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In-depth discussion, analysis, and interviews about the latest movies, and some old ones too, between friends Mike & Alex of FirstShowing.net.

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    • Apr 7, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 1h 32m AVG DURATION
    • 32 EPISODES


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    The First Word - Vivarium & The Platform, feat. John Bleasdale

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 102:50


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg reconnect for a discussion about about two small scale, contained sci-fi films: Vivarium, directed by Lorcan Finnegan, and also The Platform (aka El Hoyo in Spanish), directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast. Featuring film writer John Bleasdale as our guest discussing both films and their commentary on modern society.

    The First Word - Revisiting Wolfgang Petersen's Outbreak

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 91:39


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg reconnect for a discussion about about the 1995 virus outbreak action thriller, Wolfgang Petersen's Outbreak, on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast. One of favorite movies growing up, time to revisit it for a podcast chat.

    The First Word - JJ Abrams' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 90:08


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg engage in a conversation about the long-awaited, highly anticipated finale Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, directed by J.J. Abrams, on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast. We also briefly discuss the new trailer & prologue for Christopher Nolan's Tenet.

    The First Word - James Gray's Ad Astra, feat. John Bleasdale

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 109:27


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg embark on a discussion about Ad Astra, directed by James Gray and starring Brad Pitt as an astronaut on a secret mission, on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast. Featuring film writer John Bleasdale as our guest to examine this movie, critique it, and attempt to figure out what it all means.

    The First Word - Todd Phillips' Joker, feat. Katie Smith-Wong

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2019 84:07


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg dive into a discussion about Joker, directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix as the iconic DC Comics villain, on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast. Featuring film writer Katie Smith-Wong, live from London, as our guest to discuss this movie - all the good and bad sides of it. We hope you enjoy. #Joker

    The First Word - Film Festivals & Embargoes, feat. Daniel Joyaux

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019 102:29


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) is joined by guest Daniel Joyaux for a debate about embargoes and a chat about our favorite film festivals and films from the fall season so far. After attending the Toronto and Venice Film Festivals, these two cinephiles connect for a discussion about cinema and their festival experiences.

    The First Word - A Summer 2019 Recap + Quick Fall Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2019 59:58


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg record a fun chat discussing the end of the summer 2019 movie season, and some of our favorite movies. As well as a talk about the new trailers for The Rise of Skywalker and Lucy in the Sky, plus a preview of the Venice Film Festival and fall season.

    The First Word - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, feat. Aaron Neuwirth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 110:47


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss Quentin Tarantino's latest film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in-depth, with spoilers, on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast, featuring entertainment journalist & podcaster Aaron Neuwirth from the show Out Now with Aaron & Abe.

    The First Word - Avengers: Endgame, feat. Alisha Grauso & Amon Warmann

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 124:41


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss Marvel's Avengers: Endgame full-on with spoilers, featuring two guests: Alisha Grauso (@AlishaGrauso) & Amon Warmann (@awarmann), the same guests from our Infinity War episode. We chat about everything that happens in Endgame, our criticisms, and favorite scenes, and much more in this epic MCU episode.

    The First Word - Theories on 2019's Endgame + Star Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019 106:22


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg record a fun chat speculating on Marvel's Avengers: Endgame and Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast. We discuss ridiculous theories and different possibilities about what we think might happen in these two big 2019 movies.

    The First Word - Jordan Peele's Us, feat. Aaron Neuwirth

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 102:20


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss Jordan Peele's new horror film Us in-depth, on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast, featuring entertainment journalist & podcaster Aaron Neuwirth from the show Out Now with Aaron & Abe.

    The First Word - 2019 Academy Awards, feat. Clayton Davis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 93:00


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss the 2019 Academy Awards, analyzing the winners and nominees along with a discussion about how voting works and how voters are influenced. Featuring special guest Clayton Davis (@AwardsCircuit) - who owns and runs the website AwardsCircuit.com.

    The First Word - Shyamalan's Glass, feat. Amon Warmann

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2019 107:00


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss M. Night Shyamalan's film Glass (his highly anticipated sequel to Unbreakable and Split), with guest film critic Amon Warmann (@awarmann). We also briefly discuss the new trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home.

    The First Word - Top 10 Movies of 2018, feat. Alicia Malone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 100:24


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss their Top 10 favorite movies of 2018, featuring special guest Alicia Malone (@aliciamalone, Host on TCM, Backwards & In Heels, The Female Gaze). We count down our Top 10 of 2018 and spend some time discussing why we love each of these films.

