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

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‘Street Fighter’ Socks Away $4M in Previews as ‘You Can See Everything’ Takes $1.7M

October 16

'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Whalefall' also enter the box office fray this weekend.

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‘Street Fighter’ Socks Away $4M in Previews as ‘You Can See Everything’ Takes $1.7M

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Box Office: ‘Street Fighter’ Makes $4 Million in Previews, ‘You Can See Everything’ Behind With $1.75 Million Variety

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IndiaExhibitors in Keralam jubilant as Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2 earns record first-day collections The Hindu — Movies

India‘Jailer 2’ breaks ‘Leo’ record in Kerala, earns ₹125 crore worldwide Onmanorama — Entertainment

Japan全員やる気ゼロ…244万人が笑った“ボスの座押しつけ合い”映画って？シネマトゥデイ

Korea(LEAD) BIFF wraps up, draws more than 200,000 admissions Yonhap

Latest

‘Street Fighter’ Socks Away $4M in Previews as ‘You Can See Everything’ Takes $1.7M

Related

Box Office: ‘Street Fighter’ Makes $4 Million in Previews, ‘You Can See Everything’ Behind With $1.75 Million Variety

France[Box-office] “Les Misérables” en tête des démarrages, mais en dessous des attentes Les Inrocks — Cinéma

IndiaExhibitors in Keralam jubilant as Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2 earns record first-day collections The Hindu — Movies

India‘Jailer 2’ breaks ‘Leo’ record in Kerala, earns ₹125 crore worldwide Onmanorama — Entertainment

Japan全員やる気ゼロ…244万人が笑った“ボスの座押しつけ合い”映画って？ シネマトゥデイ

Korea(LEAD) BIFF wraps up, draws more than 200,000 admissions Yonhap

Japan全員やる気ゼロ…244万人が笑った“ボスの座押しつけ合い”映画って？シネマトゥデイ