Tony Rayns Movies

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...

An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

Film critic Tony Rayns interviews Lino Brocka and other prominent Filipino filmmakers.

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

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

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