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

IndieWire

‘The Other Bennet Sister’ Fans, Rejoice! Dónal Finn Will Be Back for Three-Part Christmas Special

September 19

Mary Bennet's beloved husband, Tom Hayward, is officially back for the much-anticipated special. But so is his rival!

Read at IndieWire ↗

One letter a week, in your inbox.

Latest

‘The Other Bennet Sister’ Fans, Rejoice! Dónal Finn Will Be Back for Three-Part Christmas Special

More from IndieWire on Cinepuuulse

How to Run a Microcinema with John Wilson IndieWire

‘The Daughters of Abraham’ Review: Individualism and Community Test Each Other’s Limits in an Interfaith Friendship Drama IndieWire

Trying to Picture Doomsday? 1983’s ‘WarGames’ Already Showed Us One Way AI Could End the World IndieWire

Phil Lord and Chris Miller to Deliver Keynote Conversation at IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking Summit IndieWire

‘Best of the Best’ Pulls Off the Perfect Heist Through Its Dance Numbers IndieWire

Mike Leigh Movies Always Start Without a Script. Watch the ‘Tender Loving Care’ Director and Cast Break Down His Unique Filmmaking Process IndieWire