About
About Lantern Reel
Who this site is for, what it covers and what it is not.
What this site is
Lantern Reel is an independent information site about the cinemas of East, South and Southeast Asia. It offers plain guides to film traditions, directors and ways of watching. It is not affiliated with any studio, festival, distributor, filmmaker or other website.
How the guides are written
Each guide sticks to widely documented facts such as release years, festival prizes and the names of directors, and says so when something is a matter of taste. The site does not publish personal reviews of individual films and attributes no opinions to named people. If you spot an error, treat official festival and film institute pages as the final source.
What it does not do
The site does not sell, stream or host films, and it does not store personal data about visitors in accounts or forms. Release availability changes from country to country, so check current listings where you live.