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Onward to 2025 – FirstShowing Remains a Fully Independent Film Site by Alex Billington January 3, 2025 “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” Heading into the year 2025, this marks the 19th year of FirstShowing.net – we originally launched this website way back in 2006. It’s a miracle […]
Watch: Filmmaker Clementine’s ‘2024 in Film’ Ravishing Video Recap by Alex Billington December 30, 2024Source: YouTube “Sometimes I dream…” Time for one more stunning look back at the past year in movies. Are your favorites included? As 2024 winds down and we get ready to jump right into 2025, cinema lovers have been making their […]
Japan is a treasure trove of movie theaters. While many boast decades of history, most of such old cinemas have been rebuilt, renovated, or relocated in response to the needs of the times. But in the city of Motomiya in Fukushima Prefecture, there is a century-old theater preserved just the way it once was. Built […]
After a torrid pace in 2023, during which time Nikon launched a pair of cameras and nine all-new lenses, the company slowed a bit this year, releasing just two new cameras and three lenses. Nonetheless, it was a strong year for the Japanese company and one that helped Nikon continue to claw back market share […]
Olivia Hussey Eisley, attrice anglo-argentina diventata famosa da adolescente interpretando Giulietta nell’adattamento di “Romeo e Giulietta” di Franco Zeffirelli del 1968, è morta. La notizia è stata confermata al San Francisco Chronicle dal regista Marc Huestis, che ha dichiarato che il decesso è avvenuta in seguito a una grave malattia. Una scena del film con […]
“Winasak niya ako.” This was how award-winning filmmaker Pepe Diokno described his Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) entry for this year, “Isang Himala.” The director, on Friday, December 27, shared his reasons for creating a musical film adaptation of Ishmael Bernal’s classic “Himala”, which originally starred Nora Aunor. In Diokno’s version, Sparkle artist Aicelle Santos […]
Watch: Patrick & Kyle’s 25 Best Films of 2024 – Full Video Countdown by Alex Billington December 26, 2024Source: YouTube “One single injection unlocks your DNA…” and soon you will become addicted to movies like the rest of us. While we wait for David Ehrlich’s annual countdown video (arriving in early January) here’s another one […]
Pedestrians walk past the Eros Cinema, a Uncesco-designated Art Deco cinema theatre in the Cambata Building at Churchgate in Mumbai. (AFP pic) MUMBAI: A towering cinema with a roofline like an ocean liner stands out in India’s financial capital Mumbai, part of a remarkable Art Deco architectural heritage that campaigners say needs protection. A short […]
There were tanking box-office numbers and shuttered theatres. There were Hollywood strikes. There was even Harold and the Purple Crayon. But alongside what looked like a cratering movie industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was actually a stunning ray of hope. Imax, the Canadian-created and owned technology, has been exploding in popularity, especially as dwindling attendance […]
Hollywood star Blake Lively has filed a legal complaint against her It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni, accusing him of “repeated sexual harassment” on set and of an intensive smear campaign against her after the movie’s release. Lively filed the complaint, which precedes a lawsuit, on Friday with the California Civil Rights […]