Using ten years of data from 160,000 films, I looked at how audience behaviour shifts each December to reveal the emerging ...

Using data from over 3,655 movies, I've discovered that directors are increasingly framing their character shots differently.

Last week, I got pulled into a conversation with some friends about Donnie Darko. The debate quickly turned to whether the film’s hard-to-follow narrative held it back or whether that was part of its ...

This week I published Cannes Confidential. It’s a 36-page guide I wrote for Raindance on how to best navigate the Cannes Film Festival and Marché du Film. Download your free copy below: Over the years ...

Last month, I looked at how many film festivals still insist on premiere status, and found that most don’t. Only a small fraction of events require your film to be the first screening anywhere, while ...

Last weekend I was at the Zurich Film Festival and attended a panel with some of the biggest names in film festivals. The topic of standing ovations came up. Tricia Tuttle, the director of the ...

A few years ago, David Wilkinson got in touch to ask for advice on his crowdfunding campaign. One of the topics he wanted to chat about was the ‘cost’ of offering a “Thanks” credit to his backers.

Last week, I investigated whether there was a link between the number of people thanked in a movie’s credits and the movie’s quality. That prompted a number of people to ask how the number 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 ...

A few weeks ago, John August dropped me an email which included a simple question: "How accurate is the page-per-minute rule of thumb?" The rule John is referring to is that a film based on a ...

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 ...