Twelve US states have just ordered the new Paramount / Warner studio to release 30 films a year. I crunched the data on ...

I read the current rules of 423 film festivals to find every prize that pays money, how big the pots are, when they fall in ...

And he doesn’t just cover movies - he goes deep into TV, music and culture. Some of his stone-cold classics are: I’m a huge fan, and if you like the kinds of things I write about, then you’ll love his ...

I am writing this as I fly out of Toronto, after spending five days at the film industry’s brand-new major market, TIFF: The Market, attached to the 51st Toronto International Film Festival. A number ...

I measured the colour of every shot in 8,135 films, from 1930 to today, to find out when warm faces against cold shadows took ...

Every year, tens of thousands of screenwriters pay to enter contests. A major selling point for them is that winning (or placing highly) will mean that the right people will finally read your script.

In my latest Film Data Scientist video, I’m looking at on-screen death rates to figure out how representative movies are of real life. Plus, if you want to join the crime underworld, I’ll show you ...

It’s a common claim that movies today feel more intense than they used to. In a world of multiple screens, endless distractions and an attention span of… wait ...