Tony Rayns Movies

Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again.

Prominent film critic Tony Rayns has long been a supporter of Korean cinema. This film illustrates Rayns’ affection for Korean cinema through...

A Japanese man and a gay bar-owner in Hong Kong drink beer as they talk about their childhood and experiences.

Two women are bound for the same plane, one of whom makes the flight while the other does not. In a cruel twist of fate, the plane crashes, killing...

A BBC Arena profile of the Director from the time of the release of his film, The Garden, featuring interviews with Jarman, his collaborators and...

Divided into chapters, the documentary examines Jang's career and films from many different angles and includes the voices not only of those who have...

Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of filmmakers and figures from the wider...

Tragical lives of Qing Yu, a woman lives in late Qing Dynasty and Gui Hua, a woman lives in modern time.

Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.

Early film by Tony Rayns.

Experimental drama set in London during the Thatcher administration involving four characters: Neil, a science-fiction illustrator; Kim, a woman rock...

Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through...

Film critic Tony Rayns discusses Josef von Sternberg's 1931 film version of 'An American Tragedy'.

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

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...

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

An appreciation of the 1999 film 'Audition' by Japanese cinema historian Tony Rayns.