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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How I Ended This Summer (15)

  • 20 April 2011

A minimalist Russian thriller annoys and amazes Ryan Gilbey.

Gilbey on Film: Genre capers

  • 19 April 2011
  • 1 comment

Five films that play with the private eye movie.

Meek's Cutoff (PG)

  • 18 April 2011

A long, parched journey along the Oregon Trail.

Gilbey on Film: Sidney Lumet

  • 12 April 2011
  • 2 comments

The American New Wave and rubber-ducky explanations.

Gilbey on Film: Agfhan story

  • 06 April 2011
  • 6 comments

Armadillo highlights the problems documentary makers have in conveying the truth about war.

Gilbey on Film: cult followings

  • 01 April 2011
  • 1 comment

Can anything really be a cult movie any more?

Source Code (12A)

  • 31 March 2011
  • 5 comments

This time-loop movie isn't as clever as it thinks it is.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (U)

  • 24 March 2011
  • 4 comments

Herzog’s enigmatic musings have an emotional effect on Ryan Gilbey.

Gilbey on Film: being serious

  • 23 March 2011
  • 2 comments

Thoughts about comic actors turning straight.

Submarine (15) and Ballast (15)

  • 17 March 2011

Only one of these debut directors has found his voice.

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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