's bland effort suggests so W (15) dir: Oliver Stone
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Celebrating masochism
- 30 October 2008
- 2 comments
The latest James Bond blockbuster is little more than the usual exercise in designer violence, while an astounding portrait of the 1980s IRA hunger strikers takes film into visceral territory
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Stepford school friends
- 23 October 2008
Disney's cheerful cash cow is honest in ways grittier youth films can't match High School Musical 3: Senior Year (U) dir: Kenny Ortega
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That superior feeling
- 16 October 2008
The Coen brothers' espionage comedy is an exercise in smugness Burn After Reading (15) dir: Joel and Ethan Coen
