Author Spotlight

Ryan Gilbey

Ryan Gilbey has written for the Guardian since 2002. His book on queer cinema, It Used to Be Witches, will be published in 2025.

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The Long Good Friday: Corporate Governance

A vision of late-1970s London that foreshadows the political volatility of the Margaret Thatcher era, this gangster saga stars an unforgettably tempestuous Bob Hoskins as a little Englander with big dreams.

By Ryan Gilbey

Mona Lisa: Underground Errand

A staple of 1980s British cinema, Neil Jordan’s crime drama considers the slippery characters that inhabit the London underworld.

By Ryan Gilbey