Writer
Tony Rayns
78 years · Oxford, England, UK · 29 films
Antony Keith Graham Rayns (20 September 1948 – 7 July 2026) was a British writer, commentator, film festival programmer and screenwriter. He wrote for the underground publication Cinema Rising before contributing to the Monthly Film Bulletin from the December 1970. He contributed writings to Sight & Sound from the 1970s, and also contributed to Time Out, Melody Maker, and Film Comment.
Best known for
Filmography 29
An American Picture: Tony Rayns on 'An American Tragedy'
2024 · Self
Legend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee
2023 · Self
A Different Kind of Chinese War Film: Tony Rayns on Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain
2023 · self
The Rediscovery of a Significant Part in Film History
2022 · Actor
Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition'
2016 · Self
Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen
2016 · Self
Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'
2015 · Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014 · Self
On MUBI
The Art of Akira Kurosawa
2013 · Tony Rayns
Jury
2013 · Tony
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
2012 · Self
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
2006 · Self
Everyday Realities: Tony Rayns on New Taiwan Cinema and Edward Yang
2006 · self
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004 · Self
The Jang Sun-woo Variations
2001 · Director
Away with Words
1999 · Writer
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998 · Narrator
On Kanopy
Hold You Tight
1998 · Rosa's Friend
The Cinema on the Road
1995 · Self
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
1991 · Self
New Chinese Cinema
1989 · Narrator, Director
Virtuous Women
1987 · Foreign Director
Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio
1985 · Narration, Writer
Home Movies 1971-81
1985 · Actor