    The First Word - Brady Corbet's Vox Lux

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2018 82:00


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg dive into a heated discussion about Brady Corbet's provocative, brilliant new film Vox Lux, starring Natalie Portman and Raffey Cassidy, on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast. We also discuss a few new trailers including Avengers: Endgame and Men in Black International.

    The First Word - Documentary Love, feat. Amirose Eisenbach

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2018 105:38


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg are joined by producer & filmmaker Amirose Eisenbach as our guest to discuss documentaries on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast. We talk about the doc films we love and discuss the experience of making documentaries.

    The First Word - The Great Netflix Debate, feat. Peter Sciretta

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 78:51


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg are joined by Peter Sciretta (owner of slashfilm.com) to debate and discuss the good & the bad of Netflix on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast. Is it really good for cinema? Can they be better? Do we still love Netflix anyway?

    The First Word - Damien Chazelle's First Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2018 70:54


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss Damien Chazelle's First Man, starring Ryan Gosling as the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong.

    The First Word - 2018 Venice Film Festival, feat. Anton Volkov

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2018 72:24


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) records this episode from Venice joined by Anton Volkov for a discussion about a few of the films seen at the Venice Film Festival on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast. We discuss First Man, Roma, The Favourite, and The Mountain, along with a few other thoughts on Venice.

    The First Word - Mission: Impossible, feat. Leigh Whannell

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2018 70:49


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss the entire Mission: Impossible movie series starring Tom Cruise, with a focus on Fallout directed by Christopher McQuarrie, on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast. Featuring filmmaker / actor / screenwriter Leigh Whannell as our special guest.

    The First Word - Hereditary & Summer Horror, feat. Annette DiGiovanni

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2018 88:08


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss horror movies including Ari Aster's Hereditary and John Krasinski's A Quiet Place on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast, featuring genuine horror fan Annette DiGiovanni as our guest.

    The First Word - June 2018 Trailer Week, feat. Anton Volkov

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2018 106:52


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss movie trailers galore from the epic movie trailer week in June 2018 on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast, featuring trailer expert Anton Volkov from the website TrailerTrack.

    The First Word - Solo: A Star Wars Story, feat. Germain Lussier

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2018 82:07


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss Ron Howard's Solo: A Star Wars Story in the 10th episode of The First Word Podcast, featuring entertainment journalist guest Germain Lussier from io9.

    The First Word - Avengers: Infinity War, feat. Alisha Grauso & Amon Warmann

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 129:47


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War full-on with spoilers, featuring two guests: Alisha Grauso (@AlishaGrauso) & Amon Warmann (@awarmann). We chat about all the good, the bad, theories about what's next, and what really happened in this movie, and much more in this Marvel mania episode.

    The First Word - On Dogs + Isle of Dogs, feat. Tomris Laffly

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 98:19


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) briefly review Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated film Isle of Dogs, then discuss dog love and dogs in movies with film journalist guest Tomris Laffly (@tomilaffly). We love dogs! Dogs are the best.

    The First Word - Video Game Movies, feat. Jordan Vogt-Roberts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2018 79:05


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) talk about the new Tomb Raider movie and discuss video game movies in general, and why there still isn't a good one yet, with special guest filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts).

    The First Word - 2018 Academy Awards, feat. Sasha Stone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2018 111:46


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss the 2018 Academy Awards, analyzing the winners and nominees along with a discussion about the power of the Oscars. Featuring special guest Sasha Stone (@awardsdaily) - who owns and runs the website Awards Daily.

    The First Word - Alex Garland's Annihilation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2018 47:06


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss Alex Garland's Annihilation adaptation on this special breakdown episode of The First Word Podcast.

    The First Word - Black Panther & Marvel, feat. Amon Warmann

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018 78:04


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss Ryan Coogler's Black Panther movie, with special guest film critic Amon Warmann (@awarmann). We also briefly discuss the current state of Marvel movies at the end.

    The First Word - Black Mirror & Sundance 2018, feat. Eric Heisserer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 91:26


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss the episodes from Season 4 of Black Mirror with special guest, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Arrival, Eric Heisserer (@HIGHzurrer). Alex also gives a recap of his favorite films from Sundance 2018.

    The First Word - Top 10 Movies of 2017, feat. Alicia Malone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2018 91:36


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss their favorite movies of 2017 and a few to look forward to in 2018, featuring special guest Alicia Malone (@aliciamalone, Filmstruck, Fandango, Backwards & In Heels).

    The First Word - Star Wars: The Last Jedi, feat. Kyle Newman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2017 95:51


    Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss Star Wars: The Last Jedi in the inaugural episode of The First Word Podcast, featuring special guest filmmaker Kyle Newman (Fanboys, Barely Lethal).

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