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Ryan Gilbey on Film

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Ryan Gosling at the New York premiere party. (Getty Images)
Reviewed: The Place Beyond the Pines
By Ryan Gilbey - 10 April 13:01

A good gander at Gosling.

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Christopher Walken in A Late Quartet.
Music to my eyes
By Ryan Gilbey - 10 April 10:34

The sweet sound of Christopher Walken in the otherwise terrible "A Late Quartet"

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A still from "In the House".
Reviewed: In the House directed by François Ozon
By Ryan Gilbey - 28 March 16:24

Here’s looking at you, kid.

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James McAvoy in "Trance".
Reviewed: Trance and The Spirit of ‘45
By Ryan Gilbey - 21 March 15:36

Brits, glitz and grit.

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Steven Soderbergh (Credit: Getty Images)
So farewell then, Steven Soderbergh
By Ryan Gilbey - 14 March 12:19

Why Hollywood will miss the wisest man in cinema.

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Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman in "The Paperboy".
Reviewed: The Paperboy
By Ryan Gilbey - 14 March 10:26

So take off all your clothes.

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Melissa McCarthy at the Oscars (Credit: Getty Images)
Don't give up on romantic comedies
By Ryan Gilbey - 07 March 18:11

They're taking new shapes.

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Frank Langella stars in "Robot & Frank" - a hybrid of "Up" and "Wall-E".
Reviewed: Broken and Robot & Frank
By Ryan Gilbey - 07 March 9:41

Too Close for comfort.

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Barry Levinson
In praise of the mockumentary
By Ryan Gilbey - 01 March 18:00

Ten films without which Barry Levinson couldn't have made The Bay.

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Nicole Kidman in Park Chan-wook's "Stoker".
Reviewed: Stoker directed by Park Chan-wook
By Ryan Gilbey - 28 February 8:47

Niece to meet you.

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A still from "Cloud Atlas".
Reviewed: To the Wonder and Cloud Atlas
By Ryan Gilbey - 22 February 9:06

We are the world.

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Martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro in 2008
Scorsese and the sickness of celebrity
By Ryan Gilbey - 15 February 11:47

Why "The King of Comedy", released 30 years ago this week, is the director's most disturbing work

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A still from "This is 40".
Reviewed: This is 40 directed by Judd Apatow
By Ryan Gilbey - 14 February 16:21

Juddering to a halt.

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A still from "Scott Pilgrim vs The World", Edgar Wright’s musical-action-comedy
Films that make you feel old
By Ryan Gilbey - 08 February 16:18

Five videogame-related movies to savour.

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A still from "No".
Reviewed: Pablo Larrain's "No"
By Ryan Gilbey - 07 February 9:19

An inspiring watch that explores the role advertising played in Chile's progress.

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Denzel Washington in "Flight".
Flight is Denzel Washington's show
By Ryan Gilbey - 31 January 10:50

Every addict has to hit bottom before they can get better.

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Walter Hill at the premiere of "Bullets to the Head" (credit: Getty Images)
Going down an eighties wormhole
By Ryan Gilbey - 30 January 14:30

Walter Hill, Sly Stallone and when a film-maker is past his prime.

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Anthony Hopkins
In praise of Anthony Hopkins
By Ryan Gilbey - 25 January 11:41

The actor's performance in "Hitchcock" is a reminder of just how good he is.

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Jessica Chastain as Maya, the rookie CIA agent
Zero Dark Thirty: the search for Mr Wrong
By Ryan Gilbey - 24 January 11:35

A demented love story with bullets instead of kisses.

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Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington
Django Unchained - review
By Ryan Gilbey - 18 January 12:16

Tarantino's new film does a disservice to the oppressed.

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Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln.
The mesmerising quality of Day-Lewis's Abraham Lincoln
By Ryan Gilbey - 17 January 9:30

Steven Spielberg’s "Lincoln" reviewed.

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Nagisa Oshima and David Bowie
Nagisa Oshima, 1932-2013
By Ryan Gilbey - 15 January 17:06

Japanese director dies at the age of 80.

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Roman Polanski
Space man: the genius of Roman Polanski
By Ryan Gilbey - 04 January 15:40

A new retrospective of the Polish director's work begins in London.

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Leonardo DiCaprio in Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained"
Film in 2013 - the year of DiCaprio unchained
By Ryan Gilbey - 03 January 9:02

What to look out for on the big screen this year.

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The Life of Pi - review
By Ryan Gilbey - 24 December 11:42

An extravagantly decorated cake of a film with nothing inside but the wisdom of a fortune cookie.

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Kylie Minogue and Denis Lavant
Films of the year
By Ryan Gilbey - 17 December 16:46

The best movies of 2012.

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Martin Freeman as the titular Hobbit.
The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey - review
By Ryan Gilbey - 13 December 8:37

Peter Jackson has managed to dart off in new directions as he returns to Middle Earth.

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The premiere of Les Misérables in London (Getty Images)
Sing for your supper
By Ryan Gilbey - 12 December 16:25

There's more to film musicals than Les Misérables

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Image from the film, "Sightseers"
Morbid fascinations
By Ryan Gilbey - 06 December 13:53

Black comedy, "Sightseers", is good enough to survive the hype

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Seven Psychopaths: energetically directed and intermittently amusing
By Ryan Gilbey - 06 December 7:52

Welcome to the mobsters' ball.

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