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IndieWire‘Queer Edward II’ Review: Intimate Derek Jarman Documentary Channels the Power of Articulate, Angry and Artful Queer Protest Venice: BTS footage from the 1991 film “Edward II” is given urgent personal and political context in this electrifying debut feature.

September 4

The Film StageOnce Upon a Time in Harlem Trailer: The Documentary of the Year Arrives This October The only film to screen at Sundance, Cannes, Telluride, TIFF, NYFF, and London this year, Once Upon a Time in Harlem is far and away the best documentary of 2026. An extraordinary time capsule featuring footage the late

September 3

The Playlist‘Once Upon A Time In Harlem’ Trailer: William Greaves’ Long-Unfinished Harlem Renaissance Documentary Arrives October 16 More than 50 years after William Greaves gathered some of the Harlem Renaissance’s last living luminaries for a filmed party, audiences will finally have an opportunity to see the resulting documentary. NEON has released

September 3

Asian Film FestivalsAsia10 Must-see documentaries from the 23rd EBS International Documentary Festival 2026 These are ten documentaries you shouldn’t miss at the EBS International Documentary Festival which will run from August 24 – 30, 2026 in Seoul and on EBS 1TV (only in Korean).

August 23

HanCinemaKorea[New Documentary] "Perfect Shoot" (2026/08/22) Korean documentary 'Perfect Shoot' added to HanCinema database.

August 22

Asian Film FestivalsAsia23rd EBS International Documentary Festival – Opening Film 2026 Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird) directed by Anna Fitch and Banker White will open the EBS International Documentary Festival which will take place from August 24 – 30, 2026 in Seoul, South Korea

August 18

Cinepuuulse is a magazine, a radar and a diary about Asian cinema — Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand — read from Tokyo.

Our mark is 銀幕, ginmaku, the old word for the silver screen; it is the same two characters in Japanese, Chinese and Korean. A magazine, because every week one film is worth reading about slowly. A radar, because we count what the region's screens are talking about — box office, festivals, directors, anime, streaming — and show it as it moves. A diary, because a seal is set each day in that day's colour, and the days add up.

We read the local press in its own languages and bring it over in English: the Japanese film sites, the Korean trade papers, the Chinese culture desks, the Vietnamese and Thai entertainment pages. Everything here links back to the people who made it; the images belong to their authors.

Cinepuuulse will keep changing. New sources, new signals, new ways of looking — a little better each week, never finished. If a film here made you want to buy a ticket, that is enough.

Thank you for reading. ありがとうございます。