A new video from me, under The Film Data Scientist banner, examining the claim that "Go woke, go broke" applies to movies.

There is significantly less sex in mainstream films than there was twenty years ago. Not less violence. Not less swearing.

Some see the Oscars as the pinnacle of artistic achievement, a night of cinematic excellence that honours the best of the best. Others view it a TV reality show in which over-paid and over-dressed ...

Next Thursday, I shall be joining many in the film community in wintry Berlin for the Berlin Film Festival and European Film Market. (If you’re going to be in Berlin too, reach out, and we can grab a ...

Berlin’s line-up has never quite had that scale, with probably the biggest titles of recent memory being The Grand Budapest Hotel, Hail, Caesar!, and The Monuments Men. But even by its own standards, ...

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 ...

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 article is part of my ‘Big Ideas’ series, in which I explore the evolving landscape of the film industry. Each instalment will focus on one of the key shifts highlighted below, digging deeper ...

Last week on Twitter I was asked about the average director's career and how many directors get to make a second film. This was sparked by some research I conducted a while ago on the average careers ...

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 ...

Over the weekend, I saw Avengers: Infinity War. I shall avoid talking about the actual movie so you don't have to worry about spoilers here. What I do want to discuss is originality amongst top movies ...