Tony Rayns
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Place of Birth: Great Britain
Biography: Antony Rayns (born 1948) is a British writer, commentator, film festival programmer and screenwriter.
Movies
Hold You Tight
Two women are bound for the same plane, one of whom makes the flight while the other does not. In a ...
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Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film arg...
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Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country se...
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Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition'
An appreciation of the 1999 film 'Audition' by Japanese cinema historian Tony Rayns....
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Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns
Film critic Tony Rayns interviews Lino Brocka and other prominent Filipino filmmakers....
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Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
Prominent film critic Tony Rayns has long been a supporter of Korean cinema. This film illustrates R...
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London Calling
While attending a screening of his film at the London Film Festival, a Japanese man tries to track d...
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Jubilee: A Time Less Golden
Documentary about the making of Derek Jarman's 1979 film "Jubilee"....
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Jury
After the film screening, five people hold a meeting. Director Jeong asserts that a film should move...
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The Cinema on the Road
A personal consideration of the Korean cinema by director Jang Sun-Woo, looking at it’s history of o...
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Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
A documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece....
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New Chinese Cinema
Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged d...
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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 o...
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Serialized Success
In this interview, conducted in 2013, Asian-film critic Tony Rayns offers his thoughts on the popula...
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The Art of Akira Kurosawa
Asian cinema expert Tony Ryans discusses Kurosawa’s career and influence....
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Derek Jarman: A Portrait
A BBC Arena profile of the Director from the time of the release of his film, The Garden, featuring ...
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Tony Rayns on Pigs and Battleships
Interview with film critic Tony Rayns was conducted in December 2008....
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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 gener...
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Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio
Shot in 1983, edited for the VISIONS: CINEMA programme in 1985, a short documentary about Shanghai A...
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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'....
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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....
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Slicing At The Stars
An Interview With Critic And Hong Kong Film Expert Tony Rayns, About The Emergence, Key Players, And...
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A Different Kind of Chinese War Film :Tony rayns on Wreaths at the foot of the mountain
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