Alex Billington
@alexb
Cinema lover, dog lover, photographer, life-long geek, citizen of the world. I run the movie site FirstShowing.net + live in Berlin. Hackers, Sneakers, WarGames are my trio. 💾📡 Follow FS posts only here ->
Oh hey look - someone made a comic about me going to the movies! Ha! Not even funny - this is just accurate. 😅😂 A cartoon by William Haefeli. Via @newyorker.com
Extremely honored to be quoted in this first teaser trailer for Josephine! One of the best films of 2026. And YES we definitely will be talking about it for years... onfs.net/45lg9r4 #Josephine #indiefilm
Another year in Cannes: onfs.net/4dJEhbN My final recap with my 10 favorites from the festival. So many indie gems! My best of the fest is Ryusuke Hamaguchi's All of a Sudden - a masterpiece about humanism. So so so beautiful and Virginie Efira & Tao Okamoto are both phenomenal in it. #Cannes2026
Back again in Cannes for the festival this year. New films all day every day. So much to watch. So much looks good. Ready to dive in and find the gems and discover some of the best of 2026 cinema. See you on the Croisette for the next 2 weeks. #Cannes2026
This looks really cool! I'm curious! Definitely got my attention... onfs.net/4t8go2Z #TheBoroughs
This is always so cool! The 2006 Best Picture Oscar Nominees - as VHS tapes! 🏆📼 All 10 of these movies turned into classic VHS on one fun poster. Artwork created by graphic designer "justbychris" - his third time doing this VHS tape Oscars art series. Which one is your fave? #Oscars #AcademyAwards
the frog fell asleep while trying to watch a critically acclaimed movie 🐸📺 Art by Guilherme Nunes
An adorable little animated short film about Link and Zelda and their adventures in Hyrule. This is fantastic! Made by Ousmane Cissé, a hand-made animated tribute to this iconic video game series. Worth a quick watch: onfs.net/3McGr8Y #animation #TheHyruleFantasy #Zelda
Well today was a damn good day of films at #Sundance2026. Everything lived up to expectations and beyond, felt like old Sundance days where you see something so good you have to pick your jaw up from the floor. This is why I keep coming back year after year after year here...
Enjoyed reading @scottrenshaw.bsky.social's lovely look back article at his 25 years of Sundance about 10 memorable moments in the Salt Lake City Weekly newspaper. Especially his shoutout to James Rocchi & putting the iconic Kristen Wiig's AbracaDeborah movie in. cc @mikeryan.bsky.social #Sundance
Samson and Dr. Kelson go on an adventure in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. This amazing artwork is created by illustrator "DuGMcFuG" aka Dug McFarlane. Love it. 👌🧟♂️ #28YearsLaterTheBoneTemple
Lucky to get my hands on a fresh copy of Dylan Cole's magnificent new art book Creating Worlds. He's one of the best visualizers in Hollywood - a genuine dreamer my goodness his imagination. Big and heavy and filled with endless images he's conjured up. *chef's kiss* #DylanCole
New year, new me. Updated my avatar image on here. Time for a top hat refresh. 🎩🐶 It's from this vintage doggie photograph - May, 1931.
Happy New Year from Studio Ghibli!! Miyazaki's 2026 drawing - celebrating the Year of the Horse. Along with a meeting discussing their 2026 plans - is there still another new Miyazaki movie in the works?? Only time will tell. HNY!! 🎉🎉 Via www.ghibli.jp/info/014035/
Wonderfully fun night inbetween Christmas and New Years - seeing Charlie Chaplin's hilarious 1936 classic Modern Times on the big screen with a live orchestra and sold out audience. Chaplin always has me walking out with such a big grin - the best. Maestro forever. Danke Babylon Berlin Kino. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
"Promise me you'll come back." "What if I can't." Nolan's epic adaptation of The Odyssey - in theaters July 2026!! Watch the first look trailer now: onfs.net/3YGPl0S #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan
Very very first look at some marketing for the new Steven Spielberg sci-fi UFO movie!! We still don't even have a title yet!! This digital billboard from Times Square only hints: "All will be disclosed" - Spielberg 6.12.26. Hinting that the title might be Disclosure. Stay tuned... 🛸👀
Amazing amazing amazing Radiohead show tonight in Berlin!! Not hyperbole to say this is what the ultimate concert experience is - a magical, spectacular, soulful musical evening with an entire arena vibing & jamming out with Radiohead for 2 hours. Couldn't have been any better.
Went to a jazz club and listened to an Italian jazz quartet for a few hours in Bologna tonight. Quite a therapeutic experience just listening to them jam it out and take us on a journey through all the moods. Good times. 🎷🎶