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From being home to the world’s best bar to having the world’s longest outdoor covered escalator system, Hong Kong has plenty to be proud of. Now the city can add another distinction. Recently, Time Out’s travel writers and international editors ranked the world’s 100 greatest cinemas, and one of our city’s own made the global list.
Hong Kong’s Broadway Cinematheque landed at No. 17 and was named the best cinema in Asia. Located in a public housing estate in Yau Ma Tei, this cinema is the city’s sole arthouse theatre with four houses and holds nearly 500 seats. Since its opening, it has been a key promoter of arthouse and global independent films in Hong Kong, and it frequently hosts international film festivals and curated film events to spread awareness to cinephiles in Hong Kong.
The cinema complex also houses the cafe-bookstore Kubrick, a library, a gallery, as well as a souvenir store loaded with film posters, vinyl records, and DVDs of international indie films. Plus, Broadway Cinemathetique has a membership programme, Bcinephile, with exclusive perks such as complimentary movie tickets, a 20 percent discount on tickets, access to over 3,000 films from its library, and admission to members-only activities and movie screenings.
When it comes to the world’s best cinema, Los Angeles’ TCL Chinese Theatre took home the top spot for its unique pagoda-shaped facade and for its significance for red carpet premieres, followed by Dublin’s The Stella Cinema Rathmines due to its luxurious interior restored from its 1920s heyday.
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