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

San Sebastian 2026 - Les prix Industria décernés

September 23

Comme tous les ans, les professionnels réunis au rendez-vous basque ont décerné leurs prix aux projets en cours de développement.

Read at Le Film français — Cinéma ↗

One letter a week, in your inbox.

Latest

San Sebastian 2026 - Les prix Industria décernés

More from Le Film français — Cinéma on Cinepuuulse

FranceOscars 2027 - L'Italie choisit une coproduction française Le Film français — Cinéma

FranceLe CNC et Bpifrance lancent l’Accélérateur "Fréquentation Cinéma" Le Film français — Cinéma

FranceCongrès FNCF 2026 - Des exposants qui répondent aux besoins du temps présent Le Film français — Cinéma

FranceCongrès FNCF 2026 - L’ADRC dévoile son programme de formations Le Film français — Cinéma