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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October 6

Hai phim Việt bất ngờ dời lịch chiếu đến cuối tháng 10, giữa lúc Trại buôn người đang thống trị phòng vé.

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Vietnam'Trại buôn người' độc chiếm phòng vé Tuoi Tre

FranceBox-office : “Notre salut” s’envole, “Digger” s’enterre Télérama — Cinéma

IndiaHanuman Ansh team performs aarti at Neem Karoli Baba’s Kainchi Dham, film earns Rs 424 cr Indian Express — Bollywood

FranceVerity : très bon démarrage au box-office pour le thriller érotique d’Anne Hathaway Écran Large

IndiaDrishyam 3 Box Office Collection Day 4 Updates: Ajay Devgn film earns Rs 202.9 cr in India, grosses Rs 303 cr worldwide Indian Express — Bollywood

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