Ryan Gosling
2023 in Review
The Best Performances of 2023
These were the standout performances of the year.
By Michael Schulman
The Front Row
“First Man,” Reviewed: Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong Bio-Pic Is an Accidental Right-Wing Fetish Object
Starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy, it is a film of deluded, cultish longing for an earlier era of American life.
By Richard Brody
The Current Cinema
Damien Chazelle’s Moon Shot in “First Man”
The film captures the grandeur and otherness of the Apollo saga, but not the Midwestern modesty of its hero, Neil Armstrong.
By Anthony Lane
The Current Cinema
Fun in “La La Land”
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling create dynamic thrills out of simple things in this grownup musical.
By Anthony Lane