Los Angeles, Jan. 14 -- Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio took a moment to reflect on the culture of movie theatres, calling cinema "our most definitive art form."

Speaking at the National Board of Review gala, where he won the Best Actor Award for 'One Battle After Another', DiCaprio recalled his childhood days when his father took him to the historic Vista cinema to watch the original 'King Kong'.

"As I kept on watching, something shifted in me,' DiCaprio said, as quoted by Deadline on Tuesday.

He further added, "It was a place to escape my neighbourhood. A place where something larger than my own life seemed possible. At some point, each of us sat in a movie theatre, the lights went down, something on that screen rearranged how we sa...