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Interview with Tony Rayns
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Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.
Home Movies 1971-81
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...
Hold You Tight
An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively...
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
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...
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
An Innovative Feature Film Debut: Tony Rayns on the Black Cannon Incident
An appreciation of the 1999 film 'Audition' by Japanese cinema historian Tony Rayns.
Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition'
Film critic Tony Rayns interviews Lino Brocka and other prominent Filipino filmmakers.
Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns
Prominent film critic Tony Rayns has long been a supporter of Korean cinema. This film illustrates Rayns’ affection for Korean cinema through...
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
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...
London Calling
Documentary about the making of Derek Jarman's 1979 film "Jubilee".
Jubilee: A Time Less Golden
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...
Jury
A Personal Essay on Cinema in Korea by Jang Sun-Woo
The Cinema on the Road
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.
New Chinese Cinema
History of filmmaking in China from its beginnings in the 1920s to 1982, featuring Shanghai cinema of 1930s; the progressive filmmakers; the...
Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns
In this interview, conducted in 2013, Asian-film critic Tony Rayns offers his thoughts on the popularity of the ZATOICHI series, its main character,...
Serialized Success
Asian cinema expert Tony Ryans discusses Kurosawa’s career and influence.
The Art of Akira Kurosawa
New video interview with film critic Tony Rayns
Tony Rayns on Cruel Story of Youth
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...
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
Interview with film critic Tony Rayns was conducted in December 2008.
Tony Rayns on Pigs and Battleships
Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of filmmakers and figures from the wider...
Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns
Shot in 1983, edited for the VISIONS: CINEMA programme in 1985, a short documentary about Shanghai Animation Studio.
Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio