Tony Rayns

Hold You Tight

Two women are bound for the same plane, one of whom makes the flight while the other does not. In a cruel twist...

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has bee...

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to es...

Jury

After the film screening, five people hold a meeting. Director Jeong asserts that a film should move the heart....

Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns

Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of fi...

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

Prominent film critic Tony Rayns has long been a supporter of Korean cinema. This film illustrates Rayns’ affec...

London Calling

While attending a screening of his film at the London Film Festival, a Japanese man tries to track down a woman...

New Chinese Cinema

Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1...

The Cinema on the Road

A personal consideration of the Korean cinema by director Jang Sun-Woo, looking at it’s history of outside infl...

Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns

History of filmmaking in China from its beginnings in the 1920s to 1982, featuring Shanghai cinema of 1930s; th...

Derek Jarman: A Portrait

A BBC Arena profile of the Director from the time of the release of his film, The Garden, featuring interviews...

Jubilee: A Time Less Golden

Documentary about the making of Derek Jarman's 1979 film "Jubilee".

Home Movies 1971-81

Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns

Film critic Tony Rayns interviews Lino Brocka and other prominent Filipino filmmakers.

Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen

In this short documentary, film critic Tony Rayns discusses director King Hu and A Touch of Zen.

Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio

Shot in 1983, edited for the VISIONS: CINEMA programme in 1985, a short documentary about Shanghai Animation St...

Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences

A documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece.

A Different Kind of Chinese War Film :Tony rayns on Wreaths at the foot of the mountain

Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition'

An appreciation of the 1999 film 'Audition' by Japanese cinema historian Tony Rayns.

Tony Rayns on Pigs and Battleships

Interview with film critic Tony Rayns was conducted in December 2008.

An Innovative Feature Film Debut: Tony Rayns on the Black Cannon Incident

Slicing At The Stars

An Interview With Critic And Hong Kong Film Expert Tony Rayns, About The Emergence, Key Players, And Success Of...

Tony Rayns on Cruel Story of Youth

New video interview with film critic Tony Rayns

An American Picture: Tony Rayns on 'An American Tragedy'

Film critic Tony Rayns discusses Josef von Sternberg's 1931 film version of 'An American Tragedy'.

The Art of Akira Kurosawa

Asian cinema expert Tony Ryans discusses Kurosawa’s career and influence.

Serialized Success

In this interview, conducted in 2013, Asian-film critic Tony Rayns offers his thoughts on the popularity of the...