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“He rendered the foreign familiar without ever stripping it of its soul”: Wong Kar Wai, Bong Joon Ho and more on Tony Rayns
Filmmakers from Bong Joon Ho to John Woo pay tribute to the critic, curator and translator Tony Rayns (1948-2026), whose support and friendship shaped their careers.
By Bong Joon Ho, Wong Kar Wai and others
Evil Dead Burn: the franchise returns with fire, fury and family dysfunction
By Anton Bitel
Lonesome tonight: Tony Rayns and Edward Yang on A Brighter Summer Day
By Tony Rayns
The Last One for the Road: a leisurely Beckettian bender through northeastern Italy
By Philip Concannon
Shoot the People: Misan Harriman documentary questions the power and purpose of protest imagery
By Leila Latif
God’s lonely man: Amy Taubin on Taxi Driver
By Amy Taubin
Supergirl: Milly Alcock carries this movie on her cape
By Kim Newman
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Lonesome tonight: Tony Rayns and Edward Yang on A Brighter Summer Day
Gang feuds, a troubled teenage romance and political paranoia in 1960 Taiwan are mixed in Edward Yang's extraordinary epic A Brighter Summer Day. Tony Rayns recalls visiting the set and reflects on Yang's achievement in this 1993 feature.
By Tony Rayns
God’s lonely man: Amy Taubin on Taxi Driver
By Amy Taubin
Don’t try this at home: Jackass: The Movie reviewed in 2003
By Edward Lawrenson
Death becomes Visconti
By Michael Wood
A close encounter with Steven Spielberg
By Richard Combs
A “lethally perfumed neo-noir”: David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr.
By Graham Fuller
Blonde ambition: Legally Blonde reviewed in 2001
By Kay Dickinson
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