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Tony Rayns

1948 - 2026 (age 77) • Writing

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

Black Coal, Thin Ice

65%

Thanks

2014

Away with Words

64%

Writer

1999

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

55%

Narrator

1998

Love Will Tear Us Apart

65%

Translator

1999

Jubilee: A Time Less Golden

60%

Interviewee

2003

The Cinema on the Road

56%

Self

1995

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

66%

Self

1983

Jury

63%

Tony

2013

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

Self

2024

Legend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee

90%

Self

2023

A Different Kind of Chinese War Film: Tony Rayns on Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain

self

2023

Slicing At The Stars

2023

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

2019

Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition'

Self

2016

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

Self

2016

Tony Rayns on Cruel Story of Youth

2015

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

71%

Self

2014

Black Coal, Thin Ice

65%

Thanks

2014

The Art of Akira Kurosawa

Tony Rayns

2013

Serialized Success

10%
2013

Jury

63%

Tony

2013

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

80%

Self

2012

Tony Rayns on Pigs and Battleships

2009

Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences

100%

Self

2006

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

85%

Self

2004

Jubilee: A Time Less Golden

60%

Interviewee

2003

The Jang Sun-woo Variations

80%

Director

2001

Away with Words

64%

Writer

1999

Love Will Tear Us Apart

65%

Translator

1999

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

55%

Narrator

1998

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

55%

Consulting Producer

1998

Hold You Tight

53%

Rosa's Friend

1998

The Cinema on the Road

56%

Self

1995

Derek Jarman: A Portrait

Self

1991

New Chinese Cinema

Narrator

1989

New Chinese Cinema

Director

1989

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