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

Le Film français — CinémaFrance

Pathé Cinémas : Départ de Laure de Boissard

October 13

L'exploitante quitte son poste de directrice générale de la branche française du circuit. Elle est, selon nos informations, remplacée par intérim par un autre cadre du groupe.

Read at Le Film français — Cinéma ↗

One letter a week, starting soon.

Latest

Pathé Cinémas : Départ de Laure de Boissard

More from Le Film français — Cinéma on Cinepuuulse

FranceTallinn 2026 : La sélection du Baltic Event Co-Production Market Le Film français — Cinéma

FranceMarrakech dévoile la présidente du jury de sa 23e édition Le Film français — Cinéma

FranceLe Queer Palm Lab précise sa 3e édition Le Film français — Cinéma

FranceZinc. enrichit son line-up Le Film français — Cinéma

FranceAfcae : Les Rencontres Répertoire débarquent en Normandie Le Film français — Cinéma

FranceCharybde passe un niveau et devient Side Quest Le Film français — Cinéma