Ryan Gosling

Best of 2011: Films

Best films of 2011, including Drive, Neds, A Separation, Black Swan and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

14 Dec 2011

Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy Starring a firmament of male British character actors, this taut, sparse and moody le Carré adaptation, directed by Swede Tomas ‘Let The Right One In’ Alfredson, is an incredibly stylish orange-tinged 70s package (yet not a…

The Ides of March

Clooney's effective if by-the-numbers dissection of America’s political system

17 Oct 2011

(15) 101min George Clooney – more salt than pepper, more actor than director. Like Good Night, and Good Luck, his fourth feature directorial effort dissects America’s political system and surmises that it is fuelled of corruption and greed. The…

Drive

16 Sep 2011

(18) 100min You should never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly. If only Ryan Gosling’s Hollywood stuntman/ getaway driver had heeded this advice he might not have got mixed up with beautiful mum Irene (Carey Mullighan), her jailbird beau…

Crazy, Stupid, Love

Interesting observational comedy smothered by rom-com farce and sentimentality

16 Sep 2011

(12A) 118min Suburbia, modern day. Emily (Julianne Moore) tells husband Cal (Steve Carell) that she wants a divorce. Cal agrees to move and hits the local bar. After a period of drunken self-pity, local lothario Jacob (Ryan Gosling) takes him under…

Ryan Gosling relieved to avoid Oscar nomination

Music Gossip

11 Aug 2011

Ryan Gosling was "relieved" not to get an Oscar nomination for 'Blue Valentine'. The Canadian actor - who starred alongside Michelle Williams in the romantic drama movie about a couple falling out of love - admits he was glad he didn't receive a nod…

Ryan Gosling has no more targets

Celebrity Gossip

30 Jul 2011

Ryan Gosling stopped setting goals for himself when he turned 30. The 'Blue Valentine' actor has grown more comfortable with the roles he is offered as he has gotten older so no longer thinks it is important to have a list of the things he wants to…

Michelle Williams found no rules in Hollywood

Celebrity Gossip

16 Jan 2011

Michelle Williams said there are "no limits and no rules" in Hollywood. The 'Blue Valentine' actress - who sought legal emancipation from her parents at 15 to make it easier to embark on an acting career - thought it would be easy to go off the…

Blue Valentine

Derek Cianfrance’s extraordinary feature debut is an exceptional and brutal piece of filmmaking

23 Dec 2010

(15) 111min Ten years in the making, Derek Cianfrance’s extraordinary feature film debut, which can be best described as a marital cautionary tale, draws from the very best of the American independent inheritance (the uncompromising work of John…

Ryan Gosling woos Portman with poems

Celebrity Gossip

25 Mar 2009

Natalie Portman has been receiving poetic text messages from Ryan Gosling. The actor is believed to be smitten with the 27-year-old beauty - who split from rocker boyfriend Devendra Banhart last September - and is showering her with romantic gestures…

Ryan Gosling's Notebook love

Celebrity Gossip

17 Dec 2008

Ryan Gosling is still in love with Rachel McAdams. The pair - who met on the set of romantic movie 'The Notebook' - split in November but friends say the actor can't get over Rachel. A source said: "Ryan is still close to the McAdams family and he…

Rachel McAdams back with Ryan

Celebrity Gossip

20 Aug 2008

Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling are "definitely together again". The pair - who split last April after dating for two years - are celebrating their rekindled relationship with a holiday in Toronto, Canada. Gossip blogger Perez Hilton said…

Kirsten Dunst's Gosling date

Celebrity Gossip

9 Apr 2008

Kirsten Dunst is reportedly dating Ryan Gosling. The 'Spider-Man' actress - who recently left rehab after being treated for an undisclosed problem - has been spending a lot of time with her 'All Good Things' co-star, sparking rumours they are more…

Lars and the Real Girl

13 Mar 2008

DRAMA (12A) 106min If, as the American columnist and poet Don Marquis noted, ‘fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in bad clothes’, then he should try a few hours in the sub zero Wisconsin town where Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) lives.

Lars and the Real Doll - interview with Emily Mortimer

Glasgow Film Festival

14 Feb 2008

Emily Mortimer is laughing. ‘Bianca’s a very subtle actress and incredibly modest. She sits quietly, she waits. She doesn’t pace around, throw hissy fits or demand things. And her performance is incredibly low key.’ Bianca is Mortimer’s Danish/Brazilian…

Half Nelson - Ryan Gosling interview

Faculty high

11 Apr 2007

The versatile, chameleon-like Canadian actor Ryan Gosling has consistently been drawn to dark, emotionally troubling roles. He has played a Jewish neo-Nazi in The Believer, a teenage killer who flirts with the investigating policewoman in Murder by…

Glasgow Film Festival - Half Nelson - Ryan Gosling interview

School daze

30 Jan 2007

GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL Named after a wrestling hold in which an opponent’s strengths are turned against themselves, the US indie Half Nelson is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Glasgow Film Festival. The directorial debut of Ryan Fleck, whose…