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

CinePOPBrazil

‘Epifania – Uma Fábula Moderna’: Conheça o novo musical do premiado dramaturgo Vitor Rocha

10.25

O que acontece quando até aquilo que nasce do prazer, da curiosidade e da necessidade de criar passa a precisar de uma finalidade?

Read at CinePOP ↗

One letter a week, starting soon.

Latest

‘Epifania – Uma Fábula Moderna’: Conheça o novo musical do premiado dramaturgo Vitor Rocha

More from CinePOP on Cinepuuulse

BrazilGiovanna Grigio estrela ‘Os 12 Signos de Valentina’, nova série NACIONAL da Netflix CinePOP

BrazilVictor Von Doom ATACA no teaser inédito de ‘Vingadores: Doutor Destino’; Confira! CinePOP

Brazil‘Ebenezer e os Fantasmas do Natal’: Adaptação com Johnny Depp terá BAIXA classificação etária por “conteúdo SINISTRO” CinePOP

BrazilJenna Ortega planeja se AFASTAR das telinhas após o fim de ‘Wandinha’ CinePOP

BrazilCom direção de Ridley Scott, novo filme da franquia ‘Alien’ terá roteirista de ‘Os Suspeitos’ CinePOP

Brazil‘American Horror Story’: Confira o trailer do ÚLTIMO episódio da 13ª temporada! CinePOP