#SHOWBIZ: 'Wait-for-streaming' culture harming local cinema, warns director

Speaking to Harian Metro, Ariff said this growing habit not only causes financial losses for Malaysian filmmakers, but also ruins the tradition of watching movies together in the cinema—a shared experience that home screens cannot match.

"In my view, if we continue this practice—where every film ends up on Netflix after just three months—people will eventually stop going to the cinemas altogether.

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