Mint Lounge: latest Asian cinema stories

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Mint LoungeIndia'I'm Game' review: Dulquer Salmaan film survives on a handful of inventive ideas Nahas Hidhayath's film, starring Dulquer Salmaan, has some flair but extends a neat hook beyond its elasticity

September 5

Mint LoungeIndia‘Mirzapur’ returns to what made it special The makers of ‘Mirzapur: The Movie’ on creating one of Indian streaming's most popular franchises, and what the theatrical outing promises

September 5

Mint LoungeIndiaSandip Roy: Uttam Kumar is a reminder of how sometimes true stardom is ineffable Uttam Kumar's enduring appeal lies in a rare, unscripted charisma that turned a commercial movie star into a cultural icon

September 5

Cinepuuulse is a magazine, a radar and a diary about Asian cinema — Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand — read from Tokyo.

Our mark is 銀幕, ginmaku, the old word for the silver screen; it is the same two characters in Japanese, Chinese and Korean. A magazine, because every week one film is worth reading about slowly. A radar, because we count what the region's screens are talking about — box office, festivals, directors, anime, streaming — and show it as it moves. A diary, because a seal is set each day in that day's colour, and the days add up.

We read the local press in its own languages and bring it over in English: the Japanese film sites, the Korean trade papers, the Chinese culture desks, the Vietnamese and Thai entertainment pages. Everything here links back to the people who made it; the images belong to their authors.

Cinepuuulse will keep changing. New sources, new signals, new ways of looking — a little better each week, never finished. If a film here made you want to buy a ticket, that is enough.

Thank you for reading. ありがとうございます。