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Tony Rayns

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 Bull...

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Biography

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.

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Known for

Black Coal, Thin Ice posterBlack Coal, Thin Ice2014 · Thanks3.2Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema posterFlowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema2014 · Self3.6Away with Words posterAway with Words1999 · Writer3.2Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences posterSeven Samurai: Origins and Influences2006 · Self5.0Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! posterElectric Yakuza, Go to Hell!2004 · Self4.3Love Will Tear Us Apart posterLove Will Tear Us Apart1999 · Translator3.3Legend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee posterLegend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee2023 · Self4.5The Jang Sun-woo Variations posterThe Jang Sun-woo Variations2001 · Director4.0
Cast

Cast credits

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema posterFlowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema2014 · Self3.6Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences posterSeven Samurai: Origins and Influences2006 · Self5.0Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! posterElectric Yakuza, Go to Hell!2004 · Self4.3Legend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee posterLegend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee2023 · Self4.5Hold You Tight posterHold You Tight1998 · Rosa's Friend2.5Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer posterTony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer2012 · Self4.0Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns posterVisions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns1983 · Self3.3Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema posterYang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema1998 · Narrator2.6Jury posterJury2013 · Tony3.1The Cinema on the Road posterThe Cinema on the Road1995 · Self2.8JJubilee: A Time Less Golden2003 · Interviewee3.0SSerialized Success2013 · Cast0.5Virtuous Women posterVirtuous Women1987 · Foreign DirectorDerek Jarman: A Portrait posterDerek Jarman: A Portrait1991 · SelfThe Rediscovery of a Significant Part in Film History posterThe Rediscovery of a Significant Part in Film History2022 · CastNew Chinese Cinema posterNew Chinese Cinema1989 · NarratorDamaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition' posterDamaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition'2016 · SelfLondon Calling posterLondon Calling1985 · Tony Rayns
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Crew credits

Black Coal, Thin Ice posterBlack Coal, Thin Ice2014 · Thanks3.2Away with Words posterAway with Words1999 · Writer3.2Love Will Tear Us Apart posterLove Will Tear Us Apart1999 · Translator3.3The Jang Sun-woo Variations posterThe Jang Sun-woo Variations2001 · Director4.0Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns posterVisions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns1983 · Writer3.3Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema posterYang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema1998 · Consulting Producer2.6New Chinese Cinema posterNew Chinese Cinema1989 · Director, WriterVisions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns posterVisions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns1983 · WriterFrame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio posterFrame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio1985 · WriterVisions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns posterVisions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns1983 · WriterUUriel: Overdrive1970 · DirectorLLittle Joe, Little Dragon1974 · Director