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Ryan Gilbey

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was named Reviewer of the Year in the 2007 Press Gazette Magazine Awards. He is the film critic of the New Statesman and also contributes to the Guardian and Sunday Times. He is the author of It Don’t Worry Me, about the American cinema in the 1970s, and a study of Groundhog Day in the BFI Modern Classics series.

Articles By Ryan Gilbey

Youth in Revolt

Tuesday, 02 February 2010 Read more...

Film: Crude

Friday, 15 January 2010 Read more...

Unmade Beds

Wednesday, 09 December 2009 Read more...

Cold Souls

Wednesday, 11 November 2009 Read more...

A Christmas Carol

Monday, 02 November 2009 Read more...

Film: Johnny Mad Dog

Monday, 19 October 2009 Read more...

Le Donk & Scor-Zay-Zee

Monday, 05 October 2009 Read more...

Film: The Soloist

Monday, 21 September 2009 Read more...

Film: Adventureland

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 Read more...

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