The first time someone said “You should do a Substack” to me, I thought they were suggesting lunch. As more people started to ...

I have been asked a number of times over the years to study actors and the acting profession. The interested parties tend to fall into one of two camps: Young, fresh-faced up-and-coming actors looking ...

In the past, I have explored various facets of swearing in films, such as which country produces the most expletive-laden movies, the prevalence of swear words in different genres and how swearing can ...

Last week, a reader reached out to ask a question around film reviews. They were discussing the critical reaction to Tenet with friends and one suggested that many of the poor reviews were unreliable ...

The profitability of independent films is a complicated topic for a whole variety of reasons. I can’t think of any other industry which requires so much money to be spent while offering so little ...

A common belief among sales and distribution professionals is that “names sell”. As in, films starring famous actors (“names”) are more marketable than films without any famous names. But how true is ...

It: Chapter Two is an unusual horror film because it’s almost three hours long. This means it is longer than 99.78% of all horror films made over the past twenty years. Earlier in the year Avengers: ...

I am putting the finishing touches on a big report into horror movies, due for release in the coming months. One of the many things I looked at was horror adaptations and so I thought it would be fun ...

Crowdfunding provides filmmakers with a much better form of financing than investment or loans. There’s nothing to repay, no one controls the creative process and you own 100% of your film. However, ...

In the second of four articles we wrote for the American Film Market, Bruce Nash and I looked at the relative popularity of genres around the world. We studied the territorial breakdown of theatrical ...

One of the common gripes from cinema-goers is the increasing cost. So this week I’m taking a look at the average cinema ticket price in the UK. Next week it’ll be the price of cinema popcorn and the ...