Music & Theatre

Back to Fylm School: cinematic influences in comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe
From Simon Munnery’s Fylm School to Adam Riches’ Coach Coach, there’s plenty of movie magic to be found live on stage.

By Ryan Gilbey
14 August
Defying gravity: LGBT voices and daredevil acrobats delight Ryan Gilbey at BFI Flare
BFI Southbank's LGBT film festival Flare has become more eye-catching. Now it dazzles.

By Ryan Gilbey
11 March
I gave up on Mozza years ago - Morrissey: Live is proof that I was right to do it
As far as Morrissey concerts go, the one immortalised in his latest film Morrissey: Live isn't the best. It saddens me to say it, but my love affair with Mozza is well and truly over.
By Ryan Gilbey
20 August
Gilbey on Film: casting Kurt Cobain
Exclusive details of the forthcoming movie about the life of the Nirvana frontman.
By Ryan Gilbey
20 July
Gilbey on Film: the greatest movie scores
And does "A Single Man" boast this year's finest music?
By Ryan Gilbey
29 June
Gilbey on Film: Gervais's kryptonite vs lo-fi "Mumblecore"
Ricky Gervais's silver screen efforts are no match for Andrew Bujalski's understated charm.
By Ryan Gilbey
13 April
Gilbey on Film: the chequered history of rockumentaries
Why the White Stripes' live film is a blast from the past.
By Ryan Gilbey
16 March
Look who’s talking
Armando Iannucci’s big-screen debut takes aim at politicians’ desecration of language
By Ryan Gilbey
16 April
Stepford school friends
Disney's cheerful cash cow is honest in ways grittier youth films can't match High Sc
By Ryan Gilbey
23 October

Small screen, bigger picture
When the NS film critic Ryan Gilbey started watching the HBO series The Wire, cinema suddenly began
By Ryan Gilbey
17 July

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