Our mark is 銀幕, ginmaku — the silver screen, and the same two characters in Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

I came to Tokyo at twenty-three for a summer job at a Shibuya mini-theatre and the job never quite ended. Fifteen years of festivals later I still think the only review that counts is the one the room gives you: where the laugh lands, the moment three hundred people stop moving at once, whether anybody stays for the credits.

Cinepuuulse follows Asian cinema — Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand — across about a hundred and twenty sources. A good number of them are Spanish, French and Portuguese, because those countries programme this work seriously and write about it better than most of the English-language trade. Genre and art-house get the same seat here. I am not ranking them, and nothing is scored out of ten.

Each story is a headline, a short excerpt, one still and a link to the outlet that did the reporting. We never republish the piece, and the still belongs to its studio or its photographer. A Korean trade paper appears in Korean, a French review in French. We point at the work; we do not put words in anyone's mouth.

— Daren Wise, Tokyo

← Cinepuuulse Archive

ScreenHub AustraliaAustralia

Adelaide Film Festival headliner Wild Horse Nine is mordantly funny, if overly familiar

October 15

In his dark new comedy Wild Horse Nine, Martin McDonagh retreads the damaged bad cop vibes of In Bruges and the political undercurrents of The Banshees of Inisherin.

Festivals & awards

Read at ScreenHub Australia ↗

One letter a week, starting soon.

Latest

Adelaide Film Festival headliner Wild Horse Nine is mordantly funny, if overly familiar

Related

AustraliaSydney Film Festival 2027 submissions are now open ScreenHub Australia

AsiaAcademy CEO Bill Kramer to Head to Tokyo for Leadership Award and Onstage Summit With Toho Boss Matsuoka Hiro Variety Asia

Academy CEO Bill Kramer to Head to Tokyo for Leadership Award and Onstage Summit With Toho Boss Matsuoka Hiro Variety

AMPAS To Attend Tokyo Film Festival; Program Includes Special Talk Session With Bill Kramer & Toho CEO Hiro Matsuoka Deadline

BrazilCrítica | Zona Zero – Zumbis Inteligentes Perseguem Cientistas em novo Sci-Fi Sul-Coreano [Festival do Rio] CinePOP

Australia‘Pike River’ leads New Zealand Screen Awards with 15 nominations IF Magazine