Why we go to the movies​

  • Podcast
  • 21 Oct 2025

In a world of endless streaming options, what does ‘going to the cinema’ truly mean to consumers today?

Carpets, cushioned seats and velvet drapes. Buttery popcorn in hand and the satisfaction of finding your seat. The light goes down, the screen lights up and the first auditory note brings an anticipatory hush.

In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on the Malaysian cinema experience with Koh Mei Lee, CEO of Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC). Together with Rakesh Mani, Partner, Consumer and Industrial Products Leader, PwC Malaysia, we explore the increasingly symbiotic relationship between streaming and cinemas. We discuss the rising importance of local and regional films for cinema operators. In a discussion that brings together the practical and the sentimental, we learn about what’s keeping the magic of the movies alive for consumers and the shaping of what it means to be Malaysian on the big screen.


Subscribe to our podcast
Video 17/10/25

Why we go to the movies?

25:31
More tools
  • Closed captions
  • Transcript
  • Full screen
  • Share
  • Closed captions

Playback of this video is not currently available

Transcript

About the speakers

Rakesh Mani
Rakesh Mani

Partner, Consumer & Industrial Products Leader, PwC Malaysia

Koh Mei Lee
Koh Mei Lee

CEO of Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC)

The content and author information presented are accurate as of the time of publication.

More episodes of

Tomorrow on Track podcast

Follow us