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

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Viet Nam News — Life & StyleVietnam

Award-winning films to grace the big screen at National Film Centre

October 15

Representing filmmakers from a broad range of creative backgrounds, this year’s selections offer a multifaceted perspective on Italian society

Festivals & awards

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Germany83. Mostra del Cinema Venedig 2026 – Ein Festivalbericht von Kalle Somnitz, Anne Wotschke und Nathan di Battista Programmkino.de

AsiaKirti Kulhari’s Production Debut ‘Kinaare’ to Premiere at Dharamshala, Rima Das’ ‘Not a Hero’ to Open Festival Variety Asia

JapanNew sci-fi and coming-of-age anime to screen at 39th TIFF The Japan Times

KoreaBIFF wraps up, draws more than 200,000 admissions Yonhap

IndiaThe 2026 Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival announces fiction and nonfiction longlists Scroll.in (all) — film filter

Japan39th TIFF Announces Academy in Tokyo Program with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Presenter of the Oscars® Tokyo International Film Festival

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