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
Taking on the big screen? Doh!
- 26 July 2007
- 1 comment
The classic cartoon is transformed into a disappointingly mediocre film
The Simpsons Movie (PG)dir: David Silverman
Film
Where ghosts deal out death
- 19 July 2007
- 2 comments
The candid, almost complicit, camera on Haiti's gangsters tells a gripping story
Ghosts of Cité Soleil (15) dir: Asger Leth
Film
Masterminded by Muggles
- 12 July 2007
Harry Potter has amassed 12 hours of screen time, but real magic eludes him
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (12A) dir: David Yates
Film
Story of a charmless man
- 05 July 2007
David Mamet's tale of middle-class crisis is self-consciously provocative
Edmond (18) dir: Stuart Gordon
Film
A sequel too far
- 28 June 2007
The animated ogre is back, but this time he's only in it for the money
Shrek the Third (U) dir: Chris Miller
Film
A life less ordinary
- 21 June 2007
- 1 comment
The turbulent tale of Édith Piaf is rendered vividly by a clever director
La Vie en rose (12A)
dir: Olivier Dahan
Paris, je t'aime (15)
dirs: various
Film
Enemy of the people
- 14 June 2007
Despite a few stylistic slip-ups, this is a chilling tale of US imperialism
The War on Democracy (18)
dirs: John Pilger, Chris Martin
Film
Dead in the water
- 28 May 2007
A sterile adaptation of Raymond Carver is outdone by a gay high-school drama
Jindabyne (15)
dir: Ray Lawrence
Wild Tigers I Have Known (18)
dir: Cam Archer
Film
Watching the detectives
- 21 May 2007
This thriller defies conventions to show the true personal cost of a murder case
Zodiac (15)
dir: David Fincher
Film
Whitewashed and watered down
- 14 May 2007
- 2 comments
Mandela is relegated to the sidelines of his own life in this cowardly biopic
Goodbye Bafana (15)
dir: Bille August
