Ryan Gilbey
Bio
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
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Prehistoric Planet, Apple TV+ review - David Attenborough pr...
With Jurassic World: Dominion due in June, which will mark the end of the “Jurassic” movie franchise, here’s Apple TV’s alternative,...
Das Boot, Series 3, Sky Atlantic review - submarine warfare...
The challenge for the makers of Das Boot is to keep...
Legally Blonde, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review -...
The 2001 Reese Witherspoon-starring film Legally Blonde, upon which Heather Hach, Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin’s peppy Broadway...
Wigmore Soloists, Wigmore Hall review - superb Janáček
Wigmore Soloists is such a good idea, and still at an early stage of its development. The group brings together top players to perform the wider...
theartsdesk at the Dresden Music Festival - orchestral abund...
Dresden is filled with music at this time of year. The Dresden...
Album: Liam Gallagher - C'Mon You Know
While Britpop was a retrogressive media construct, Oasis were a genuine socio-musical phenomenon (albeit also retrogressive!). And at their heart...
Le nozze di Figaro, Glyndebourne review - fabulous singing a...
After two years of Covid-affected performances – even though there was a full season last year – Glyndebourne's annual festival...
DVD/Blu-ray: Parallel Mothers
Parallel Mothers unfolds at a daringly slow pace, and there are moments in the first half of Pedro Almodóvar’s 2021 drama when you wish...
Cornelia Parker, Tate Britain review – divine intelligence
Cornelia Parker’s early installations are as fresh and as thought provoking as when they were made. Her...