Ryan Gumbley

Ryan Gumbley

I'm a cinephile, writer and hoarder of DVDs. I've written for e-magazines and websites including Flicks & The City, Louder Than War, and Mise-in-Sane. Hitchcock had the right idea: "the only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them."

Film Review

IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)

[usr 5.0] In a Lonely Place is a film about Hollywood. But, more precisely, it’s a film about Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart), a screenwriter...

in a lonely place
Film Review

EASY RIDER (1969)

[usr 4.0] There have been many American movies specifically concerned with the country itself. Few are as biting, inventive, and also endlessly relevant as...

easy rider
Film Review

MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (2016)

[usr 4.0] Midnight Special is the kind of film that drip-feeds information rather than dole out exposition. The film starts with two men acting...

midnight special
Film Review

THE SOUND BARRIER (1952)

[usr 4.0] Although The Sound Barrier manages to excitedly capture the thrill and majesty of flying a plane above the clouds at high speed,...

the sound barrier
Film Review

BONE TOMAHAWK (2015)

[usr 3.0] Bone Tomahawk is, for the most part, a character-driven western with lots of talky scenes. It’s also a bloody and violent western...

bone tomahawk
Film Review

OUT 1 (1971)

[usr 5.0] Jacques Rivette is an ongoing revelation for me. News of the French director’s death broke as I was part way through watching...

out 1
Film Review

THE LOBSTER (2015)

[usr 4.0] It has been clear for some time that the leading lights of the ‘weird wave’ of Greek cinema would not be able...

the lobster
Film Review

MACBETH (2015)

[usr 2.0] Is it unfair to compare this latest adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth to past film adaptations of the play? Each director must find...

macbeth
Film Review

JOY (2015)

[usr 2.0] If there were a recipe that could be applied to David O. Russell’s output of the last few years, it would go...