ThailandEntertainment

Cinema entertainment in Thailand

  1. A

    Chiang Mai University film screenings

    The University of Chiang Mai lies west of the city centre. Here, at the Art & Culture Center (main auditorium) shows many different foreign films - usually art films of the Bergman and Buñuel variety. Admission is free.

    reviewed

  2. B

    SF Cinema City

    Not just a cinema, though the five plush amphitheatres are pretty damn cool. Um, we mean that literally. It also has a 16-lane bowling alley (bring your own socks, please) and karaoke rooms for closet crooners.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Chiang Mai University Art & Culture Center

    Feed your art-flick hunger at the university's weekly showings of foreign films, often showcasing a certain theme; screenings are in the main auditorium.

    reviewed

  4. D

    Saladaeng Café by Jim Thompson

    Saladaeng Café by Jim Thompson screens old Thai and English black-and-white movies nightly from 6pm to 10pm in its outdoor Sala Casa.

    reviewed

  5. E

    Royal Theatre Cinema

    Get away from the stall holders selling fake designer gear by escaping into this latest make-believe offering from Hollywood.

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  6. F

    Krung Sri Imax

    Krung Sri IMAX screens special-effects versions of Hollywood action flicks and nature features.

    reviewed

  7. G

    Vista Movie Theatre

    Vista Movie Theatre shows mediocre Hollywood flicks and the latest Thai teenage movies.

    reviewed

  8. H

    Paragon Cineplex

    This cinema offers both quantity (more than a dozen screens) and quality (several classes of viewing).

    reviewed

  9. I

    Major Cineplex

    Major Cineplex shows mediocre Hollywood flicks and the latest Thai teenage movies.

    reviewed

  10. J

    House

    Bangkok’s first art-house cinema showing lots of foreign flicks of the non-Hollywood type.

    reviewed

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  12. K

    Paradise Cinemas

    For those addicted to celluloid, Paradise plays English-language blockbusters.

    reviewed

  13. L

    EGV

    Bangkok’s poshest venue to view all the mainstream movies.

    reviewed

  14. M

    Scala Multiplex

    Last of the old-style theatres, in the heart of Siam Sq.

    reviewed

  15. N

    Vista

    Cinema showing first-run foreign as well as Thai films.

    reviewed

  16. O

    SFV

    Creature comforts trimmings and varied screenings.

    reviewed

  17. P

    SF Cinema City

    Multiplex showing Hollywood blockbusters.

    reviewed

  18. Q

    Major Cineplex

    All the amenities and mainstream hits.

    reviewed

  19. R

    Lido Multiplex

    Arty and independent movies.

    reviewed

  20. Central Plaza

    Khon Kaen's glossiest shopping mall screens movies in English and has a bowling alley.

    reviewed