I studied the data behind 10,524 films and more than four million audience reviews to see whether conversations about ...

A deep dive into 4,631 festivals shows how routine submission fees have become, and how high some of them now run.

I looked at 13,038 sets of festival regulations to uncover the official thresholds for short films and features, and the ...

This is the first of a multi-part research project that I’ve been working on for some time. I have been collecting public data on the backgrounds of top film directors to investigate things like class ...

Colour is one of the quickest ways a poster can tell you what kind of film it’s selling. Before you’ve read the title or registered the actors, your brain has already clocked the palette and filed it ...

This is final part of my collaboration with Screendollars in which we spoke to 246 cinema owners and exhibition-affiliated film professionals. We quizzed them on a range of topics, and their answers ...

This is part two of my collaboration with Screendollars in which we spoke to 246 cinema owners and film professionals affiliated with exhibitors. We quizzed them on a range of topics, and their ...

Karate Kid: Legends hits cinemas this week, reviving one of film’s most durable formulas of the underdog facing off against a seemingly unbeatable rival with everything on the line. This made me ...

Cannes 2025 was not a washout. The Croisette was crowded, the sun came out, and over 15,000 industry professionals turned up. But something has shifted. I believe that we will look back at 2025 as an ...

When a lead character dies, it often serves as the emotional or thematic climax of the movie. Their death may be redemptive (Gladiator), shocking (Psycho), inevitable (Titanic), symbolic (Children of ...

Yesterday, Donald Trump announced a plan to impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made films. He claimed that international tax incentives were draining American productions from US soil and accused ...