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

Filmweb — newsPoland

Przerób okładkę Krzyżówki Filmwebu i wygraj nagrody!

10.28

Filmweb i Michał Sikorski ogłaszają konkurs ! Zadanie jest proste: przerób okładkę Krzyżówki Filmwebu w jak najbardziej kreatywny sposób i powalcz o nagrody.

Read at Filmweb — news ↗

One letter a week, starting soon.

Latest

Przerób okładkę Krzyżówki Filmwebu i wygraj nagrody!

More from Filmweb — news on Cinepuuulse

PolandCo po "Spirali"? "Serpentyna". Nowy projekt reżysera "Pił" Filmweb — news

PolandUśmiech zza krat - Recenzja filmu Ukryte w ciemności (2 026) Filmweb — news

PolandCzeka nas "Ostatni Piątek". Ice Cube powraca z kultową komedią Filmweb — news

Poland17. TAURON AFF: Będzie krótko. Short Cuts – Short Film Competition i The Best of USC Filmweb — news

PolandTo się nazywa gorąca rywalizacja! Ryan Gosling kontra Connor Storrie Filmweb — news

Poland3. BNP Paribas Warsaw SerialCon: Nominacje o tytuł Najlepszego Polskiego Serialu 2026 roku! Filmweb — news