Introducing our 2021 banner art

We needed some fresh new art for this membership page. So we commissioned one of our favorite cinema designers - a Ukrainian artist named Liza Shumskaya - to create an image celebrating our love of movies. And the result is this wonderful tribute to the  power of cinema: to bring us all together and to make us laugh and cry and smile. We are excited to unveil this exclusive art as we head into the fall movie season. You can follow Liza on Twtter @Liza_Shumska (Opens in a new window) or on Instagram @kino_maniac (Opens in a new window). You can also find her full portfolio here (Opens in a new window).  We wanted to find someone who could put their own unique touch on this  artwork, while honoring the "magic of movies" that connects us.

Everything about this banner art expresses what we love about cinema and the incomparable joy of watching movies together. Not only fresh popcorn, but also all the laughs, and cheers, and scary moments, and sad moments; and movies that remind us to keep on livin' the good life no matter what. Liza designed a poster that includes some of the most iconic movie-watching scenes of all-time, from some of our personal favorite movies anyway. The image features: Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone from La La Land, Audrey Tautou from Amelie, Morgan Freeman & Tim Robbins from The Shawshank Redemption, Salvatore Cascio from Cinema Paradiso, Frank the Rabbit from Donnie Darko, Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Zooey Deschanel from 500 Days of Summer, Deadpool from, uh, Deadpool, and Robert De Niro from Taxi Driver. Your membership support goes directly towards helping us hire & commission artists like Liza to create more work and build a career in the film industry. Along with helping us support distinct writers and other voices in the film community.

Thank you for supporting FirstShowing and reading this website. And thank you for supporting the film community - artists, creators, writers, directors, designers, and everyone who works in cinema. We'd love to feature more art from our favorite cinema artists from time to time, and hopefully with your  support we'll be able to. Until then, see you at the movies! And please stay safe.