Onward to 2025 - FirstShowing Remains a Fully Independent Film Site

"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 that it's still running all these years later – almost two decades. There've been so many times when I've wanted to throw in the towel, shut things down, and move on. But I still love movies. I still love cinema. I'm still happy (for the most part) being able to participate in this world and stay excited about watching new movies (and old movies) and talk about movies and keep everyone informed & updated about movies. It's harder than ever to remain an independent website in this day-and-age. So many other movie sites have shut down or been sold off recently. It's too hard and too costly, there's too many risks, and the internet has changed in so many bad ways (see: enshittification). I want to continue to keep "Hollywood connected with its audience" and will do my best to keep FS running for as long as I can. Even if I don't make much money. // Continue Reading ›

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