Romance & melodrama

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VarietyKJ Apa, Isabel May and Archie Renaux YA Romance ‘Falling’ Getting North America Theatrical Release From Brainstorm Media (EXCLUSIVE) “Falling,” the London-set romantic drama starring KJ Apa (“Riverdale”), Isabel May (“Scream 7,” “Mr. Irrelevant”), and Archie Renaux (“Alien: Romulus”), is set to hit cinemas, having been acquired by Brainstorm Media for

September 4

SCMP FilmHong KongThe Last Song You Left Behind movie review: Japanese teen romance plays a familiar tune 2.5/5 stars Shunsuke Michieda of the Japanese boy band Naniwa Danshi reunites with director Takahiro Miki after the success of 2022’s Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight for another adolescent romance tha

September 1

Cinema EscapistAsiaReview: Teochew Hit “Dear You” Is Great Melodrama, But Doesn’t Fix China’s Soft Power Deficits

August 28

MUBI NotebookSongs for a Kiss: The Evolving Romance of Pakistani Cinema

August 27

Senses of CinemaBeyond Revolution as Romance: On the Enduring Relevance of Humberto Solás’ Lucía

July 30

Cinema EscapistAsiaReview: Thai Canine Movie “Gohan” Leans on Tearjerking and Melodrama

July 9

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。