Name
Tony Rayns
Known For
Writing
Birthday
1948-09-20
Deathday
2026-07-07 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Oxford, England, UK
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.
Known For
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An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which th...
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A Japanese man and a gay bar-owner in Hong Kong drink beer as they talk about their childh...
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With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that ...
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Two women are bound for the same plane, one of whom makes the flight while the other does ...
- 1985 Home Movies 1971-81
- 1998 Hold You Tight as Rosa's Friend
- 1998 Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema as Narrator
- 2014 Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
- 2019 An Innovative Feature Film Debut: Tony Rayns on the Black Cannon Incident
- 2016 Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition' as Self
- 1983 Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns as Self
- 2012 Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer as Self
- 1985 London Calling as Tony Rayns
- 2003 Jubilee: A Time Less Golden as Interviewee
- 2013 Jury as Tony
- 1995 The Cinema on the Road as Self
- 2006 Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences as Self
- 1989 New Chinese Cinema as Narrator
- 1983 Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns as Self - Narrator
- 2015 Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out' as Self
- 2013 Serialized Success
- 2013 The Art of Akira Kurosawa as Tony Rayns
- 2015 Tony Rayns on Cruel Story of Youth
- 1991 Derek Jarman: A Portrait as Self
- 2009 Tony Rayns on Pigs and Battleships
- 1983 Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns as Self
- 1985 Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio as Narration
- 2024 An American Picture: Tony Rayns on 'An American Tragedy' as Self
- 2016 Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen as Self
- 2023 Slicing At The Stars
- 2023 A Different Kind of Chinese War Film: Tony Rayns on Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain as self
- 2023 Legend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee as Self
- 1987 Virtuous Women as Foreign Director
- 2022 The Rediscovery of a Significant Part in Film History
- 2004 Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! as Self
- 1982 Crystal Gazing as Chinese Takeaway
