Tony Rayns Movies

Shot in 1983, edited for the VISIONS: CINEMA programme in 1985, a short documentary about Shanghai Animation Studio.

The film gets under the skin of a very marginalized group: recent immigrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China. Belying the expectation that they will...

Documentary about the making of Derek Jarman's 1979 film "Jubilee".

History of filmmaking in China from its beginnings in the 1920s to 1982, featuring Shanghai cinema of 1930s; the progressive filmmakers; the...

Interview with Tony Rayns on the history of early Chinese cinema and the 1931 silent film Love and Duty.

An Interview With Critic And Hong Kong Film Expert Tony Rayns, About The Emergence, Key Players, And Success Of The Shaw Brothers Wuxia Film

A documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece.

Interview with film critic Tony Rayns was conducted in December 2008.

While attending a screening of his film at the London Film Festival, a Japanese man tries to track down a woman from his past after receiving a...

New video interview with film critic Tony Rayns

In this short documentary, film critic Tony Rayns discusses director King Hu and A Touch of Zen.

A personal consideration of the Korean cinema by director Jang Sun-Woo, looking at it’s history of outside influence and censorship.

Asian cinema expert Tony Ryans discusses Kurosawa’s career and influence.

After the film screening, five people hold a meeting. Director Jeong asserts that a film should move the heart. Actress Soo-yeon emphasizes on the...

Early film by Tony Rayns.