Tony Rayns
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
- Writing
- Born
- 1948-09-20 · Oxford, England, UK
- Died
- 2026-07-07
Known for
- Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) — Thanks
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014) — Self
- Away with Words (1999) — Writer
- Hold You Tight (1998) — Rosa's Friend
- Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998) — Narrator
- Love Will Tear Us Apart (1999) — Translator
- Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns (1983) — Self
- Jubilee: A Time Less Golden (2003) — Interviewee
- The Cinema on the Road (1995) — Self
- Jury (2013) — Tony
- Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! (2004) — Self
- Crystal Gazing (1982) — Chinese Takeaway
- Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer (2012) — Self
- Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences (2006) — Self
- Serialized Success (2013)
- Legend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee (2023) — Self