As horror films multiply and diversify, the label is collapsing under the weight of what it’s being asked to describe ...

Under the surface of a cautious Cannes lay a more important story. This may have been the year the Marché began to redefine ...

What 246 cinema professionals think about the state of theatrical exhibition, what's going wrong, and who's to blame.

Everyone seems to have an opinion on whether films have become "too woke" but what happens when we try to measure it using actual data. Can we see shifts? How do they correlate with outcomes?

It feels like every sports film ends the same way. But do they? I crunched the numbers of 1,910 sports movies to find out more about them.

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 ...

This article is part of my ‘Big Ideas’ series, in which I explore the evolving landscape of the film industry. Each instalment combines data, research, and analysis to go deep on a trend, idea or case ...

Over the past year I’ve quizzed a number of film industry professionals on various topics. I went back through the conversations to pick out all the ideas they shared around film marketing. It quickly ...