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

MicropsiaArgentina

Estrenos online: crítica de ‘La mangosta’ (‘The Mongoose’), de Mark Vanselow (Prime Video)

11.04

Como todos los años, casi religiosamente, un par de nuevas películas de acción con Liam Neeson se estrenan.

Streaming

Read at Micropsia ↗

One letter a week, starting soon.

Latest

Estrenos online: crítica de ‘La mangosta’ (‘The Mongoose’), de Mark Vanselow (Prime Video)

Related

ArgentinaStreaming: crítica de ‘Fumar causa tos’ (‘Fumer fait tousser’), de Quentin Dupieux (MUBI) Micropsia

Argentina‘Stick – Season 2’ Apple TV Review: Owen Wilson and a Scene-Stealing Ensemble Serve Up Familiar Comfort Food Micropsia

ArgentinaSeries: reseña de ‘Stick: el swing perfecto – Temporada 2’, de Jason Keller (Apple TV+) Micropsia

FranceCe soir sur Netflix : noté 4,1 sur 5, c'est l'un des meilleurs films fantastiques des années 2000 AlloCiné — actu ciné

FranceTrinity : bande-annonce pas hyper originale pour le thriller politique de Netflix Écran Large

FranceFan de The Last of Us ? Ce thriller de zombies cartonne sur Prime Video AlloCiné — actu ciné