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Ryan Gilbey on Film

A critical look at cinema

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Alan Partridge.
By Ryan Gilbey - 08 August 12:00

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa develops and deepens a character we know and love - a humble comedy with the right amount of sanity.

Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger.
By Ryan Gilbey - 06 August 12:23

With newspapers laying off arts writers, the suggestion The Lone Ranger has been ruined by dishonest reviewers seems paradoxical. Perhaps there are other reasons behind the blockbuster's US flop?

Mickey Sumner and Greta Gerwig
By Ryan Gilbey - 25 July 15:45

Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig's Manhattan-esque comedy, shot entirely in black and white, brings the force and intimacy of a love story to bear on the relationship between two Brooklyn-based flatmates.

Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck.
By Ryan Gilbey - 22 July 11:54

William Wyler's 1953 romantic comedy Roman Holiday introduced Audrey Hepburn to the world. With the film's re-issue, the power of her first leading role hasn't diminished one bit.

The World's End.
By Ryan Gilbey - 18 July 16:00

Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg return for the final instalment of their "Cornetto" trilogy: a raucous comedy slightly gnarled by its lofty ambitions.

A cinema doorway.
By Ryan Gilbey - 16 July 15:30

Is it ever right to leave a film early? After all, going to the cinema is about so much more than what’s on the screen.

Status Quo with their guitars in a tropical sea.
By Ryan Gilbey - 03 July 16:15

Bula Quo! might be tired, naive and desperately middle-of-the-road, but spare the pop-film genre! I can't be the only one who looks at Rizzle Kicks or Dizzee Rascal and thinks: give those kids a movie.

Richard Glover and Peter Ferdinando in "A Field in England".
By Ryan Gilbey - 03 July 10:53

Director Ben Wheatley - "a Guy Ritchie for hipsters" - has attracted something of a devoted following. But surely it's time for him to start making movies that reach beyond his fan base?

Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) in Despicable Me 2.
By Ryan Gilbey - 27 June 11:29

Ryan Gilbey wonders why Despicable Me 2 had to be made.

Members of the Russian feminist collective Pussy Riot on film.
By Ryan Gilbey - 27 June 11:08

Ryan Gilbey reviews three documentaries: The Act of Killing, Pussy Riot: a Punk Prayer and Stories We Tell.

New Statesman
By Ryan Gilbey - 18 June 11:34

The Stone Roses are back, whether you like it or not. Two new films, Spike Island by Mat Whitecross and Shane Meadow's Made of Stone, boast of the band's greatness, without offering much of a reason for it.

A woman on a beach from Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Love.
By Ryan Gilbey - 12 June 11:20

One film? Anyone can do that. A set of two? Just bookends. Three is a force to be reckoned with.

Glenn Close.
By Ryan Gilbey - 07 June 14:44

Daniel Craig apologised for Quantum of Solace in 2011, and this week, Glenn Close has expressed regret publicly for her portrayal of a woman with mental illness in Fatal Attraction. But was it necessary?

Audrey Tautou and Gilles Lellouche in Miller's new adaptation
By Ryan Gilbey - 06 June 10:27

Claude Miller's new adaptation of Thérèse Desqueyroux has some neat acting from Audrey Tautou, but the film fails to catch fire.

Ana Torrent and Geraldine Chaplin in Cría cuervos (Raise Ravens).
By Ryan Gilbey - 24 May 12:15

If you’ve seen The Cement Garden, Pan’s Labyrinth or The Others, you are already familiar with some of the pictures which wouldn’t exist without Carlos Saura's Cría cuervos.

New Statesman
By Ryan Gilbey - 23 May 14:05

Another installment of the second-unfunniest comedy franchise in town.

Carey Mulligan in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby.
By Ryan Gilbey - 16 May 13:09

Reviewed: The Great Gatsby.

Mr Cumberbatch in Star Trek: Into Darkness.
By Ryan Gilbey - 10 May 15:01

It may be controversial to say so, but he's really something, isn't he?

Julie Christie and Tom Courtenay
By Ryan Gilbey - 02 May 15:10

Billy Liar at 50.

José María Yazpik and Cecilia Roth in "I'm So Excited".
By Ryan Gilbey - 01 May 13:24

Reviewed: Pedro Almodóvar’s "I'm So Excited!".

New Statesman
By Ryan Gilbey - 26 April 16:18

Mags to riches.

A still from Me and You.
By Ryan Gilbey - 19 April 17:50

Bernardo Bertolucci returns after eight years with the invigorating "Me and You".

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

A good gander at Gosling.

Christopher Walken in A Late Quartet.
By Ryan Gilbey - 10 April 10:34

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

A still from "In the House".
By Ryan Gilbey - 28 March 16:24

Here’s looking at you, kid.

James McAvoy in "Trance".
By Ryan Gilbey - 21 March 15:36

Brits, glitz and grit.

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

Why Hollywood will miss the wisest man in cinema.

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